| YKK Intends to Unzip Fashion with Cutting-Edge Innovation and Sustainability Overdrive |
Zippers and Fasteners |
YKK Story |
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| Researchers Announce World's First Cotton Quality Module after Decade-Long US Project |
Cotton Production |
New Model |
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| Brands Amass Heaps with White Gold as Cotton Farmers Remain Mired in Poverty |
Cotton Production |
State of Farmers |
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| NextGen Material Adoption a Certainty, Proposed Actions Within Industry’s Control: New Report |
Nex-Gen Materials |
State of Future |
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| India's Leather Gloves Industry: A Hidden Gem with Room to Grow or a Sleeping Giant? |
Hand in Glove |
India Market |
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| Responsible Consumption and Production Emerges Top SDG Priority in UNECE Sustainability Pledge |
Sustainability Pledge |
Top Priorities |
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| Both Brands and Suppliers Complicit over Reliance on Tight Margins and Low Wages that Undermine Worker Rights in Asia |
State of Workers |
Asia Overview |
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| Australian Fashion Industry to Start Seamless Operations from July |
Going Circular |
Australian Industry |
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| CmiA Joins WTO-FIFA Initiative in Supporting Cotton 4+ West African Countries Through Football |
Football for Cotton |
Cotton 4+ |
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| US Researchers Create Dissolvable Textiles from Gelatin |
Fibre Innovation |
Gelatin Use |
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| Polybion Tackles Food Waste and Avoids Plastics with Biomaterial Celium |
Biomaterials |
Celium Launch |
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| New Fabric to Help Urban Citizens Weather Impact of Heat Waves |
Textile Innovation |
Heat Control |
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| Fear of Being Perceived Dirty Trumps Environmental Concerns, Makes People Wash Clothes More |
Consumer Trends |
Dirty Laundry |
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| Thai Researchers Develop Leather Alternative Using Pineapple Leaf Fibre and Natural Rubber |
Material Science |
Leather Alternative |
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| Beyond the Salon: Dutch Fibre Start-Up Shows Fashion Industry How to Let the Hair Down |
Nex-Gen Materials |
Hair Fibres |
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| Widely Ignored: The Question of Livelihoods and that of Affordable Clothing |
Deep Focus |
Africa Seconds |
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| Researchers Create Synthetic Leather from Recyclable and Bio-Based Polymers |
Nex-Gen Materials |
Synthetic Leather |
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| All Research on Second-Hand Clothing Needs to Be Transformed into Action, Policy Coherence Needed |
Deep Focus |
Africa Seconds |
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| Shared Across the African Landscape: The Way Second-Hand Supports Local Economy |
Deep Focus |
Africa Seconds |
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| Conversation about Waste Driven by People from Outside with Flawed Data to Push their Agenda |
Deep Focus |
Africa Seconds |
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| Industry Associations Publish Manifesto on Chemical Regulation |
Chemical Usage |
Europe Manifesto |
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| Narratives about Second-Hand Clothing Being Driven by Those Who Are Misinformed |
Deep Focus |
Africa Seconds |
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| Australia Should Introduce Labelling Standards that Inform Consumers about Social-Ecological Footprint, Argues Study |
Waste Crisis |
Australian Labelling |
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| Investment Firm Altor Acquires Remaining Assets as Renewcell is Rechristened Circulose |
Renewcell Saga |
Investments |
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| Moving to Sustainable Packaging Solutions is Everyone's Responsibility in Fashion Industry |
Packaging Waste |
Current Trends |
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| Despite Paying Lip Service to Sustainability, the Money’s Not where the Talk is |
Event Report |
GFS 2024 |
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| Bangladesh Factories Making Clothes for Global Fashion Brands Linked to High PFAS Contamination of Surface and Drinking Waters |
Toxic Fashion |
Bangladesh Study |
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| Accelerating Circularity Trials Show Feasibility and Value in Textile-to-Textile Recycling Systems for Cotton |
Cotton Recycling |
ACP Trials |
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| Fair Wear and SLCP Announce Partnership on Greater Convergence of Social and Labour Data |
Labour Data |
Partnership |
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| New EU Project Launched to Advance Climate-Neutral and Circular Practices in Textiles Sector |
Going Sustainable |
SOLSTICE |
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| New Cotton Project Concludes, Makes 8 Recommendations |
Project Update |
New Cotton Project |
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| New Studies Show How to Make Firefighters’ Clothing Safer to Wear, Maintain and Manufacture |
Protective Clothing |
Firefighters |
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| EU Set to Ban Destruction of Unsold Textiles/Footwear as Council Gives Final Green Light to Ecodesign Law |
Ecodesign Law |
Green Light |
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| ILO and 3 Garment Union Federations Launch Grievance Application System for Indonesian Workers |
Worker Rights |
Indonesia Process |
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| ZDHC Releases Guide to Promote Responsibility in Usage of Commodity Chemicals |
Chemical Usage |
ZDHC Guide |
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| Second-Hand Clothing Supports 2.5 million People in 5 Poor African Countries, Generates 6.5 Jobs for Each Tonne Imported |
SecondHand |
Africa Study |
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| Almost 3/4 of Textile Waste In EU Goes Unsorted |
Textile Waste |
E.U. Status Report |
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| New Research-Driven UK Network to Establish Systematic, Circular and Sustainable Principles as Norm in Fashion Industry |
Climate Action |
Future Fibres |
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| Sorting for Fibre-to-Fibre Recycling a $1.5 billion Sector in US, Finds Study |
Going Circular |
U.S. Recycling |
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| Worldly Launches New Data Tool for Supply Chain Transparency and Regulatory Compliance |
Climate Action |
Data Tool |
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| New Guide Urges Brands to Abide by 12 Principles for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities |
Indigenous Fashion |
New Guide |
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| 8 Brands Join Fashion ReModel Initiative that Seeks to Scale up Business Models Not Relying on Selling New Items |
Going Circular |
Fashion ReModel |
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| Brands and IndustriALL Sign Binding Agreements to Support Collectively Bargained Wages for Garment Workers in Cambodia |
Worker Rights |
Collective Bargain |
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| Top Brands Fare Dismally in Latest Climate Ratings; Only H&M and Puma above Average; Shein Scores 2.5/100 |
Climate Crisis |
Decarbonisation |
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| Leather Industry in UK Sees Marked Decline in Trade, EUDR Poses Significant Risk |
Business of Leather |
UK Overview |
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| Cameroon’s Used Clothing Imports Have Dropped by 50%+ in Last 16 Years |
Used Clothing |
Cameroon Imports |
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| Lack of Global Structures Hindering Efforts to Minimise Negative Impact of Textiles Value Chain |
Policy Issues |
Global Dialogue |
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| New Study Shows AI Can Reduce Fast Fashion's Carbon Footprint by Improving Supply Chain Efficiencies |
Climate Action |
Fashion AI |
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| 94% SLCP Member Facilities Still Show At Least One Non-Compliance |
Supply Chains |
Legal Compliance |
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| Renewcell Sells Kristinehamn Pilot Plant to Non-Textile Player Biosorbe |
Renewcell Saga |
Pilot Plant |
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