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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...

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...

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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...

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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...

Fashion

H&M collaborates with WWF for kids collection

H&M has collaborated with the World Wildlife Fund for a new kids collection aimed at protecting endangered species. The WWF collection, which launches today, is made with organic cotton and features prints of endangered animals like tigers and pandas. Messages on the t-shirts include statements like "Roar for Wildlife." Ten percent of the sales...

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"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...

Apparel

H&M teaming up with WWF

Swedish fashion giant H&M has announced a three-year global partnership with conservation 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...