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Briefing
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Mar 14, 2026
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5 min read
Polyester, which is made from oil, is fashion’s most-used material. That’s only the start of the industry’s reliance on fossil fuels. It shouldn’t take a war to see why the industry’s reluctance to change that is a big problem.
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Feb 20, 2026
4 min read
The nonprofit behind the #PayUp campaign, which recovered billions in stolen garment worker wages during COVID, is closing its doors citing a sharp decline in funding for labour and climate justice work. But the seeds of its movement will not die.
Jan 24, 2026
6 min read
In 90 days, Condé Nast, Hearst, New York Fashion Week, Poland, and Rick Owens all banned fur. We spoke with Emma Håkansson of Collective Fashion Justice and tracked the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade's campaign to understand how targeted pressure finally paid off. Where are activists aiming next?
Chemicals
Dec 23, 2025
Tests keep catching brands out — again and again. We look at the Greenpeace report, and help you understand how loopholes and weak enforcement keep letting hazardous clothes slip through. But the solutions aren’t as simple as avoiding Shein. Here’s what you need to know.
Dec 13, 2025
The beloved British designer gets a little defensive with her second H&M collaboration, saying she is “infiltrating from within” to change the fast fashion system. But two decades of similar collaborations shows little in the way of progress.
Nov 20, 2025
As COP30 wraps up in Brazil, it’s starting to feel like déjà vu: Indigenous communities and activists underscore the urgency of the moment we’re in, while world leaders fail to act. This week, anxiety.eco spoke with climate groups about fashion’s culpability — and how the solutions we need already exist.
Nov 7, 2025
With so many clothes on Earth, how are hundreds of UK charity shops going out of business? We look at what's really happening from overproduction of ultra fast fashion to waste colonialism.
