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Preferred Fibres / New Definition

8 February 2023

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Textile Exchange Looks at Long-Lasting, Measurable Benefits for Climate, Nature and People; Redefines the Term “Preferred”

By bringing outcome-focused indicators into this definition, Textile exchange aims to drive an increase in the production of land-based materials that positively contribute to the resilience of nature and local communities, as well as shifting its efforts to significantly boost the recycled textile-to-textile content that the industry uses.

In sync with the UNEP Ecosystem Restoration narrative, removing the “and/or” approach, global nonprofit Textile Exchange has updated the term “Preferred” to include a fibre or raw material that delivers consistently reduced impacts and increased benefits for climate, nature, and people, through a holistic approach to transforming production systems.

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Textile Waste / Polyester Problem
Researchers at the University’s Centre for Enzyme Innovation have already developed enzyme technology to reduce single use plastics, including PET, to their chemical building blocks, leading to safe and energy efficient recycling. Now they have set their sights on creating a similar process for polyester textiles.

New Project Aims to Deploy ‘Plastic-Eating’ Enzymes to Combat Waste Polyester Clothing

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8 February 2023
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Cotton Farming / Australian Industry Analysis
Australia’s Modern Slavery Act requires companies with more than A$100 million in annual revenue to publicly report on their efforts to ensure their supply chains are free of labour exploitation.

Australia’s Cotton Farmers Can Help Prevent Exploitation in the Global Garment Industry

  • Martijn Boersma
  • Alice Payne
  • Erin O'Brien

3 February 2023
Event Roundup / Heimtextil 2023 Interview
Heimtextil 2023 ended with concentrated intercontinental strength and set the course for a successful trade fair year. A total of 44,000 buyers took advantage of the opportunity to participate in the global market for home and contract textiles and to gain a bundled overview of global textile innovations - from fibres, yarns, upholstery and decorative fabrics, functional textiles, outdoor fabrics, artificial leather and wallpapers to bed and bathroom textiles, mattresses, sleep systems, curtains and decorat

Scalable and Sustainable Innovations are Not a Contradiction in Terms

  • Subir Ghosh

25 January 2023
 

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FLASHPOINT: CLIMATE

A protester holding a sign with the message "Wake up humans, you're endangered too" at a demonstration against climate change and destruction of nature.

Apparel Impact Institute Opens Call for Applications for Solutions Portfolio to Deploy Grants from $250M Fashion Climate Fund

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1 February 2023

Apparel Impact Institute (AII) has opened its first call for applications for the Climate Solutions Portfolio, a soon-to-launch registry of proven carbon reduction solutions for the fashion industry. 

If the world is to meet its climate change, biodiversity, and land degradation targets, investment in nature-based solutions should at least triple by 2030 and increase four-fold by 2050.

Kering, L'Occitane Launch €300 million Climate Fund for Nature

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 Update

13 December 2022

A €140 million commitment from luxury majors Kering and L’Occitane Group for a Climate Fund for Nature will mobilise resources to protect and restore nature, with focus on women's empowerment.

 

Highlights of the Week

  • Pushing the Frontiers of Innovation: Crafts That Concern and Communicate

    Nature as a 3D printer: material designer and underwater photographer Zena Holloway creates shapes and forms from wheat grass roots that grow in self-carved moulds made of beeswax. Each growth cycle produces a different result – all products are therefore individual pieces that can be further shaped by cutting, sewing, tearing or linking. For example, they can be used to create large, hanging structures, to shape vessels or to produce clothing and accessories.

    Innovation and sustainability are not disparate elements — they go hand in hand at Munich Fabric Start. The Sustainable Innovations forum at the event is a stepping stone towards big things for startups and design entrepreneurs. Simon Angel, the Curator of Sustainable Innovations, talks about newcomers and industry. Brought to you in association with and being presented at Munich Fabric Start. 

  • Pushing the Frontiers of Innovation: In the Name of Sustainability

    A qualitative roster of innovative designers will showcase their most inspiring range of products. From animal skin to leftover fresh fruit juice to fungi and roots, the effort is to use, recycle or reuse from nature to create something new.

    When design is used as a tool to optimise natural materials by using existing resources, a new product is born. The test is whether it can be used for the greater good of the planet. A bunch of designers are doing just that. texfash.com profiles some. These are brought to you in association with and being presented at Munich Fabric Start. 

  • Philosophy Hasn’t Changed at Munich Fabric Start; It Reinvents by the Season

    As an international fabric trade show, Munich Fabric Start works to create high-quality formats and offerings – from a broad and relevant exhibitor portfolio, to top-class lectures and panels, to trend outlooks and numerous opportunities to connect.

    Inspiring new products, innovative content and future-oriented themes is what Munich Fabric Start promises, even in these times of uncertainty. Frank Junker, Creative Director & Partner, Munich Fabric Start Exhibitions GmbH elaborates in this one-on-one with texfash.com.

  • Munich Fabric Start Set to Rock in Trends for Spring-Summer ‘24

    The intertwined subjects of digitisation and sustainability probably would be traversing the length and breadth of the exhibition area.

    It's show time. It's the curtain-raiser for Spring-Summer ‘24. And it's the three-day international fabric trade show: Munich Fabric Start (MFS), beginning 24 January. It's the right occasion, the right time, the right place. A texfash.com preview. 

  • Pushing the Frontiers of Innovation: Diverse Weaves with Paper, Wood and Hair

    The 1000 square metres Keyhouse at the Munich Fabric Start that gets under way at the Bavarian capital on 24 January will showcase some sparkling minds and their sustainable and innovative products. This collage features the works of Savine Schoorl, Mehdi Mashayekhi and Camille Champion

    When yarns of art meld and intertwine with threads of science, there must emerge an innovative new weave. texfash.com brings to you three designers and their craft. The three-day event gets under way on 24 January. These profiles are brought to you in association with and being presented at Munich Fabric Start. 

"Quote Unquote"

Luke Haverhals
Luke Haverhals
CEO and Founder
Natural Fiber Welding
If humanity is going to make progress, then we need deeply informed technical discussions about what the correct problems to solve are. The reason the fashion industry is worse off today is because greenwashing that oversimplifies highly technical issues is pervasive. Moreover, oversimplification is exactly what has gotten Higg MSI and those that use Higg MSI into lawsuits.
MORE: Greenwashing Oversimplifies Highly Technical Issues and Is Pervasive

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Vinay Thadani
Vinay Thadani
Chief Executive Officer
Vishal Fabrics Limited
During the pandemic, even as many Indian states and also other countries remained under lockdown, there were still some nations which were open. We felt that we should diversify; this was the right time to go into the Western markets.
MORE: Asia's Largest Denim Bloc, Satisfied with Home Front, Turns Eye on Exports
 

FOCUS: COTTON

The 2022 Cotton Data Book contains hundreds of tables, graphs and charts to help make the enormous amount of information easier to understand and analyse.

ICAC Releases Cotton Data Book 2022

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30 January 2023
Cotton Production / Data Book 2022
Although all of the parental cotton lines produced flammable fabric, researchers found that flame retardance did not come from a single gene. Instead, they found that multiple genes created a phenotype for fibres with significantly lower heat release capacities.

USDA Researchers Develop Naturally Fire-Resistant Cotton Lines

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20 January 2023
Cotton Farming / Innovation
 

ATTENTION: DENIM

 

FOCUS: LEATHER

Leather hides being dried on a tannery rooftop. About 85–90% of the production by the $2.25 billion Indian leather apparel and accessories industry is exported. Europe and North America account for ~75% of this amount.

Slowdown in Europe and US: Indian Leather Industry to See 8% Revenue Drop

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23 January 2023
Slowdown Effect / Indian Leather
Marko Milivojevic / Pixnio

Leather Industry Must Work Out its Own Context for Net-Zero and Chart a Plan

  • Mike Redwood

9 December 2022

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Sector Scanner / State of Leather 2022
 
 

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