It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Hugo Boss

Deforestation / Brazil Leather

24 June 2025

7 minutes

Apyterewa is the ancestral land of the Parakanã Indigenous People and one of Brazil’s most egregious cases of deforestation in recent years.

The Hidden Price of Luxury: Coach Handbags Linked to Amazon Deforestation

Coach luxury handbags have been linked to illegal Amazon deforestation through Brazilian leather supply chains connected to cattle ranching on stolen indigenous land, new investigation reveals. European fashion brands risk complicity in environmental crimes whilst marketing sustainable products to consumers seeking ethical luxury goods.

Subir Ghosh

Report

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

7 May 2025

1 minute

Hugo Boss Introduces Novapoly as a Yarn Made from Recycled Textile Waste

Metzingen, Germany: Hugo Boss unveils NovaPoly — an innovative recycled polyester yarn co-developed with the company’s suppliers Jiaren Chemical Recycling and NBC LLC. Holding the trademark and exclusive usage for the first year, Hugo Boss aims to set new industry standards and plans to license NovaPoly across the fashion sector in the future. As...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

28 March 2025

3 minutes

FABRIC aims to support financial institutions in engaging with companies in the sector to integrate nature-positive strategies into their operations.

FABRIC Initiative Engages 16 Leading Textiles and Apparel Companies on Biodiversity

Undated: The Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation’s collaborative engagement initiative, FABRIC (Fostering Action on Biodiversity through Responsible Investment in Clothing), has taken its first step towards reshaping the textiles and apparel sector by engaging 16 globally recognised companies with significant nature-related impacts and...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

19 December 2024

1 minute

The Hugo Boss headquarters at Metzingen.

Hugo Boss Announces Independent Company for Recycling and Reuse of Surplus Materials

METZINGEN, GERMANY: Hugo Boss announces an independent corporation called Eightyards, dedicated to the recycling and reuse of the Group’s surplus materials.

The concept behind Eightyards is strategically aligned with Hugo Boss's comprehensive commitment to environmentally and resource-friendly production processes.

Under the leadership of Marketa...

Synthetic Fashion / 2024 Status

17 September 2024

5 minutes

These companies continue to bet big on plastic fibres, showing little intention to change and resorting to tactics borrowed from the fossil fuel industry to distract and delay real progress.

Top Brands Using Synthetic Fibres More than Earlier; EU Initiatives on Reducing Fashion's Footprint Are Backfiring

Major fashion brands are using greater amounts of polluting synthetic textiles, a survey of 50 global firms— representing $1 trillion in market value and spanning fast fashion, sports, luxury and supermarket own-brands — reveals greater dependence on synthetic fibres that are driving fast fashion, and use of fossil fuel industry tactics, says a report by the Changing Markets Foundation.

Staff Writer

Climate Action / Funding

8 December 2023

2 minutes

Hugo Boss strengthens its commitment to a more sustainable future by becoming the first company to invest in Collateral Good Ventures Fashion I, a climate-first venture capital fund designed to accelerate sustainability in the fashion industry.

Hugo Boss, Collateral Good Launch €100 million Fund to Boost Innovation and Technology in Textiles and Fashion

Yet another €100 million fund is available for innovative startups all along the textile value and supply chain, adding to the efforts to accelerate the transformation of the fashion industry into a more sustainable one.

Staff Writer