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Following Vaayu acquisition, Carbonfact launches open-source LCA database

Environmental intelligence platform Carbonfact has released a free, open-source database featuring detailed environmental impact data for textile manufacturing, arriving shortly after the company's acquisition of fellow fashion sustainability platform Vaayu in May. The database contains 300 Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) datasets covering core...

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WHAT'S NEXT at WHO'S NEXT ?

From January 18 to 20, 2025, Paris, Porte de Versailles - Hall 1 • List of brands Who's Next, BIJORHCA, IMPACT and Neonyt Paris • Program of conferences and events 2025 marks the beginning of a new era: meet us from January 18 to 20 in Paris, Porte de Versailles, and lay the foundations for a meaningful future together. The aim is to support the...

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Most consumers know cheap fashion isn’t sustainable—so why do they keep buying it?

Despite growing awareness of the fashion industry's negative impact, consumers continue to purchase affordable, trendy clothes from fast fashion brands and retail giants. Why is that? How can these two realities coexist? The inspiration for this piece comes from a recent article published by Dutch investigative journalism platform De...

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«We are launching IMPACT to bring optimism back to fashion», Frédéric Maus (Managing Director of WSN)

Among the things that have been done and the things that should no longer be done; how to wear one’s jacket (the right way round)? On the margins of a changing fashion, ever more sustainable and responsible, Frédèric Maus, managing director of the WSN Development Group, will for the very first time, from 6 to 9 September, at “Who’s Next” in...