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Analysis: Fashion Industry Efforts to Verify Sustainability Make ‘Greenwashing’ Easier

The report by Changing Markets Foundation found that, at best, the certification programs provided a “patchy promise of sustainability."

By Phil McKenna

Consumer clothing products for sale at Walmart store on June 1, 2012 in Rosemead, California. Credit: Getty Images/Bob Riha, Jr.
A recently completed rooftop solar installation at Hansoll Textile subsidiary Unisoll Vina in Ben Tre Province, Vietnam. The installation is one of two rooftop solar projects recently completed on two of the company's apparel manufacturing facilities in Vietnam. Combined, the projects provide 21 percent of the electricity needs for the two facilities. Credit: Hansoll Textile

Looking to Reduce Emissions, Apparel Makers Turn to Their Factories in the Developing World

By Phil McKenna

Members of the environmental advocacy group Stand.earth awarded a tongue-in-cheek “coal medal” on Wednesday to Lululemon Athletica, best known for its yoga gear, at the company's Vancouver store. The fast-growing apparel brand relies heavily on coal power to source, weave and dye its fabric and manufacture its clothing. Credit: Stand.earth

Lululemon’s Olympic Challenge to Reduce Its Emissions

By Phil McKenna

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