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H&M to charge for paper bags in Italy

H&M has furthered its commitment to ending the war on plastic by implementing a 0.10 euro charge for paper bags across all its stores in Italy. H&M said the profits will be donated to WWF Italy in support of the Oasis project, an initiative for the protection of biodiversity and endangered species in Italy. H&M in a statement said it is...

23 Feb 2021

Fashion

Kenzo and WWF partner up to work towards TX2 global goal

During lockdown, many were kept entertained by the ‘Tiger King’ documentary on Netflix. However, after the characters and plot is stripped back, what the viewers were left with was the mistreatment of tigers. A century ago there may have been 100,000 wild tigers, however, in 2010 numbers declined to an estimated 3,200 tigers. With a global...

22 Sep 2020

Fashion

Google partners with WWF on fashion sustainability platform

Google has announced a partnership with WWF Sweden to help create an environmental data platform that will enable more sustainability in the fashion industry. The new data-enriched, decision-making platform aims to help drive responsible sourcing decisions in the fashion industry, by combining Google Cloud’s technical capacity, including...

10 Jun 2020

Fashion

WWF teams up with Vietnam’s textile and apparel sector for sustainability project

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has announced a partnership with the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas) to make the sector more environmentally friendly through improving water management and energy sustainability. “Vietnam ranks as the fifth largest exporter of apparel goods in the world, but our industry is more famous for...

4 Dec 2018

Fashion

PVH Corp. announces partnership with WWF for water conservation

PVH Corp., the parent company of Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, today announced a three-year partnership with leading conservation organization World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to support water stewardship efforts in key sourcing communities for PVH’s businesses and the broader apparel industry. WWF will also work with PVH to develop its water...

17 Apr 2018

Fashion

Textile industry is “far from sustainable” states WWF

The clothing and textile industry has an “ecological footprint which is far from sustainable” due to the 1.7 billion tones of carbon dioxide it emits annually, states a new report from WWF Switzerland. In the ‘Changing fashion: The clothing and textile industry at the brink of radical transformation’ report, the WWF says that the fashion...

17 Oct 2017

Business REPORT

Leading brands progress on cotton sustainability falls short

London - Even though a growing number of international brands may have made the switch from regular cotton to sustainable cotton, overall ‘big brand’ progress still falls short according to the annual Sustainable Cotton Ranking 2017. Published annually by the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) UK, Solidaridad and WWF, the report assesses brands...

2 Oct 2017

Business

Leading names join the European Clothing Plan as special advisors

London - Eight leading sustainability experts have joined theEuropean Clothing Action Plan (ECAP), the first EU-Life funded project launched by WRAP as special advisors. These leading specialists have joined a dedicated ECAP advisory group which is set to work with the fashion sector across the European Union. The eight members represent a wide...

10 Mar 2017

Fashion REPORT

"Sourcing more sustainable cotton is the best way forward"

London - The fashion industry has yet to fully embrace sustainable cotton, which poses a serious threat to the future of the sustainable cotton market. Although several fashion retailers, such as People Tree, Filippa K and Marks & Spencers, have shared their goals to increase the usage of sustainable cotton, the uptake of the material by fashion...

19 Apr 2016

Design

H&M teaming up with WWF

Swedish fashion giant H&M has announced a three-year global partnership withconservation organisation WWF to form ‘Side by side’, a new cutting edge water strategy. The new partnership marks an evolution in the corporate approach to water and has been developed after the two organisations performed a comprehensive evaluation of all H&M´s efforts...

24 Jan 2013

Fashion

Calling all retailers

A consortium of leading UK charities is set to make its mark on the digital fundraising market with a pioneering donation scheme this autumn and is inviting online retailers to join them. Give Change Make Change is one of those inspired initiatives greetedby a chorus of, “Why hasn’t this been done before?” The scheme enables consumers to donate...

27 Oct 2010