Danish Fashion Institute officially changes its name to Global Fashion Agenda Yesterday, 22 May 2018, Danish Fashion Institute and Copenhagen Fashion Week adopted major changes in both companies at their annual general meeting: in the future Danish Fashion Institute will focus exclusively on sustainability and be renamed Global Fashion Agenda. At the same time Copenhagen Fashion Week will become an independent company. Read more
Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2018 turned words into action 1,300 key players from more than 50 countries across the globe representing the fashion sector, politics, NGOs, academia and the media gathered for the sixth edition of the world’s leading annual business event on sustainability, Copenhagen Fashion Summit. “We have to have this conversation and we have to be held accountable,” proclaimed sustainability pioneer and fashion designer Stella McCartney in conversation with former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter. McCartney’s words summed up this year’s edition of Copenhagen Fashion Summit, the world’s leading business event on sustainability in fashion, which took place at Copenhagen Concert Hall on 15-16 May 2018. Read more
Pulse of The Fashion Industry 2018 report released Today, we together with The Boston Consulting Group, proudly release the 2018 edition of the Pulse of the Fashion Industry report, our annual in-depth assessment of the fashion industry's environmental and social performance. According to the 124-page industry assessment, 75% of fashion companies have improved their environmental and social performance over the last year, and the business case has proven to be nothing but positive. However, we also find that the pace of change isn't going fast enough - or far enough. Download the full Pulse of The Fashion Industry 2018 report or the executive summary.
A global Luxury group, Kering develops an ensemble of luxury houses in fashion, leather goods, jewellery and watches such as Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Brioni, Christopher Kane, McQ and Stella McCartney. Kering is also developing the Sport & Lifestyle brands Puma, Volcom and Cobra. By ‘empowering imagination’, Kering encourages its brands to reach their potential, in the most sustainable manner. The Group generated revenues of more than €11.5 billion in 2015 and had more than 38,000 employees at year end.
H&M’s business idea is to provide fashion and quality at the best prices in a sustainable way. We want to make fashion sustainable and sustainability fashionable. As part of this, we make sustainable fashion choices available, attractive and affordable to as many people as possible and we use our size and scale to help lead the fashion industry towards full sustainability.
Target has long been focused on being a responsible corporate citizen. And we’re taking that commitment to a new level. We believe what makes Target unique is that we can leverage our scale, expertise in design and innovation, pledge to transparency and our long-standing commitment to being a responsible, sustainable company to achieve greater good.
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition is the apparel, footwear and home textile industry’s foremost alliance for sustainable production. The Coalition’s main focus is on building the Higg Index, a standardized supply chain measurement tool for all industry participants to understand the environmental and social and labour impacts of making and selling their products and services. By measuring sustainability performance, the industry can address inefficiencies, resolve damaging practices, and achieve the environmental and social transparency that consumers are starting to demand. By joining forces in a Coalition, we can address the urgent, systemic challenges that are impossible to change alone.
BESTSELLER is family-owned fashion company founded in Denmark in 1975 by the Holch Povlsen family. The company houses brands such as JACK & JONES, JUNAROSE, JACQUELINE DE YONG, MAMALICIOUS, NAME IT, NOISY MAY, OBJECT COLLECTORS ITEM, ONLY, ONLY & SONS, PIECES, SELECTED, VERO MODA, VILA CLOTHES and Y.A.S. The products are marketed and sold online and in 2,700 branded chain stores and 15,000 external multi-brand and department stores in 70 markets around the world. BESTSELLER strives for a sustainable development in the fashion industry by developing suppliers in a more sustainable direction and inspiring customers to make more conscious choices.
Li & Fung is a multinational corporation that manages complex supply chains for brands and retailers around the world. It offers end-to-end supply chain solutions from product design and development, raw material sourcing, factory selection, production management and quality control, to in-country logistics, global freight management and e-logistics. With more than 250 offices and distribution centres in over 40 markets across the globe, as well as an extensive network of suppliers, Li & Fung is creating the supply chains of the future, with a mission to make life better for people everywhere along global supply chains.
