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

Zalando

Footwear Innovation / New Initiative

6 August 2024

2 minutes

Around 23.9 billion shoes produced globally each year, are often made using over 40 different components from a range of materials including TPU, EVA, PU and rubber. The industry faces significant challenges due to this high complexity of shoe constructio

Fashion for Good, 7 Partners Launch Project to Accelerate NextGen Footwear Innovations and Circularity

Fashion for Good has launched a collaborative ambitious initiative aimed at accelerating the next generation of footwear innovations needed to drive circularity spanning four workstreams across the supply chain from materials to end of use.

Staff Writer

Going Circular / Fashion ReModel

22 May 2024

3 minutes

The Fashion ReModel initiative identifies three key drivers to achieve the vision of a circular economy for fashion: product design, circular business models and infrastructure.

8 Brands Join Fashion ReModel Initiative that Seeks to Scale up Business Models Not Relying on Selling New Items

Eight leading brands have joined a new collaborative initiative aimed to identify solutions and overcome challenges to begin decoupling revenue from production of new garments, advancing the long-term journey to make a circular economy for fashion a reality.

Staff Writer

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

25 April 2024

3 minutes

Adaptive Fashion is apparel made for people with permanent or temporary disabilities (such as limited mobility, limited dexterity or sensory sensitivity) that offers additional functionality to make dressing easier.

Zalando and VORN - The Berlin Fashion Hub Launch 3rd Edition of the Design Academy

Berlin, Germany: The Design Academy opens its doors once again to young fashion designers who share the ambition of changing the fashion industry and want to dive deep into a collaborative and innovative learning experience. The third edition of the programme co-hosted by VORN - The Berlin Fashion Hub1 and Zalando will take place from May 2024 to...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

25 July 2023

2 minutes

Through this collaborative pilot, the partners will divert pre- and post-consumer footwear to FastFeetGrinded, who will transform them into various new material granulates.

Fashion For Good Partners Adidas, Inditex, Target and Zalando Join Forces with FastFeetGrinded for Circular Footwear

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: Fashion for Good launches new pilot with brand partners Adidas, Inditex, Target and Zalando, and footwear recycling innovator FastFeetGrinded to test and validate the innovative footwear recycling process to support the uptake of recycled content in footwear, driving the change towards a more circular footwear industry.

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Retail / Climate Action

21 July 2022

3 minutes

The initiative by Yoox-Net-A-Porter, Zalando and About You serves two main goals: to scale climate action across the industry for a broader impact and systems transformation, whilst also contributing to reduction of the three online retailers’ own value chain (Scope 3) emissions.

Yoox Net-A-Porter, About You, Zalando Collaborate to Launch Learning Platform on Climate Targets

Autumn 2022 will mark the launch of a landmark industry collaboration by three leading European retailers as a bespoke learning platform, under their aegis, will support their brand partners in setting climate targets aligned with science.