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The Hidden Clause in the India–UK FTA: the Risk Indian Exporters are Taking and How Green Story Mitigates It

The UK–India FTA expands textile market access, but also raises the bar on sustainability compliance as exporters face rising regulatory barriers. Explore what it takes to navigate the shift.

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The Hidden Clause in the India–UK FTA: the Risk Indian Exporters are Taking and How Green Story Mitigates It

The UK–India FTA expands textile market access, but also raises the bar on sustainability compliance as exporters face rising regulatory barriers. Explore what it takes to navigate the shift.

Understanding Gold Standard Registry & How It Works

Explore how the Gold Standard registry tracks and verifies carbon credits while Green Story empowers businesses and consumers with traceable, credible, and socially impactful climate projects

Research Confirms Problem of Legacy Data in LCA: Here's How Green Story Ensures Regional Relevance and Accuracy in Sustainability Claims

Research confirms outdated LCA data has distorted sustainability claims in fashion: here's how Green Story helps manufacturers ensure accurate, region-specific impact assessments that meet modern transparency and compliance standards.

Press Release: Fundamentally Green Metrics Launches in Latin America

A groundbreaking data-powered pilot program designed to accelerate sustainable transformation within the Latin American fashion industry

How the Verra Registry Works: Its Use for Companies to Drive Real Climate Impact

As climate action becomes a business imperative, credibility and transparency are key. This blog explores the role of the Verra Registry—a global platform for tracking verified carbon credits and sustainability projects—in enabling effective climate strategies. Learn how the registry ensures independent verification, traceability, and alignment with broader goals like biodiversity and community impact. From understanding how carbon credits work to selecting high-quality projects under standards like VCS and SD VISta, this guide offers insights into navigating the world of offsets and making informed, verifiable sustainability decisions that build trust and drive meaningful environmental progress.

Blue Carbon and Carbon Projects: Coastal Climate Solutions for a Greener Future

Discover the power of blue carbon—mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes—as nature's most efficient carbon sinks. Learn how Green Story connects businesses with transparent, impactful blue carbon offset projects to fight climate change and support coastal ecosystems.

Research Confirms Problem of Legacy Data in LCA: Here's How Green Story Ensures Regional Relevance and Accuracy in Sustainability Claims

Research confirms outdated LCA data has distorted sustainability claims in fashion: here's how Green Story helps manufacturers ensure accurate, region-specific impact assessments that meet modern transparency and compliance standards.

Taming the Machine: Applying Parasitic Design Principles to Digital Product Passports

Discover how parasitic design principles are transforming Digital Product Passports (DPPs), ensuring seamless integration into existing systems, enhancing sustainability, and meeting regulatory requirements while minimizing disruption for brands and consumers.

Part 1: Product vs. Company Footprints in Fashion: Understanding the Disconnect in Sustainable Manufacturing

Discover the importance of aligning product and company footprints in the fashion industry to achieve true sustainability. Understand the disconnect between these two approaches, the unintended consequences of misalignment, and why integrating both footprints is crucial for reducing environmental impact, complying with regulations, and building consumer trust. Explore the path to creating a holistic sustainability strategy that drives meaningful change and competitive advantage.

Supply Chain Data Management: The Essential Pillar for Fashion’s Sustainable Future

Explore why supply chain data management is crucial for the future of fashion sustainability. Learn how brands can use data to build transparency, meet regulatory requirements, mitigate risks, and drive growth. Discover Green Story's approach to data management and our partnership with Sapphire Mills, showcasing how effective data strategies empower informed decisions and strengthen trust.

Leveraging Granular Data to Drive Business Strategy in Fashion

Discover how fashion brands can leverage granular data to drive business strategy, enhance sustainability credentials, and achieve meaningful outcomes. Learn how tools like Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and data-driven insights can help validate claims, identify hot spots, improve ESG reporting, and implement effective offsetting strategies.

Digital Passports in Fashion: The New Era of Transparency and Accountability

Discover how digital passports are transforming transparency in the fashion industry. Learn how these innovative tools provide in-depth sustainability data, enhance consumer trust, support regulatory compliance, and promote circular economy models. See how Green Story helps brands implement digital passports to build a competitive advantage.

In conversation with Kristiane Davidson from TO THE MARKET

For the second interview of our “In conversation with” series, we spoke with Kristiane Davidson, Director, Europe + Global Impact and Sustainability at TO THE MARKET, about their sustainability journey.

Sustainability communication tips for today’s fashion marketers

This blog outlines a series of recommendations for how marketers can strengthen their sustainability communications strategies to adhere to legislation and build consumer trust.

How can brands help customers buy better with conscious consumerism?

There’s no denying that conscious consumerism is in fashion. What are the ways that fashion brands can encourage more responsible consumption?

Transforming Fashion Sustainability: Green Story Now Accredited by SAC as Higg FEM Verifier

Discover how Green Story's accreditation by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition as a verifier body for the Higg Index Facility Environmental Module (FEM) is helping fashion brands achieve their sustainability goals.

Royal College of Arts: Shaping Sustainable Fashion through Education

The Royal College of Arts partners with Green Story to promote sustainable fashion education, inspiring students shape a more eco-friendly future.

Green regulation transforming fashion: for textile and footwear brands, it's time to adapt

With regulation coming in fast, fashion brands will have to start adapting and investing today in their supply chain analysis and transparency.

Understanding Gold Standard Registry & How It Works

Explore how the Gold Standard registry tracks and verifies carbon credits while Green Story empowers businesses and consumers with traceable, credible, and socially impactful climate projects

How the Verra Registry Works: Its Use for Companies to Drive Real Climate Impact

As climate action becomes a business imperative, credibility and transparency are key. This blog explores the role of the Verra Registry—a global platform for tracking verified carbon credits and sustainability projects—in enabling effective climate strategies. Learn how the registry ensures independent verification, traceability, and alignment with broader goals like biodiversity and community impact. From understanding how carbon credits work to selecting high-quality projects under standards like VCS and SD VISta, this guide offers insights into navigating the world of offsets and making informed, verifiable sustainability decisions that build trust and drive meaningful environmental progress.

Blue Carbon and Carbon Projects: Coastal Climate Solutions for a Greener Future

Discover the power of blue carbon—mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes—as nature's most efficient carbon sinks. Learn how Green Story connects businesses with transparent, impactful blue carbon offset projects to fight climate change and support coastal ecosystems.

Carbon Credits: A Forestry Approach

Discover how forestry carbon credits are shaping climate action. Explore their types, regional impact, challenges, and how to identify high-quality, verified projects with Green Story.

India Launches Carbon Credit Trading Scheme: What You Need to Know

Discover how this game-changing initiative is set to transform climate action, business strategy, and green investment.

CORSIA: How the Aviation Industry is Paving the Way for Stricter Standards for Carbon Offsets Everywhere

Explore how CORSIA is setting a new global benchmark for verified carbon offsets in aviation—and what the fashion industry can learn from its evolution toward transparency, accountability, and climate action.

How Earthletica Uses Impact Widgets to Showcase Transparency and Drive Sustainable Choices

Discover how Earthletica, led by Olympic champion Bronte Campbell, uses Green Story’s impact widgets to showcase the environmental impact of their activewear. Learn about their commitment to sustainability, product transparency, and how they’re raising the bar in eco-conscious fashion.

How Sulochana Mills is Utilizing Scalable LCAs with Green Story to Reach Net Zero by 2027

Discover how Sulochana Mills is leveraging scalable LCAs with Green Story to reduce its environmental impact and achieve Net Zero by 2027. Learn how this industry leader is using detailed data mapping, product-level assessments, and supply chain insights to enhance sustainability and strengthen its market position.

Validating Sustainability Efforts at Shobikaa Impex with Green Story

Shobikaa Impex partnered with Green Story to validate its sustainability claims through a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment and on-site verification. Discover how this leading recycled yarn manufacturer measured the environmental impact of its rPET products, reduced its carbon footprint, and strengthened its market position by aligning with industry standards.

How Alphabroder Achieved Accurate Emission Offsets Across 111 Products by Partnering with Green Story

Alphabroder partnered with Green Story to enhance sustainability across 111 products, achieving accurate emission offsets through detailed data enrichment and supply chain optimization. Discover how this collaboration set clear baselines, optimized processes, and helped Alphabroder make significant strides toward carbon neutrality.

Swannies’ Commitment to Offsetting Environmental Impact with Green Story

Learn how Swannies partnered with Green Story to calculate and offset 1,998,042 kg of carbon emissions across global projects. From reforestation in Australia to renewable energy in India, Swannies demonstrates its commitment to sustainability by using recycled materials and supporting impactful environmental initiatives, engaging eco-conscious consumers transparently.

How Sapphire Mills Launched Digital Product Passports with Green Story at Kingpins New York

Discover how Sapphire Mills partnered with Green Story to launch their innovative Digital Product Passport at the Kingpins Show in New York. Learn how this collaboration enhanced transparency, showcased sustainability efforts, and boosted their global visibility through a comprehensive content strategy, empowering customers with detailed sustainability information for each garment.

Part 2: Bridging the Gap: Strategies for Aligning Product and Company Footprints in Fashion

In Part 2 of our series on aligning product and company footprints in fashion, we explore actionable strategies to create a holistic sustainability approach. Discover how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), cross-functional collaboration, and integrated data systems can help fashion brands reduce environmental impact, drive innovation, and meet regulatory demands. Learn how aligning product development with corporate sustainability goals leads to a unified and impactful strategy for the future of fashion.

Supply Chain Data Management: The Essential Pillar for Fashion’s Sustainable Future

Explore why supply chain data management is crucial for the future of fashion sustainability. Learn how brands can use data to build transparency, meet regulatory requirements, mitigate risks, and drive growth. Discover Green Story's approach to data management and our partnership with Sapphire Mills, showcasing how effective data strategies empower informed decisions and strengthen trust.

Fabric Faceoff: Cork vs. Recycled Wool

Time for Round 3 of our #fabricFaceoff. Tencel and Bamboo are already in the semi finals after beating linen and rPET.

Transforming Fashion Sustainability: Green Story Now Accredited by SAC as Higg FEM Verifier

Discover how Green Story's accreditation by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition as a verifier body for the Higg Index Facility Environmental Module (FEM) is helping fashion brands achieve their sustainability goals.

Part 2: Bridging the Gap: Strategies for Aligning Product and Company Footprints in Fashion

In Part 2 of our series on aligning product and company footprints in fashion, we explore actionable strategies to create a holistic sustainability approach. Discover how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), cross-functional collaboration, and integrated data systems can help fashion brands reduce environmental impact, drive innovation, and meet regulatory demands. Learn how aligning product development with corporate sustainability goals leads to a unified and impactful strategy for the future of fashion.

Supply Chain Data Management: The Essential Pillar for Fashion’s Sustainable Future

Explore why supply chain data management is crucial for the future of fashion sustainability. Learn how brands can use data to build transparency, meet regulatory requirements, mitigate risks, and drive growth. Discover Green Story's approach to data management and our partnership with Sapphire Mills, showcasing how effective data strategies empower informed decisions and strengthen trust.

Fabric Faceoff: Cork vs. Recycled Wool

Time for Round 3 of our #fabricFaceoff. Tencel and Bamboo are already in the semi finals after beating linen and rPET.

Transforming Fashion Sustainability: Green Story Now Accredited by SAC as Higg FEM Verifier

Discover how Green Story's accreditation by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition as a verifier body for the Higg Index Facility Environmental Module (FEM) is helping fashion brands achieve their sustainability goals.

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