Stock Spotlight: Zara owner Inditex environmental start ups fund not enough to displace fast fashion status

Owns several fashion brands

Eve Maddock-Jones
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Fashion conglomerate Inditex, owner of Zara, Pull&Bear and Massimo Dutti among others, is seeking to launch an investment fund dedicated to investing in start-ups and technology involved in making the fashion industry more climate friendly; however, this is unlikely to be enough to shift the firm's fast fashion status.

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