Environment

Local Supply Chains + Soil-to-Skin Materials Panel

On October 24th, the Sustainable Fashion Alliance partnered with Fibershed for a conversation about shifting the needle in the apparel...

"Waste as a Resource" Panel

It is projected that 35.4 billion pounds of post-consumer textile waste will go to U.S. landfills this year. Meanwhile ocean plastic...

What Really Gets Recycled

It turns out we're terrible recyclers. After an eye-opening tour of Recology, San Francisco's waste management company, we learned that...

Apparel's Impact on Climate Change

This September, we spent a week immersed in climate change conversations with delegates from all around the world. We were also very...

Rayon is Made from Trees

by Joyce Hu This is a little known fact, even among fashion and agriculture industry professionals. The connection to deforestation in...

The Truth Behind Sustainable Textiles Panel

As part of Fashion Revolution Week, Sustainable Fashion Alliance and Fashion Incubator San Francisco at Macy's Union Square hosted a...

San Francisco Premiere of RiverBlue

On November 19, twenty cities worldwide premiered RiverBlue the documentary to unveil facts the fashion industry doesn’t want you to...

Sustainability at Scale - Gap Inc., Coyuchi, and Allbirds

What is the reality of scaling sustainable and ethical production as companies grow into global brands? On September 14, 2017, The...