Key themes include being “nature-positive” and reducing harmful economic activities; collaboration across the industry and with suppliers (who need to be a big part of the sustainability journey as strategies will fail without them); being transparent because the rules will require it and companies’ customers and staff will judge them harshly if they aren’t; and embracing sustainability to reduce supply chain, financial and brand risk. Fashionnetwork.com spoke to its co-CEOs Diana Verde Nieto and Amy Nelson-Bennett this week and was told that becoming more sustainable is no longer a “will-we-or-won’t-we” choice. It’s non-negotiable for many more reasons than we might think.

WHY BE SUSTAINABLE?We know the planet — or at least the way we and all the other animals …