Samsøe Samsøe hits sustainability goals early
Sofie Niebuhr, head of marketing at Samsøe & Samsøe, talks to Drapers about the Dutch brand achieving its corporate social responsibility agenda three years ahead of schedule.
Samsøe Samsøe has reached one of its 2024 corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals for autumn/winter 21 onwards, by certifying its cashmere programme with the Good Cashmere Standard by AbTF (Aid by Trade Foundation). The organisation supports cashmere farmers in Inner Mongolia by trading their product in a more sustainable way.
Sofie Niebuhr, head of marketing at Samsøe Samsøe
Drapers talks to the brand s head of marketing, Sofie Niebuhr, about how the brand reached the CSR goal three years early.
J Crew Launches Re-Imagined By J Crew Initiative To Enhance Sustainability Of Products And Supply Chain Operations
textileworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from textileworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
J Crew Launches Re-Imagined By J Crew Initiative To Enhance Sustainability Of Products And Supply Chain Operations
prnewswire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prnewswire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New sustainable cashmere brand launches
A new Yorkshire-based brand, Loop Cashmere, has received investment from former Wacoal CEO Tracy Lewis.
Retail prices range from £59 for accessories to £279 for loungewear.
Following her investment, Tracy Lewis, who is also a non-executive director at Bluebella, has joined Loop Cashmere as a non-executive director.
As part of the brand’s sustainability pledge, products are made using a yarn supplier accredited by the Good Cashmere Standard, which is an independent standard for sustainable cashmere that has been developed by the Aid by Trade Foundation. This aims to improve the welfare of cashmere goats, the lives of farmers and farming communities. Loop Cashmere has also committed to deliver 95% recyclable packaging for all of its products and is working with Yorkshire-based distribution hub Enabled Works, which trains and supports disabled and disadvantaged people into employment.
Finally, Sustainable Menswear You’d Actually Wear These Are the Best Sustainable Clothing Brands in the Game SPY 2/24/2021 © Courtesy of @atelierandrepairs
Dismiss it as a buzzword, but sustainability in the fashion industry is here to stay. According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the fashion industry is the world’s second most polluting to our environment.
“[The] constant overproduction, waste creation and unjust work conditions have become a sad staple of the textile industry,” writes Sardin (a springboard for new responsible products created by leading international brands). According to research by Boston Consulting Group, “73 percent of the world’s clothing eventually ends up in landfills… and more than $200 billion of unsold stock is sitting on shop floors and in warehouses around the world. Meanwhile, the number of garments produced annually surpassed 100 billion for the first time in 2014, doubling since 2000.”