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The textile companies creating material change

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While the lasting impacts of COVID on industry may take years to accurately assess, one thing we can see right now is how the pandemic has focused the textile industry’s attention on sustainability. The MCI is the largest peer-to-peer comparison initiative in the textile industry. The textile companies creating material change.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

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Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

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The second is a commitment to sourcing 100 percent of the natural materials Timberland uses from regenerative agriculture, such as leather for boots. And that’s his hope for the apparel and footwear industry as a whole. So it feels good to give back in a way that I know I can help.". Deonna Anderson. Vartan Badalian, 28.

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From China’s stand to Walmart’s wish list: A Climate Week news cheat sheet

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As is their wont, many companies used the occasion to proclaim updated commitments — the buzzword du la semaine was "net-zero" with Walmart declaring a zero-emissions target by 2040 along with a big clean fleet promise and a pledge to "protect, manage or restore" at least 50 million acres of land and 1 million square miles of ocean by 2030.