Hong Kong is emerging as a leading sustainable fashion hub thanks to ground-breaking innovation, forward-thinking manufacturing and game-changing designers. The city is showing how valuable partnerships between brands and the supply chain can move the needle towards a more ethical industry.

Fashion week is a biannual opportunity for designers to invite people into their creative world, test new ideas and stage a fashion spectacle that can easily go viral. It’s also a far-reaching and accessible platform to present the latest innovations that can challenge the system and rethink the industry in a more sustainable way.

When Pandora, whose annual jewellery production totals 86 million pieces, choose to invest in lab-grown diamonds, the decision inevitably has major repercussions for the sector.

Renting rather than buying, this trend is gaining ground in fashion. If the ambition to contribute to the protection of the planet by consuming less is one of the driving forces, it is also the pleasure of wearing prestigious clothes, without spending excessively.

For the holidays, salmon remains top-of-mind. Prized for its delicate flesh, salmon has gone from being a luxurious delicacy reserved for special occasions to a mass-market fish in two decades. Yet the impact of its fishing and production methods is often destructive on the ecosystem. Should it become a rare and precious produce again? We decipher its impact on biodiversity.

Still little known, maritime transport by cargo ship is emerging in the luxury industry. It is becoming a more eco-responsible and a better-profiled alternative solution in times of energy shortage.

Site rehabilitations, stopping giant towers, and infrastructure sustainability are new priorities for the young generation of Chinese architects. While international architecture superstars still sign projects in China, the new Chinese guard now wants to take over.

The UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Change set new goals that its signatory brands must meet by no later than 2030. Will the fashion industry commit to reducing its carbon emissions and embrace environmental-friendly practices for future generations?

What if wearing plant-based clothes could make us and the planet healthier? Innovative start-ups, materials companies and luxury labels are collaborating in a quest for more eco-friendly fabrics.

Deadstock, or surplus materials, is a real problem in the fashion industry. Formerly considered by brands as waste to be hidden or disposed of, leftover fabrics are now being upcycled by young designers who see it as an opportunity for creativity. LVMH-funded resale platform Nona Source is facilitating the exchange between luxury houses and up-and-coming labels.

Conventionally made using fossil fuels, swimwear has been slow at adopting sustainable practices. Emerging brands and innovative suppliers are now embracing new ways of creating beautiful bikinis that are not only more respectful of the ocean but also helping to restore it.

Fashion supply chains are usually long and murky with most brands still unable to know where their clothes come from, even less who has made them and in which conditions. Yet positive social impact and transparency are essential steps on the path to sustainability.

For its 36th edition, the festival was forced to be rescheduled in October – with an exhibition running until end of November – due to […]

Shopping guilt-free and effortlessly is the promise of the new online fashion marketplaces where ecology and aesthetic collide. The ethical fashion market is expected to reach 9.81 billion dollars by 2025.