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

Sustainable Fashion Academy

Climate Action / Scandinavia Report

29 November 2024

4 minutes

A climate protest on the streets of Stockholm. The progress of a significant number of STICA signatory members is still too slow. Companies have reported a number of challenges they are facing and suggested solutions, many of which require government action.

Scandinavian Fashion Industry Shows Slow Progress on Climate, Concludes STICA Report

Only five years to 2030 to hold temperature increases to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels as per Paris Agreement. How are signatories at the Scandinavian Textile Initiative for Climate Action (STICA) performing? A report on their Climate Action Transition Plans reveals that though there is relative progress, the pace and scale varies, and is too slow.

Staff Writer

Going Circular / Product Range

13 April 2023

4 minutes

From fibre composition to enhanced durability and recyclability, each piece has been designed to support Primark’s ambition to move towards a more circular future. This collection is the first for Primark, with more planned for later in the year.

Retail Bigwig Primark Launches First Circular Product Collection

‘Affordable’ retailer Primark is inching closer to its ambitious move towards a more circular future with the launch of its first ever collection that promises enhanced durability and recyclability.

Staff Writer

Climate Action / Sweden Call

8 December 2022

2 minutes

Locals look at burning forest during a wildfire on the island of Evia, Greece. When trees die by fire, they release into the atmosphere the carbon stored within them. This is why the effect of wildfires on emissions is among the most feared climate feedback loops â that the worldâs forests, which have typically been carbon sinks, would become carbon sources, unleashing all that stored gas.

Pace of Emission Reduction is Too Slow: Swedish Textile-Fashion Initiative Calls for Further Legislative Action

Achieving a carbon neutral apparel and textiles industry will be dependent on robust and efficient climate legislation, and to halve emissions in upstream production by 2030, the industry will need to decarbonise every stage of the process, says a position paper.