Idee Brand Platform Launches Sustainable Fashion Rating Site

MILAN – As the pandemic has accelerated the digital push and further awakened consumers’ environmental and social consciousness, many companies are tapping both trends to shape the fashion industry of the future. Italy’s Idee Brand Platform, for one, has developed an online destination, dubbed the Sustainable Brand Platform, that uses blockchain technology to offer environmental and ethical ratings for international emerging fashion brands.

Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Talking net-zero for World Green Building Week 2020

Episode 91 of the Sustainable Business Covered podcast delivers three exclusive interviews with experts across the built environment sector to mark World Green Building Week 2020. With buildings accounting for around 40% of global energy consumption and 33% of emissions, this sector is a key focus in the transition to net-zero.

How Fashion’s Sustainability Targets Measure Up

After weathering the initial shock of the coronavirus crisis, many fashion companies have started to publish their sustainability goals for the next five to 10 years. But these initiatives risk falling short of an industry-wide imperative to drastically reduce environmental impact within the next decade.

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What if we stopped buying new clothes? A look at the phenomenon of ‘Köpskam’

If you are a sustainable shopper, you may have spotted the #SecondHandSeptember challenge on social media. And even if you don’t know the term you may already be embracing “köpskam,” a Swedish movement that wants you to stop buying new clothes and turn to secondhand garments, at least for a month.

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