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Climate Crisis / Fashion Emissions

23 July 2025

Polyester Boom Drives 7.5% Spike in Fashion Sector Carbon Output, Finds AII Study

The fashion industry is falling further behind on its climate commitments, with emissions surging in 2023 despite increased investments in decarbonisation. Polyester demand and ultra-fast fashion are outpacing efforts to reduce impact.

The apparel sector’s carbon footprint grew sharply in 2023, underscoring the gap between climate commitments and actual performance. The rise in emissions was driven primarily by polyester usage, particularly virgin fibres. Despite growing investment in greener practices, the sector remains far off course for its 2030 goals, according to a new report from Apparel Impact Institute.

  • Staff Writer
Research
Other Updates
Fibre Innovation / New Fibre
The integrated process transforms discarded cotton through three stages: defibration into powder-like state, dissolution in solvent, and extrusion through nozzles into coagulation baths where fibres solidify and undergo spinning into yarn suitable for scarves, neckties, and suit linings.

Epson and HKRITA Create Silk-Like Luxury Fibre from Recycled Cotton Waste

  • Staff Writer

23 July 2025
Recycling / New Tool
Without reliable origin tracking, the industry cannot determine whether recycled fibres come from plastic bottles or textile waste, creating opacity around sustainability claims and limiting brands' ability to prioritise circular textile recycling over bottle-to-fibre conversion processes.

Textile Exchange Launches New Tool to Trace Recycled Textiles

  • Staff Writer

23 July 2025
Top Stories
Technical Textiles / India Prospects Interview
Small textile units are crucial to India’s technical textiles push—bridging policy with practice, and powering innovation from the ground up.

From Policy to Practice: How PHDCCI Aims to Fast-Track India’s Technical Textiles Growth

  • Special Correspondent

21 July 2025
Tariff Turmoil / Lesotho Status Commentary
For two decades, Lesotho had been the unlikely poster child of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)—a trade deal with the US that allowed duty-free exports of garments.

Lesotho Declares State of Disaster as Trump Tariff Wipes Out Textiles Industry

  • Subir Ghosh

15 July 2025
 
CIRCULARITY / RECYCLING / SECONDS / WASTE
Mixed, unsortable polyester waste, including non-woven fabric scrap from the automotive industry and sportswear textiles.

French Scientists Crack Code for Recycling Mixed Polyester Waste without Sorting

French researchers have developed a revolutionary approach to recycling mixed polyester waste from textiles and appliances. By combining controlled heating with smart mixing techniques, the method eliminates sorting requirements whilst achieving 90% recycling efficiency. The breakthrough could transform how the fashion industry handles synthetic textile waste streams.

Staff Writer
 
ITF Intertex Tunisia 2025
FLASHPOINT: CLIMATE
Handmade Sector / Artisans
The study uncovers systematic environmental blind spots that undermine claims about sustainable craft production. Most concerning is the complete absence of benefit-sharing disclosure under the Nagoya Protocol.

The Hidden Environmental Cost of Luxury: How Fashion Brands Fail Their Artisans

  • Special Correspondent
 Report

2 July 2025

A groundbreaking study reveals that luxury fashion brands score just 37% on average for transparency around artisan production impacts. The first-ever Artisans' Index exposes how brands from Gucci to Wayfair fail to monitor environmental and social conditions for millions of craftspeople creating embroidered handbags and apparel, block-printed textiles, and handwoven homeware.

Climate Action / Top Companies
H&M Group demonstrated high-integrity targets with transparent supply chain energy disclosure.

Fashion’s Climate Promises Fall Short as Fast Fashion Undermines Progress: 2025 Global Accountability Study

  • Staff Writer
 Update

26 June 2025

A new 2025 analysis of fashion industry climate strategies has found that leading brands like Adidas, H&M Group, and Shein continue to fall short of meaningful action. The report by NewClimate Institute  cited weak electrification plans, overreliance on fossil gas and biomass, and a refusal to move away from the fast fashion model.

 
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Cellulose Fibre and Sustainable Textiles 2025
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FOCUS: COTTON
Globally, cotton is the sixth most pesticide-intensive crop, and it ranks third in terms of the volume of highly hazardous insecticide used in its cultivation.

Rethinking Cotton: Why Biodiversity Matters More Than Ever in Cotton Cultivation

Cotton farming spans millions of hectares worldwide, posing major risks to biodiversity. A new paper from Solidaridad and Organic Cotton Accelerator details how agrochemical use, monocultures, poor water management and land conversion harm ecosystems.

Staff Writer
 
ITF Intertex Spain 2025
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SPOTLIGHT EDITIONS: SELECT 4
State of Leather 2024
Has to be Leather All the Way!
 
Young India Fashion Survey 2025

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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Lewis Perkins
Lewis Perkins
President and CEO
Apparel Impact Institute
Bangladesh’s reliance on fossil fuels, particularly coal and gas, poses a significant challenge to decarbonising its apparel sector. Shifting this entrenched energy mix requires more than just technology; it demands coordinated action across policy, infrastructure, and finance.
MORE: Decarbonisation or Decline: The Crossroads Facing Bangladesh’s Garment Export Sector

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Stefan Mueller
Stefan Mueller
Head, Business Unit Textile Additives
Sanitized AG
The demand for antimicrobial textiles is driven by both brands/retailers and end-consumers, with each influencing the other. Brands and retailers seek antimicrobial solutions to differentiate their products and respond to growing health-conscious trends. End-consumers are increasingly aware of and demanding products that offer added hygiene benefits.
MORE: COVID-19 Pandemic Certainly Raised Awareness and Need for Hygiene Management for Textiles
 
FOCUS: LEATHER
Apyterewa is the ancestral land of the Parakanã Indigenous People and one of Brazil’s most egregious cases of deforestation in recent years.

The Hidden Price of Luxury: Coach Handbags Linked to Amazon Deforestation

Coach luxury handbags have been linked to illegal Amazon deforestation through Brazilian leather supply chains connected to cattle ranching on stolen indigenous land, new investigation reveals. European fashion brands risk complicity in environmental crimes whilst marketing sustainable products to consumers seeking ethical luxury goods.

Subir Ghosh
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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