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The Sustainability Gap

Brands are talking about sustainability more than ever before, but does their rhetoric stand up to scrutiny? BoF’s new report, The BoF Sustainability Index, benchmarks 15 of the industry’s biggest companies against ambitious environmental and social goals and finds fashion is falling short.

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Fashion’s Long Road to Transparency

23 March 2021 • By Sarah Kent

The fashion industry is systemically opaque. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to operate more transparently in the first in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.

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The Climate Fix: Addressing Fashion’s Emissions Problem

23 March 2021 • By Sarah Kent

The fashion industry is one of the most potent polluters on the planet. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to address their contribution to dangerous climate change in the latest in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.

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Why Fashion Needs a Detox

23 March 2021 • By Sarah Kent

The fashion industry is thirsty and dirty. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to tackle water stress and pollution in the latest in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.

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Fashion’s New Materials Frontier

23 March 2021 • By Sarah Kent

The fashion industry relies on an extractive business model. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to establish raw material supply chains with a positive impact on people and planet in the latest in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.

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Fashion Is Still Failing on Workers’ Rights

23 March 2021 • By Sarah Kent

The fashion industry runs on systemic inequality and social injustice. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to protect workers in their supply chain in the latest in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.

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The Waste Opportunity: How Fashion Could Turn Trash to Treasure

23 March 2021 • By Sarah Kent

The fashion industry feeds a culture of wasteful overconsumption. BoF assesses companies’ efforts to address the industry’s waste problem in the final instalment in a series of articles examining the findings of The BoF Sustainability Index.

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Measuring Fashion’s Sustainability Gap — Download the Report Now

22 March 2021 • By Sarah Kent

Brands are talking about sustainability more than ever before, but does their rhetoric stand up to scrutiny? BoF’s new report, The BoF Sustainability Index, benchmarks 15 of the industry’s biggest companies against ambitious environmental and social goals and finds fashion is falling short.

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