Sustainability & Trends

By Falcon Research | December 2025 2025 marks the year fashion lost control of its sustainability narrative. Governments and regulators have moved from encouragement to enforcement , transforming sustainability from a branding exercise into a compliance requirement. From Ethics to Enforcement For years, fashion relied on: Voluntary commitments Self-reported metrics Selective transparency That era is ending. PFAS Bans Go Live As of January 1, 2025: California  and New York  ba

By Falcon Research | December 2025 Fashion’s environmental damage is not accidental. It is the result of business models designed around volume, speed, and disposability  — even as sustainability pledges multiply. In 2025, several global brands are increasingly seen as environmental defaulters : companies whose operating logic is fundamentally incompatible with planetary limits. What “Defaulter” Means in 2025 A defaulter is not necessarily breaking the law — yet. Instead, the

By Falcon Research | December 2025 The global fashion industry has officially crossed a line. In 2025, fashion is no longer just “unsustainable.” It has become one of the world’s most resource-extractive industries , operating at a scale that ecosystems and regulators can no longer absorb. This is the first article in a three-part series examining how fashion reached this point, who is driving the damage, and why 2025 marks a turning point. Water: From Resource Use to Resourc

Once hailed as India's "Garden City," Bangalore has morphed into a sprawling tech metropolis—the so-called Silicon Valley of India. But behind the skyscrapers, tech campuses, and rising GDP lies a deeper crisis. Bangalore is booming, but it's also breaking. As rapid, unregulated urban expansion accelerates, the city is facing a full-spectrum sustainability crisis: collapsing ecosystems, widening inequality, institutional gridlock, and economic overreach. This blog explores ho