Veronica Bates Kassatly

Producing mindful fashion for men led to evaluating whether sustainability claims in the apparel sector are fact based. Life's funny like that.

[Veronica Bates Kassatly @BatesKassatly]

Seems I haven't been here since 2024.
What is happening?

[Dr. Doro Baumann-Pauly @DoroBauPau]

Good to see our #BizHumanRights research @unige_en discussed in popular outlets in #Switzerland - @MyretZaki @BatesKassatly
https://t.co/8NOknt3oP9

[Dr. Doro Baumann-Pauly @DoroBauPau]

Backtracking on #greenwashing in the EU!
Basing #sustainability claims on self-assessments is too weak!
Do companies have people with skills to "assess for themselves whether the claims they make are scientifically credible" ?
https://t.co/OUeEtbVRhT
@BatesKassatly @liviafirth

[Amanpour and Company @AmanpourCoPBS]

There’s a global grab on for food and water, says investigative journalist Nate Halverson. He tells @hari how governments around the world are seizing these resources at the expense of entire populations. @eWords @GabCowperthwait #TheGrab

[Veronica Bates Kassatly @BatesKassatly]

@NHSBSA_OHS Thank you so much for your help Mhairi, I will do that.

[Veronica Bates Kassatly @BatesKassatly]

@CMAgovUK Does the @CMAgovUK have a definition of what constitutes a #sustainable fabric?

Is it your position that #organic and #recycled fibers are automatically more sustainable than the virgin equivalent?

[Veronica Bates Kassatly @BatesKassatly]

@CMAgovUK With respect, what is a truthful and accurate statement?

Many companies offer apps/AI systems that 'certify' that some fiber/fabric choices have a lower environmental impact.

Does @CMAgovUK approve the use of these verification systems?

[Veronica Bates Kassatly @BatesKassatly]

@washingtonpost Hoping you will take notice. There is a serious error in this article https://t.co/WFbglAGhCi
I have reported it to your corrections but I have received no response.

Can you help?

[Veronica Bates Kassatly @BatesKassatly]

Dear @washingtonpost,
I've emailed your Corrections department 4 times since March 10. I received this response twice
"Your message has been forwarded to the Climate and Environment desk for investigation."
That's it, and the claim remains.

https://t.co/WFbglAGhCi

Can you help?

[The European House - Ambrosetti @Ambrosetti_]

#VeniceSFF
The textile goods produced are produced for our sake, so we are all responsible for those GHG emissions. People care more for the things they paid more: as long as it is cheaper to buy new clothes than to upcycle and repair them, the clothes produced in a sustainable way will not have the same diffusion.
@BatesKassatly

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

The first global temperature data is in for the full month of September. This month was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist – absolutely gobsmackingly bananas. JRA-55 beat the prior monthly record by over 0.5C, and was around 1.8C warmer than preindutrial levels.

[ICAC @ICAC_cotton]

The latest edition of 'COTTON: Review of the World Situation' is now available.

This free publication is the third in a three-part series focussing on the work of Veronica @BatesKassatly, an independent analyst and consultant for data-based sustainability claims.

[Emily Chan @em_chan]

The European Parliament has backed a raft of legislation designed to “end fast fashion” – but will it actually work? https://t.co/S1t3BscDtY

[Veronica Bates Kassatly @BatesKassatly]

Should the UK Competition and Markets Authority, the Norwegian Forbrukertilsynet, and the many other consumer authorities, instruct fashion and apparel brands to desist advertising their cotton as 'organic' to consumers, until the data chasm in organic co…https://t.co/krDJ1w5kfu

[Veronica Bates Kassatly @BatesKassatly]

The regulations that the European Commission/European Environment Agency are proposing to end fast fashion and make fashion circular - some of which Environment Committee MEPs adopted in April - will not work. 

Indeed, without supplementary legislation,…https://t.co/Q0iJV96TCC

[Veronica Bates Kassatly @BatesKassatly]

In case you missed them the first time, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)  Cotton Review of the World Situation Vol. 76 (linked below) includes
- The Great Green Washing Machine Part 2: The Use and Misuse of Sustainability Metrics in Fash…https://t.co/Nxrw0RcwNM

[Veronica Bates Kassatly @BatesKassatly]

Check out my latest article: A Circle That Isn’t Easily Squared https://t.co/rtg5trg4vX via @LinkedIn

[Veronica Bates Kassatly @BatesKassatly]

UPCOMING EVENT

Are you filling out your schedule for next week? Nothing much to do on Monday evening, between 6 and 8pm, UK?

Then why not head online - or down to Lincoln's Inn Fields, if you happen to be in London - for what wil…https://t.co/XiXfjpznuX https://t.co/kna9CqLNax

[Veronica Bates Kassatly @BatesKassatly]

As H&M Group's Helena Helmersson replaces Kering's Pinault as co-chair of the Fashion Pact - and Hermès and Selfridges exit stage left... many folks on Linkedin have been questioning how H&M are going to attain their climate targe…https://t.co/sf4HFxOwzp https://t.co/ypWu0XrRlD