During the first half of this year, a number of developments in existing fashion, retail, and tech lawsuits stood out in the crowded landscape of litigation because they indicate larger trends within these spaces and underscore issues worth keeping an eye on during the rest of 2025. Among these are developments in a number of…
Standard setters agreed Wednesday to publish changes to the voluntary guidelines underpinning corporate global environmental, social, and governance disclosure rules. The International Sustainability Standards Board unanimously agreed to ratify the changes to reporting rules for mining companies, electricity firms, and food companies. The ISSB requires companies to report on all areas of sustainability considered material—or…
France’s bid to crack down on fast fashion is getting a rewrite – and the likes of Shein and Temu are expected to bear the brunt of the amended bill. French senators are redrafting a high-profile piece of legislation intended to reduce the environmental footprint of low-cost, high-volume clothing and address the market distortions that…
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) say they have been generating new business by leveraging their carbon-tracking technologies, despite some financial uncertainties facing the broader sector. For Hong Kong start-ups like Urban Spring, which supplies smart water refilling stations, and EzyGreenPak, which makes sustainable packaging, using technologies that measure climate-related data throughout their production chains has…
International investors are accelerating their efforts to channel capital to the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese markets amid the US tariff war, the finance chief has said, pledging to promote the city’s status as a safe haven for global funds and as a free port. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po noted on Sunday that in…
International investors are accelerating their efforts to channel capital to the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese markets amid the US tariff war, the finance chief has said, pledging to promote the city’s status as a safe haven for global funds and as a free port. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po noted on Sunday that in…
Fashion industry occupants are being encouraged to join forces to accelerate their climate-centric efforts – and many are doing just that. In December, for instance, ASOS, Selfridges Group, and Boozt announced that they signed on to Fashion Leap For Climate, the climate education program launched by About You, Yoox Net-a-Porter, and Zalando. Before that, Gap…
One-third of women in Hong Kong have been sexually harassed in the workplace over the past three years but most of them do nothing about it fearing it will affect their job or because they have accepted it as the norm, a survey has found. Lawmaker Elizabeth Quat Pei-fan, whose party jointly carried out the…
Hong Kong office landlords are increasingly in a “defensive” position amid a supply glut that is driving tenants to upgrade to better and cheaper locations and facilities, according to analysts. “The flight to quality of existing tenants within Hong Kong is absolutely going to continue with all the new supply coming in the next three…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ £8.06 billion Earth fund for climate and biodiversity has halted funding for the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), an international body that assesses whether companies are decarbonising in accordance with the Paris Climate Agreement. This development came as US President Donald Trump exited the Paris Agreement, sharply contradicting Bezos’ earlier climate…