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A €140 million commitment from luxury majors Kering and L’Occitane Group for a Climate Fund for Nature will mobilise resources to protect and restore nature, with focus on women's empowerment.

Only one company from the apparel and footwear sector scored above average in the 2022 Nature Benchmark rankings. As many as 18 scored less than 10, and five failed to get even one point in the benchmark study which looked along entire value chains and cross-industry to provide a snapshot of system-level progress.

The theme of the just concluded COP27 was a focus on implementation. The pledges agreed upon in the past must give way to rapid action on tackling climate change and preparing for its effects. This also includes fashion companies, which are experts at talking the talk, but slow to walk the walk. A first-person account from the event.

In a move to protect the world’s vital ecosystems, a clutch of leading fashion brands including H&M, Inditex and Kering have announced a collective commitment to purchase over half a million tonnes of low-carbon, low-footprint alternative fibres for fashion textiles and paper packaging.

In spite of all the tall promises made last year, the global fashion industry instead increased its emissions in 2022. Only one—Levi’s—of the top ten brands assessed showed any promise, a Stand.earth report released Tuesday has revealed.

With consumer authorities in Europe increasingly cracking down on companies that make sustainability claims not grounded in scientific facts, French luxury group Kering has updated its standards guide by adding chapters on cut, make, trim, and sustainability claims.