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Product Impact / New Study

25 April 2025

 5 minutes

Raw Materials and Manufacturing Account for 90% of Fashion Product’s Environmental Footprint

Understanding that the environmental crisis is more than just carbon emissions will ensure that as companies work to reduce their carbon footprint, they are aware of how their business impacts the environment on other fronts. Failure to do so risks shifting impact from one category to another unknowingly.

A new study finds that 75% of an apparel product's environmental footprint stems from areas of impact beyond carbon emissions, and reveals raw material choices and specific manufacturing processes - not packaging, distribution, or even assembly - contribute up to 90% of product impact.

  • Special Correspondent
 Report
Latest: Updates
Egypt Industry / Textile Cities
One of the two textile cities will be built in the Minya region.

Egypt Aims to Reinvent Textile Sector with Two Mega Industrial Cities

  • Staff Writer

21 April 2025
Other Top Stories
Tariffs and Seconds / SMART View Interview
If unfair trade barriers persist, there's the risk of seeing mountains of usable clothing pile up in the US, while markets abroad fill the gap with cheap, low-quality fast fashion that often results in more waste, not less. Keeping the second-hand clothing trade flowing freely is in everyone’s best interest: economically, socially, and environmentally. This is a moment to build smarter, fairer, and more circular global systems, not to shut them down.

Trade Barriers on Second-Hand Clothing Disrupt a Globally Significant Reverse Supply Chain

  • Subir Ghosh

24 April 2025
Tariff Impact / Luxury Fashion Commentary
For decades, luxury brands have relied on well-established international supply chains and global consumer bases, allowing them to maintain the coveted image of timelessness and prosperity.

The Price of Prestige: How Trump’s Tariff War Is Rattling the Luxury Fashion World

  • Richa Bansal

22 April 2025
 
Young India Fashion Survey 2025
CIRCULARITY / RECYCLING / SECONDS / WASTE
Participation in ESCF was not token—it demanded deep engagement from all. For Yee Chain, this meant drawing from years of hands-on trials in circular textile manufacturing. As supply chain partners, it was committed to share its existing knowledge and to advance development/ use of new knowledge and tools to actively contribute to the project.

Enabling Systemic Circularity and a Collective Push for Industry-Wide Change

The path to circularity in fashion is not paved with singular solutions or isolated innovations. It is shaped by the willingness of stakeholders to come together, question assumptions, and collaborate in new ways. The ESCF project has shown that manufacturers, when given space and voice, are not just implementers—they are co-creators of the future. 

Subir Ghosh
 
ITF Intertex Portugal 2025
FLASHPOINT: CLIMATE
Wool Usage / NZ Push
New Zealand is weaving wool into the fabric of its future. The wool procurement shift is being lauded as both a climate-conscious and economy-boosting move.

Greener Floors, Stronger Futures: New Zealand Chooses Wool for Climate and Community

  • Richa Bansal
 Report

21 April 2025

Wool, long regarded as a symbol of New Zealand’s pastoral heritage and a sustainable alternative in an increasingly eco-conscious world, is set to take centre stage again, as it gets knitted into a government directive mandating the use of Kiwi-grown and manufactured wool carpets in public sector buildings.

Climate Action / Benchmark Report
Good On You’s Fashion Planet Benchmark Report shines a light on the biggest planetary issues facing fashion, and how the industry fares.

Fashion Industry Not Serious about Emission Reduction or Impact on Nature, Says Report

  • Staff Writer
 Analysis

15 April 2025

The Fashion Planet Benchmark Report reveals an alarming gap between industry action and environmental reality, with major brands scoring just 30% in the planet pillar of Good On You’s brand ratings. These charts highlight critical shortfalls in emissions tracking, supply chain transparency, and circular design—and clearly show where brands can demonstrate leadership.

 
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FOCUS: COTTON
Encouraging the adoption of organic cotton is a key step, as it generally relies on fewer synthetic inputs and supports more sustainable farming systems

Organic Cotton Farming Consistently Has Lower Environmental Footprint Across Categories, Finds OCA Study

The Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) has published the findings of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study highlighting the environmental benefits of organic cotton farming in India, offering detailed, locally relevant data demonstrating organic cotton’s reduced environmental impact compared to conventional farming.

Staff Writer
 
Textile Recycling Expo
SPOTLIGHT ARTICLES: MOST READ
The WeftSide journey is inspired by the concept of “the pleasure of slowness,” embracing the philosophy of denim—no more, no less. Always and (n)ever the same.

WeftSide: Driving the Pleasure of Slowness, Ageing Beautifully Over Time

  • Special Correspondent
 Interview

28 November 2024
 
SPOTLIGHT EDITIONS: SELECT 4
Cotton for Good 2024
One Crop, One Fibre, Many Stories
 

Highlights: Sea Change

British Pasture Leather is the first and only producer of leather from the hides of cattle raised on regenerative farms in the UK, certified by Pasture for Life. It connects designers with ecosystem restoration through the production of leather, working from the farm level to produce a material which is 100% vegetable tanned, and traceable to regenerative sources.

Pasture Leather: A Journey from Field to Fork to Fashion

  • Richa Bansal
 Interview

20 March 2025

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Ron van de Wiel
Ron van de Wiel
Founder
Blue Loop Originals
Denims are not as long lasting anymore as 20 years ago when elastane was not yet adopted in every single pair of jeans. Cotton fibres now have more friction and jeans last much shorter than ever before. We started with jeans because the recycling company in the Netherlands was processing those for another industry in big volumes; so, there was already established demand and infrastructure for worn out jeans.
MORE: Denims Not Long-Lasting as 20 Years Ago, And Wool is Under-Rated

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Olaf Schmidt
Olaf Schmidt
Vice-President - Textiles & Textile Technologies
Messe Frankfurt Exhibition
Resilience is a recurring theme. It has become a critical success factor—not just for businesses, but for individuals and communities. This is where home and contract textiles come in: they play a transformative role in creating spaces that promote well-being, enhance productivity, and support mental health.
MORE: At Heimtextil, Regenerative Design Takes Inspiration from Ecological Principles
 
 
FOCUS: LEATHER
British Pasture Leather is the first and only producer of leather from the hides of cattle raised on regenerative farms in the UK, certified by Pasture for Life. It connects designers with ecosystem restoration through the production of leather, working from the farm level to produce a material which is 100% vegetable tanned, and traceable to regenerative sources.

Pasture Leather: A Journey from Field to Fork to Fashion

Working at the intersections of farming, leather and fashion, Alice Robinson and Sara Grady founded British Pasture Leather (BPL) to reshape entrenched perceptions of leather and forge the disconnection of this natural material from its source: farms, land and animals. The co-founder duo share how they embarked on their remarkable journey from field to fork and fashion.

Richa Bansal
 
ATTENTION: DENIM
The WeftSide journey is inspired by the concept of “the pleasure of slowness,” embracing the philosophy of denim—no more, no less. Always and (n)ever the same.

WeftSide: Driving the Pleasure of Slowness, Ageing Beautifully Over Time

  • Special Correspondent
 Interview

28 November 2024
 
 
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