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Has the Global Fashion Agenda succeeded in making the fashion industry more sustainable?

It has been one year since the Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), a leadership forum aiming to drive the change towards a more sustainable fashion industry, initiated its Call to Action during the 2017 Copenhagen Fashion Summit, the world's largest sustainability conference. The GFA encouraged every single fashion brand and retailer present to begin...

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112 students selected for sustainability programme by UN and Pandora

Global Fashion Agenda, the Danish initiative that aims to set a common agenda for sustainability efforts in the fashion industry, has selected 112 students from fashion and business schools around the globe to participate in a two-year sustainability programme put together by Pandora and the United Nation’s Global Compact. The students will...

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Copenhagen Fashion Summit to revamp format

Sustainable fashion event, Copenhagen Fashion Summit has unveiled that it will launch a new “revamped format” for its May edition, including expanding to a two-day schedule. The event which highlights sustainable solutions is expanding to a two-day format to allow more time to explore the many Summit components, in order to 50 sustainable...

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Can the fashion industry calculate its way to sustainability? - The potential of LCA

Apparel has a long and complicated life cycle consisting of many phases such as fiber and yarn production, assembly, and transportation. All these stages can have an adverse impact on the planet and lead to complex environmental issues such as water degradation, climate change, and the depletion of resources. The fashion industry is in need of...

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Will the Global Fashion Agenda succeed in making sustainability the norm?

Fact - the fashion industry remains one of the most environmentally damaging industries in the world. In 2015 alone the global industry consumed 79 billion cubic meters of water, released 1,715 million tons of CO2 and produced 92 million tons of waste alone according to data from the Boston Consulting Group. In addition, because the industry has...

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Fashion Leaders of Tomorrow share UN resolution draft

London - The fashion leaders of tomorrow are acutely aware of the problems they stand to inherit from the current industry which range from pollution to gender inequality and overconsumption. Which is why they insist on making sustainability the primary norm of the fashion industry. In order to achieve this, a number of fashion students from the...

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Fashion Leaders of Tomorrow share UN resolution draft

London - The fashion leaders of tomorrow are acutely aware of the problems they stand to inherit from the current industry which range from pollution to gender inequality and overconsumption. Which is why they insist on making sustainability the primary norm of the fashion industry. In order to achieve this, a number of fashion students from the...

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Fashion Industry Leaders vow to move towards a Circular System

If the global fashion industry wishes to secure its future then now is the time to come together to and takes steps towards a circular system. That was the main takeaway from the Copenhagen Fashion Summit this week, which took place on May 11 at the Koncerthuset in one of the most green countries in the world: Denmark. Industry leaders from...

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​Next generation of fashion leaders to deliver UN resolution

London - The fashion industry is said to thrive on change, but it's the industry's future leaders who aim to bring around the biggest change by making sustainable fashion the new norm. Next week is set to see the next generation of fashion leaders come together at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit to draft and negotiate the first-ever United Nations...

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​Next generation of fashion leaders to deliver debut UN resolution

London - The fashion industry is said to thrive on change, but its the industry's future leaders who aim to bring around the biggest change by making sustainable fashion the new norm. Next week is set to see the next generation of fashion leaders come together at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit to draft and negotiate the first-ever United Nations...

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(Re)defining sustainability - The future of responsible fashion

Once seen as a niche part of the fashion industry, being eco-conscious has rapidly become one of the hottest 'topics' of our time. From luxury fashion houses to fast-fashion retailers, and everything in between - more and more fashion companies are responding to mounting consumer interest and 'going green.' However, in spite of all the efforts...

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(Re)defining sustainability: Repair, Recycle, Reuse and Reduce

London - Once seen as a niche part of the fashion industry, being eco-conscious has rapidly become one of the hottest 'topics' of our time. From luxury fashion houses to fast-fashion retailers, and everything in between - more and more fashion companies are responding to mounting consumer interest and 'going green.' However, in spite of all the...

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