Sustainability has had a pretty rough go of it these last few years. Despite major strides in the right direction, the push for a greener future has been dealt several devastating blows from a fraught supply chain, economic headwinds and political setbacks.

Fashion, a notoriously unfriendly industry for the environment, is no exception.

Last week, Newsweek released its ranking of America’s Greenest Companies 2026 , a list recognizing 450 U.S. companies for their environmental sustainability leadership. The ranking welcomed two new additions from the textile and apparel manufacturing sector—Fruit of the Loom and Steve Madden —but as a whole, the industry saw a nearly 43 percent decrease in representation from last year’s ranking.

Only a dozen textile and apparel manufacturing compani

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