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Tracing Production Costs and Carbon Footprint in the Primary Textile Industry

The new edition of the International Production Cost Comparison (IPCC) from ITMF has been published. The report benchmarks manufacturing costs for a range of textile products along the primary textile value chain, disaggregated by key cost components at each production stage. This edition of the IPCC covers cost data for the year 2023. Given the...

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How to calculate your carbon footprint with PLM

With the EU setting historic sustainability targets such as reducing emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 - fashion businesses need to keep pace with worldwide benchmarks, as well as the expectations of increasingly eco-conscious consumers. But do you know how to calculate your fashion businesses...

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Podcast: Founder of Neem London Nick Reed on sustainability and reducing carbon footprints

In this episode of The Menswear Style Podcast, founder of eco conscious lifestyle brand Neem, Nick Reed, has discussed sustainability and reducing carbon footprints. Reed also explained how he finances his brand, and how he was inspired by the style of Douglas Jardine and Richie Tenenbaum. Listen to the podcast below. Source: The Menswear Style...

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Allbirds releases open source carbon footprint calculator

Allbirds has released an open-source tool for fashion brands to calculate their carbon footprint. In a statement on its website the San Francisco-based footwear B Corp said it is aware “sharing proprietary information might not make the most business sense. But the global climate crisis is bigger than business. And if competition got us into...

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Zalando SBTs: reducing carbon emissions by 80 percent before 2025

Online fashion retailer Zalando has realised the need of the hour and maintains sustainability as a focus area even in times of the coronavirus crisis. As the first platform worldwide, Zalando is therefore setting itself Science Based Targets (SBTs) for reducing carbon emissions in line with the 1.5 degree Celsius target of the Paris Agreement....

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LVMH to reduce carbon footprint with new fund

The world's leading luxury group has pledged to go 'green' by introducing a new carbon fund, paid for by each of its luxury fashion houses. LVMH announced it would implement a 5 million euro fund, financed by contributions from each Maison, including Louis Vuitton, Celine, Fendi, Dior and Givenchy. The fund has been set up in part to calculate...

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M&S offsets carbon with Unicef

Marks & Spencer has become the first major retailer to sign up to Unicef’s new carbon offset project. Starting in February 2014, M&S will fund the first two years of a ten year project to reduce carbon emissions in a bid to improve the lives of children. This innovative financing for development partnership brings together business and the...