International Women’s Day 2025 comes at a dark time in the struggle for gender equality. As we report in the latest issue of The Ethical Corporation, the new Trump administration’s unprecedented attacks on diversity and inclusion represent a huge setback for women, both in the U.S. and internationally.

News earlier this year that Asian clothing factories supplying H&M and Zara were buying cotton linked to deforestation and land-grabbing in Brazil doubtless come as a shock to the two global fashion giants, who pointed to the fact that the cotton had been certified sustainable by the Better Cotton initiative.

News reports of TikTok users pouring milk down the drain in response to Arla Foods UK saying it would be trialling a new dairy feed additive on 30 UK farms came out of left – or should it be right – field.

Some UK social media users have been pouring milk down their sinks and toilets in protest at the trial of a new feed additive that claims to significantly reduce the emission of methane gas in dairy c...