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EU Textiles Strategy / PEF Rules

16 May 2025

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European Commission Approves PEF Rules for Textiles and Apparel

Concluding five years of intense work, the PEF methodology offers a science-based, standardised framework to help the entire industry speak the same language when discussing environmental impacts.

The European Commission has enforced the much-awaited Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) for apparel and footwear thus giving this industry segment a standard methodology to calculate product environmental footprints, with specific category requirements.

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State of Workers / Heat Stress Interview
Extreme temperatures are rapidly becoming an everyday part of working life around the world. With global temperatures now 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, once-a-decade heatwaves will become biannual events by 2030. Garment workers, especially those in Cambodia, are vulnerable to such climate extremities.

There Is No More Effective Policy for Reducing Heat Risks than a Fair Workplace and Fair Pay

  • Subir Ghosh

14 May 2025
State of Recycling / Europe Status Report
The official press conference for the Textiles Recycling Expo turned out to be a vibrant discussion on the subjects of circularity, recycling and textile waste.

Textiles Recycling Expo Aims to Weave a New Future of Circularity

  • Special Correspondent

12 May 2025
 
Young India Fashion Survey 2025
CIRCULARITY / RECYCLING / SECONDS / WASTE
By convening more than 250 organisations spanning the entire value chain—from raw material suppliers to end-of life processors, the Circular Fashion Innovation Network (CFIN) has created unprecedented alignment around practical pathways to circularity.

UK Report Calls for Automation, Robotics and AI solutions to Boost Sustainable Manufacturing

The Circular Fashion Innovation Network (CFIN) has come out with a landmark report detailing two years of industry-led collaboration to accelerate the UK’s transition to a circular fashion ecosystem.

Staff Writer
 
ITF Intertex Portugal 2025
FLASHPOINT: CLIMATE
Decarbonisation / Bangla Strategy
The Rampal Power Station is a 1,320 megawatt coal-fired power station currently under construction at Rampal Upazila of Bagerhat District in Khulna, Bangladesh. The plant, being constructed over 1834 acres of land, is situated 14 kilometres north of the world's largest mangrove forest Sundarbans.

Bangladesh Industry Can Achieve 50% Emission Reduction by 2030, But Financing Gap of $4.8 billion Remains

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 Update

9 May 2025

At a critical crossroad, the apparel and textiles industry in Bangladesh could lead global decarbonisation efforts while unlocking substantial economic and social benefits, including the creation of green jobs, says an Apparel Impact Institute (AII) report which also outlines proactive, actionable strategies to further decarbonisation efforts, foster collaboration, and enable meaningful progress for the industry.

Product Impact / New Study
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.

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

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 Report

25 April 2025

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.

 
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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
 
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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Brian London
Brian London
President
Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association
At the heart of this issue is a basic misunderstanding: second-hand clothing isn’t waste, rather it’s a resource. That’s why SMART has urged the US Trade Representative to take a strong, targeted approach in removing unfair barriers. In our March 2025 comments, we encouraged action country by country: engaging Argentina to lift its long-standing ban, resolving the CAFTA-DR misinterpretation with El Salvador, and ensuring that East African countries uphold their AGOA commitments.
MORE: Trade Barriers on Second-Hand Clothing Disrupt a Globally Significant Reverse Supply Chain

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Iva Jestratijevic
Iva Jestratijevic
Assistant Professor and Co-Director; Center for Consumer Insights and Innovation
University of North Texas
Moving to sustainable solutions represents everyone's responsibility. I don’t think that solutions are immediately feasible, and it might take a decade to find the optimal ones that are less detrimental for environment but still hold the same functional and protective values which is critical for transport oversees and distribution.
MORE: Moving to Sustainable Packaging Solutions is Everyone's Responsibility in Fashion Industry
 
 
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
 
 
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