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Fashion Revolution in Review: A Decade after the Rana Plaza Collapse
April 24, 2023, marks 10 years since the collapse of the Rana Plaza building. While the Rana Plaza collapse was not the first and sadly not the last garment factory incident, the sheer scale of this tragedy was so unprecedented that it gave birth to the world’s...
Getting Started with CSRD: Why Double Materiality Assessment is Crucial
Are you a brand in fashion, lifestyle or retail taking sustainable steps to make an impact? Do you find it challenging to comply with this new set of regulations? Do you want to know how reporting on business-critical topics affects key stakeholders? Are you looking...
Alert: Textile is on the radar of EU lawmakers
The EU green deal is all about circular economy and climate neutrality in 2050. The Dutch government has big ambitions for the future of fashion: a circular textile industry by 2050. To achieve this goal, the government proposed the Extended producer responsibility...
An Interview with Caroline Krouwels, one of Modefabriek’s Founders
On June 1st, 2022, Rachel had a wonderful conversation with Caroline Krouwels, one of Modefabriek's founders, about the upcoming Modefabriek trade event on July 10th and 11th, 2022. Modefabriek.nl is an online platform that connects the fashion industry and boosts...
What you should know about The State of Fashion 2022 (BoF & McKinsey)
In this report you will learn: - How global fashion will regain grip after 2 years of disruption - Supply chain flux and disruption - 10 themes that will define the industry the coming year We prepared a summary for you to quickly understand the most important topics...
5 Ways to Avoid Greenwashing and Be Honest About Your Sustainability Effort – Featuring on FashionUnited
Have you read our latest article “5 Ways to Avoid Greenwashing and Be Honest About Your Sustainability Effort” on FashionUnited? In this article, we outline greenwashing rules, including best and worst practices. FashionUnited is a global B2B fashion platform and...
Renoon: Sustainable Shopping Made Easy
Renoon was founded in February 2020 in Amsterdam. Renoon is an app that globally gives consumers the chance to realise their sustainable lifestyle and values when shopping fashion. Renoon combines the offers from multiple websites, which makes it possible to...
Our Top Apps on Sustainability
With technology being at the forefront of industry, being online is a fantastic way to learn more about sustainability and connect with it. We've compiled a list of our favourite apps to help you stay motivated and make life easier. 1. Renoon Renoon is your go-to app...
Our Top Podcasts on Sustainability
We've compiled a list of our favourite podcasts that cover anything from climate change to fast fashion and everything in between. Listen to stories about how and why others transitioned and be motivated to make a change... 1. The Green Girls Club, Marieke van de Berg...
Our Top Movies on Sustainability
We've compiled a list of our favourite documentaries, discussing all things sustainable from top changemakers on the scene. The documentaries below cover a wide range of themes, including the natural environment and climate change, fast fashion, capitalism, and...
Our Top Books on Sustainability
Becoming a sustainable fashion professional is a journey. It takes a lot of training, personal reflection, and mentoring. We feel you! We've compiled a list of our favourite sustainability books that we think will help you along this journey... 1. Green is the New...
How circularity can fix a broken system?
Panel talk Fashion Industry 2.0: How circularity can fix a broken system | Circular Economy and Fashion Rental For the Dutch Circular Economy Week, we put together an online circular fashion event ♻️ with exceptional experts in this field to talk about how circularity...
DIGITAL FASHION WEEK – EUROPE
THE BIGGEST DIGITAL TRADE SHOW IN EUROPE Get to know the latest collections of brands and get inspired for the next order season. What to expect? Insights in the collections of over 150 brands. A newsfeed for inspiration and an exciting program on the main stage...
Fashion Brand Maggie Marilyn Beats Plastic Poly-bags.
How do you know if ‘green’ disposable plastic products, marked bioplastic, biodegradable, or compostable are actually a good choice for planet & people? All the different terms are confusing. We need clarity. And we need it fast. We all know that plastic is made...
Rising Need For Ethical Behaviour and Sustainable Practices
Guestpost - I'm Beth, a Fashion Technology Student from the University of Leeds, here to question the norm and learn how to create change in the fashion industry. Discussing Boohoo, Reformation, and solutions for a sustainable future for the fashion industry This...
Suddenly Everyone is Circular. But when can Circularity really be Claimed?
Let’s talk CIRCULAR. What is circularity and how to implement this into your business? We have noticed, suddenly, that everything is ‘circular’. But is this true? Or is it greenwashing? When can companies and brands assert that their product is circular? And how...
How is the Textile Industry Impacted by the Coronavirus?
The coronavirus that started in the Wuhan area has quickly spread all over the world and is now highly impacting the textile industry. Not only Chinese production has been impacted, but also other production countries depend on supplies like buttons/yarns/zippers from...
Fashion Fix Above Everything? Tips for a Sustainable Lifestyle
In recent years we have been bombarded with the word sustainability. Sustainable food, sustainable clothing, sustainable fairs, sustainable care, sustainable sports, sustainable work, and sustainable living. But what actually does it mean? We are the first generation...
Transparent Supply Chains Explained. Is This Fashion’s New Norm?
Transparent supply chains are the norm for responsible companies. RethinkRebels believes transparency is the first step to transform the fashion industry because of the simple thought “If you know what’s wrong, you can change it for better”. But why, oh why, is it so...
Entrepreneur Willa Stoutenbeek is Dusting off Boring Sustainable Fashion
I saw Willa briefly during the soaking wet Climate March in Amsterdam last March (2019). She walked as an activists, and screamed with slogans like "Let's get rid of CO2!". This is not a marketing thing that you often see. Or greenwashing. This is real. This is...
5 Tips for a Sustainability Report that People Actually Read
Why is no one is reading sustainability reports? Well, maybe because it's wrapped in dense corporate documents that no one cares to read or feels involved in (including the sustainability professionals from within...)? As MUD Jeans does everything different, they...
Fashion Industry: Plastic Packaging in a Circular Economy. Doing it the Right Way.
As the issue of plastic waste grows increasingly pressing, the apparel and textile supply chain is addressing it through research and innovation. Walmart noted that the pros to the use of plastic packaging have not kept up with increases in plastic production, which...
How to Make your Wardrobe Sustainable?
Ever heard of the so-called Konmari method of Marie Kondo? Netflix hero Marie Kondo is so popular that it has already become a verb. I Marie Kondo, You Marie Kondo and we all Marie Kondo. Something like that... Marie Kondo is a cleanup guru in the USA. She will...
Fashion Magazine Vogue Favours Sustainability. Do you?
Every day we receive a large portion of negative messages from fashion brands. Advertising constantly tells us that we do not have enough of the right things, that we are not thin enough, not young, not beautiful, too old, too fat, too ugly, too poor, too...
3 Things You Should Know About Recycled Garments
Guestpost – Hi! My name is Aniek Baltussen. I am a sustainable business graduate who loves fashion and sees sustainable fashion as the future. “Green is the new black”. Each year in Europe over 6 million tonnes of clothing is consumed. Also, each year in Europe about...
This saves you at least €10,000 a year. These are the 7 tips!
"Gosh, are you going to Disney in America again with the kids in this short May break? What a wonderful thing. Had you not just been to Cape Town, Kyoto and Tulum? No, but nice for you to say! You work hard for it too". I sigh a moment and pick up my phone. "Honey....
Fashion Fix Above Everything? Tips for a sustainable lifestyle
In recent years we have been bombarded with the word sustainability. Sustainable food, sustainable clothing, sustainable fairs, sustainable care, sustainable sports, sustainable work, and sustainable living. But what is it anyway? We are the first generation to...
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