TOP 10 – SUSTAINABLE FASHION BRANDS

CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY & OPERATING OFFICER: PASQUALE COPPOLELLA HEADQUARTERS: LONDON, UK FOUNDED: 2001

Since its launch in 2001, Stella McCartney has never used leather, fur, feathers or skins in its fashion, instead looking to support sustainable materials like mushroom leather and plant-based feathers. Stella McCartney’ s SS2026 collection, debuted at Paris Fashion Week, included denim that can help to purify the air around it, removing CO₂, VOCs and NOx. The show also introduced FEVVERS, a plant-based alternative to feathers. Stella McCartney told FEVVERS:“ It’ s not only the world’ s first plant-based feather alternative, but it’ s also proof that brands who continue to use feathers are choosing cruelty over creativity.” In 2018, the brand signed the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’ s New Plastic Economy Global Commitment, pledging to reduce the plastic it uses and use only recycled, recyclable or compostable plastic by 2025. It has only used recycled cashmere since 2016 which it says has reduced its cashmere-related environmental impact by 92 %. Since 2012, all of its handbags have been lined using fabric made from recycled water bottles.

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46 February 2026