Giving Compass' Take:

• H&M is partnering with conscious clothing companies to produce clothes made from pineapple leaves, orange peels, and algae in an effort to become more sustainable and use plant waste productively. 

• The global fashion industry is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution, how can they begin making more changes to curb climate change and become more sustainable?

• Learn about this company who makes sustainable workwear for women. 

You’ll be able to buy clothes made from pineapple leaves, orange peels, and algae by walking into select H&M stores starting April 11.

No, the clothes won’t rot on your body — in fact, they represent the company’s growing shift toward sustainability, according to Vogue.

For the brand’s ninth Conscious Exclusive line, it’s partnering with three companies that make clothing materials from organic materials that would otherwise go to waste.

Piñatex makes a vegan leather alternative out of pineapple leaves that would otherwise be thrown away. Orange Fiber makes a silk alternative out of orange peels that similarly get tossed after the fruit is pulped. And BLOOM Foam makes a foam for shoe soles out of algae biomass that helps to control harmful algae blooms.

Read the full article on H&M making conscious clothing by Joe McCarthy at Global Citizen.