Who Foots the Sustainability Bill in Fashion?

A range of independent streetwear labels across continents are banking on eco-friendly products and socially responsible practices catering to opinionated customers.

Minerals Technologies Inc. has published its 12th annual Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report, which provides a comprehensive summary of the Company’s efforts to further integrate sustainability across all facets of its business. This report details MTI’s progress in its first year since implementing environmental reduction targets in six focus areas. It also outlines MTI’s continuous improvement in other key topics, including health and safety, new product development, mining and land reclamation, supply chain management, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, community outreach, and ethics and compliance.

On a recent trip to South Africa, I often heard it said that low-income groups have “good access to bad food and bad access to good food”. While the In South Africa, levels of childhood obesity have increased to 13 per cent, more than twice the global average and the highest in the region.