Virginijus Sinkevičius

The European Union has launched a social media campaign targetted at youngsters and influencers in a bid to weed out fast fashion. The multilingual campaign – ReSet The Trend – is meant to engage Europeans in the battle against fast fashion and raise public awareness about the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles. 

The European Parliament has reached an EU Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains. Once adopted and applied, this law is intended to ensure that a set of key goods placed on the EU market will no longer contribute to deforestation and forest degradation in the EU and elsewhere in the world. Environmental organisations, however, have pointed out loopholes in the proposed law.