Mexican cactus-based leather company, DESSERTO®, announces a distribution agreement with H&M, among the world’s largest clothing chains with 4700 shops in 69 countries. Founders Adrián López Velarde and Marte Cázarez state they are proud to […]
German sportswear giant Adidas has announced a total ban on fur use in its product range, making it the 1500th clothing and footwear company to join the likes of H&M, Marks & Spencer and Asos […]
Hong Kong’s Avant is known to vegconomist readers as the first cultivated meat company in China, whose proprietary technology platform produces animal-free fish proteins for various applications ranging from food to skincare. Avant today announces […]
A short film created by Hollywood producer Gavin Palone and director Derek Ambrosi, exposes the yearly massacre of two million kangaroos for football boots. The film comes as two US congressmen introduce a new kangaroo […]
PureK Holdings, a plant-based wellness company based in Canada, recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with DTC Brands to acquire all of the outstanding shares of No BS Skincare, a manufacturer […]
Streetwear brand Bohema Clothing uses vegan materials such as ecological silicone, and makes sweatshirts made of organic cotton and wallets made of apple leather. Bohema states to vegconomist that it was the first brand in […]
Budget fashion company bonprix is moving with the times: 75% of the own-brand range of shoes and 95 percent of the bags at bonprix have been certified as vegan by PETA. Based on sales figures […]
Vegan pro surfer Tia Blanco, an early-stage brand ambassador for Beyond Meat, has been officially onboarded as official ambassador for online vegan marketplace Vejii. Additionally, Vejii has launched Tia Blanco’s brand of vegan and cruelty-free […]
HEXA shoes, a PETA-Approved fashion brand based in Thailand, has released a new collection called COAST SS2021, an entirely new line of vegan shoes and sandals using a NASA Certified Space Technology called Outlast® temperature […]
Miami-based hair care brand R+Co has launched BLEU, one of the first luxury ranges to use exclusively recycled and recyclable packaging. The products are available widely throughout the US.
Adidas has revealed it is working on vegan shoes made from a biodegradable fungi-based leather alternative. To develop the shoes, it has partnered with Bolt Threads, the biotech company that produces the leather.
Eco-friendly hair care company Aveda has announced that it is now 100% vegan. The company stopped using animal ingredients in all new products last summer, but some bee-derived ingredients were still being used in existing […]
Rock band My Chemical Romance recently launched a makeup collection in collaboration with vegan and cruelty-free beauty brand HipDot. Following the launch, The HipDot x MCR collection sold out within minutes, leaving many fans disappointed.
European sustainable fashion brand nu-in has announced that all its future products will be vegan-friendly. The brand has partnered with PETA to certify its fashion as free of animal cruelty.
The new plant-based “POZ” sneaker, developed by Po-Zu‘s sustainable footwear experts, is set to be one of the first shoes on the UK market to successfully use cactus leather and combine it with other natural, […]
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