The Council of Fashion Designers of America, which owns and organizes the Fashion Calendar for New York Fashion Week, said Wednesday that it will no longer promote animal fur at any Official NYFW Schedule events, including on its Fashion Calendar, social media channel and website.

Collective Fashion Justice has produced a first of its kind methane footprint for the fashion industry, in partnership with researchers from Cornell University and New York University.

Collective Fashion Justice showcases its collaboration between Caxacori Studio and the Awajún community to create a sustainable bio-leather, sharing its possibilities at Copenhagen Fashion Week SS26.

Our new guide to using next-gen materials and fabric manipulation techniques to achieve the light weight, fluid, voluminous characteristics of feathers, while avoiding their negative ethical and environmental impacts.

“Raphia can function similarly to decorative feathers in many ways, especially when it comes to movement, volume and texture.”

Warren Martens is a Gangganadji Elder and Traditional Owner. In his letter to Australia’s Minister for the Environment, he outlines the importance of saltwater crocodiles to his culture and the environment, opposing the crocodile skin trade.

A new investigation has uncovered the abuse of sheep on a farm certified by ZQ, which in turn meets Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) requirements.

Our new report uncovers a social media-led disinformation campaign by the leather industry, mirrored by industry lobbying against regulation and political reform towards sustainable and ethical fashion.

Collective Fashion Justice is proud to have played a role in this positive progress.

To fully realise a vision of total ethics fashion where people, animals and the planet are prioritised ahead of profit, a lot more must be done.

The European Union has passed a set of measures to reduce fashion’s impact on people, our fellow animals and the planet. Here’s what you need to know about these and other new EU regulations, how they move us towards a total ethics fashion system, and what we still need to do to make that a reality.

The Australian Federal Government is reviewing the Code of Practice on the ‘Humane Treatment of Wild and Farmed Australian Crocodiles’, which is the Code regulating the Australian industry selling skins to the likes of Hermès and Louis Vuitton.

New independent polling commissioned for our report with World Animal Protection explored public perceptions across Australia and the United Kingdom regarding the use of feathers from wild animals in fashion.

Regenerative leather promises to allow us to continue to rearing animals in fashion supply chains, without harming the climate or land. But is this really possible? The best available data states that this ‘solution’ is not all that it promises to be..

The UNEP’s new ‘Sustainable Fashion Communications Playbook’ shows how the fashion industry can use its influence to shape responsible decisions, with people buying less and better — protecting people, animals and the planet.

Collective Fashion Justice commissioned new polling to support its recommendations for an Australian federal government inquiry into green-washing, and found that the expectations people have for ‘sustainable’ and ‘ethical’ garment labels aren’t being met.

We commissioned new polling to help improve the fashion industry’s understanding of how advertising terms can mislead people. Here’s some of what we learned, and all of the data.

Cinema is an incredibly powerful medium which can help us break down big ideas and encourage us to take action. Films exploring how fashion treats people, our fellow animals and the planet are gateways to reality and reevaluation.

While our analysis of fashion media highlights how cows are ignored in discussions of responsible leather production, fashion brands themselves fail to produce animal protection policies that actually work.

When we ignore how sustainability and ethics intersect, we miss an opportunity for green change. Could paying living wages to the people who make our clothes be a critical solution towards improving fashion’s planetary impact?