Climate Change

Scientists say it’s increasingly likely 2024 will be the world’s hottest year on record, with rising temperatures carrying big implications from shopping malls to supply chains.

Senior correspondent, Sheena Butler-Young and executive editor, Brian Baskin speak with sustainability correspondent Sarah Kent to discuss what rising temperatures means for the fashion production model.

Aspirational environmental goals are colliding with the realities of a volatile market, incoming regulation and shifting politics, threatening fragile progress at a critical time.

Like other industries, most of fashion’s carbon footprint is found in the supply chain, making it tricky for brands to measure and manage.

For a decade, Fashion Revolution has pressured brands to improve protections for garment workers. Its latest campaign is focused on reducing the industry’s use of fossil fuels.

The CEO of the Science Based Targets Initiative, which players from LVMH to Inditex use to set climate goals, stepped down this week amid a bust up over whether companies should be allowed to use carbon offsets to deliver on environmental commitments.

Want to understand why it’s so hard to cut fashion’s planet-warming emissions? Or why consumers say they care about sustainability, but shop like they don’t? Stop thinking in straight lines, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.

H&M, Gap, Mango and Bestseller are leading an effort to provide manufacturers with cheaper loans for decarbonisation projects. It’s an innovative bid to address fashion’s big climate financing gap, but it still has holes.

The deadly heatwaves that have swept manufacturing hubs across Asia in recent months highlight a challenge the fashion industry is not prepared for.

Over the last six years Puma has managed to double its revenue while shrinking its carbon footprint by almost a third. It’s an example more brands need to follow, argues Kenneth P. Pucker.

The sector’s planet-warming emissions inched lower in 2022 thanks to revised data, but they’re still on track to grow by more than 40 percent by 2030, according to a new report.

Overconsumption and fast fashion have become easy targets for brands flexing their climate-friendly attributes. Consumers may agree with the message — but take issue with a self-righteous tone.