Deforestation is out of fashion for Canopy founder
Nicole Rycroft, founder and executive director of environmental non-profit Canopy, is riding high after being named one of the recipients of this year's US$3m Climate Breakthrough Award.
Interviews
“We’re in this together” – How the IAF rallied round in the crisis
Han Bekke, the outgoing president of the International Apparel Federation, explains why its mission to...
Mango eyes circular future with new CSR vision
Spanish clothing group Mango is stepping up its sustainability commitments by rolling out a new corporate social...
The North Face sees regenerative cotton as biggest opportunity
The North Face is waking up to the practice of regenerative farming in its cotton...
Being less bad is no longer good enough for HKRITA CEO
With light finally starting to appear at the end of the pandemic tunnel, Edwin Keh,...
Denim major Saitex on a quest to be a force for good
The global pandemic has done little to dampen the drive of Vietnam based ethical denim manufacturer Saitex, which has forged ahead with plans to set up a production line for people with…
Broken retail model pushes apparel suppliers to breaking point
It has taken Sanjeev Mahtani 30 years to build Must Garment Corporation, but just a matter of months for his lifetime's work to come crashing down. As he tries to pick up the pieces of...
Serai CEO sets out vision for global apparel trade network
Banking giant HSBC is focusing on the apparel industry with a new digital business-to-business platform that enables retailers and brands, manufacturers and suppliers to build trusted relationships, exchange data, and tap into new technologies. Here, CEO Vivek Ramachandran discusses his ambitious vision for...
Setting a standard for more sustainably grown cotton
A data-rich cotton sustainability initiative is ramping up to help brands and retailers better track the environmental impact of the cotton entering their supply chains, explains Dr Gary Adams, executive director of the US Cotton Trust Protocol (CTP).
Steering Morocco’s makers through the coronavirus crisis – Interview
Fatima Alaouia-Zohra, director-general of Morocco's textile and clothing industry association AMITH, tells just-style how the Covid-19 crisis has galvanised the sector into setting a new course for the future.
Factory owners must push ‘Made in Bangladesh’ transformation – Interview
A fierce advocate of the Bangladesh apparel industry, Mostafiz Uddin, founder and CEO of the Bangladesh Denim Expo and the managing director of the Denim Expert factory, says the onus is on factory owners to talk about...
