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

Fashion Climate Fund

Climate Action / FCF

12 December 2023

3 minutes

An estimated $1 trillion is required to finance the decarbonisation of the fashion industry by 2050, and bringing together a diverse range of actors from across the value chain is critical to enabling solutions.

HSBC Joins Fashion Climate Fund as New Funder; AII Announces New Financial Tools

The $250 million Fashion Climate Fund (FCF) has received a new shot of $4 million from HSBC to drive forward FCF’s mission of driving industry-wide convergence to modernise apparel and footwear supply chains to meet the industry’s ambition to halve carbon emissions by 2030.

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Climate Action / Decarbonisation Path

20 September 2023

2 minutes

While the initial submissions for the Climate Solutions Portfolio grants included remarkable innovations, the process also demonstrated a lack of reliable data and industry-wide knowledge in two important solution areas: thermal energy and energy storage.

AII Announces First Grant Recipients to Promote Decarbonisation in Fashion Industry

Global nonprofit Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) has announced the first grant recipients from its Climate Solutions Portfolio that seeks to promote decarbonisation in the fashion industry.

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Climate Action / Lead Funder

17 November 2022

2 minutes

A group of men in a rural valley, using working horses to move felled timber, in traditional forest management. Apparel Impact Institute is building a $250M Fashion Climate Fund (combined industry and philanthropic sources) to unlock a total of $2B in blended capital towards verified impact solutions, thereby removing up to 150 million tonnes of CO2 from the apparel supply chain.

Target Corp to be New Lead Funder of $250 million Fashion Climate Fund

Target Corporation would be a new lead funder of the $250 million Fashion Climate Fund of the Apparel Impact Institute, which is working towards meeting the fashion industry's step towards reducing carbon emissions.

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Climate Action / PVH Foundation

23 September 2022

2 minutes

As part of Climate Week NYC 2022, PVH’s Corporate Responsibility team will discuss the Fund and the foundation's progress in driving climate action at the Nest Summit Campus. The official event partner of Climate Week, the summit’s mission is to convene leaders to share sustainability best practices and highlight actionable solutions.

PVH Foundation Joins Apparel Impact Institute Fashion Climate Fund

The PVH Foundation is joining the $250 million Fashion Climate Fund as a lead funder with a $10 million contribution. This advances the Fund’s aim to drive industry-wide convergence to modernise the fashion industry supply chain and meet the industry’s ambition to halve carbon emissions by 2030.

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Climate Crisis / Funding

8 June 2022

2 minutes

It's Raining Funds: AII Announces Lead Funders for $250 Million Fashion Climate Fund

The Apparel Impact Institute (AII) has announced the lead funders in its new $250 million Fashion Climate Fund. A ﬁrst-of-its-kind collaborative funding model for fashion could unlock an estimated $2 billion in blended capital across various asset classes, to help meet the industry's goal to halve carbon emissions by 2030.

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