| Simplifying Shopping Experience Will Benefit Those Who Leverage AI Earliest, Indicates IBM Study |
Shopping Trends |
Technologies |
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| EU Set to Outlaw Misleading Environmental Claims as Parliament Approves Sweeping Directive |
Greenwashing |
EU Directive |
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| Top Fashion Brands Score Low in Both Transparency and Integrity on Renewable Energy |
Energy Practices |
Renewables |
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| 90% of Catalonia's Textile Waste Goes to Incinerators/Landfills; Half of Rest Exported to Middle and Low Income Countries |
Textile Waste |
Catalonia Study |
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| Party Hazard: For Female Fashion Models, Job Security and Sexual Harassment Often Intertwined |
Fashion Models |
Workplace |
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| New Technology Developed in Denmark to Separate Elastane from Nylon |
Recycling Textiles |
Elastane Blends |
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| Sportswear: The Oft-Overlooked Mega Contributor to Fashion Waste |
Sportswear Waste |
Football and More |
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| Swedish Wool Initiative Elevates Standard for Fashion and Textiles |
Wool |
New Standard |
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| Optimisation of Technology and Processes Will Be Key to Harnessing Agri-Waste for Fashion, says Study |
Beyond Cotton/Polyester |
Agri-Waste Prospects |
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| Apparel Brands Owe $71 million in Wage/Severance Theft, But Still Score Measly 7/100 on Remedy Practices 3 Years after Pandemic |
Worker Rights |
Due Diligence Rankings |
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| Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags Gets Ready for 100th Edition |
Event Preview |
Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags |
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| European Methodology Will Create Barriers in Transition Away from Fossil Fuel Feedstocks, Says Study |
Alternative Feedstocks |
JRC Methodology |
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| US Cotton Trust Protocol Calls for Growers to Join Climate Smart Cotton Programme |
Cotton Farming |
Climate Smart |
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| Scientists Create Light-Emitting Textiles for Diverse Wearables |
Functional Textiles |
Wearables |
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| PFAS Limits, Microplastic Release and Leather Traceability Feature in New Oeko-Tex Updates |
Certifications |
Oeko-Tex Updates |
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| MycoWorks Harvests First 1000 Sheets of Fine Mycelium; Shipments Begin, Paving Way for Product Launches |
Biomaterials |
Fine Mycelium |
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| Brands, Factories Ditched Türkiye Workers After Quake; Less Than 25% Got Full Wages on Leave; 12% Received Severance Pay |
Quake Aftermath |
Turkish Workers |
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| Dutch Designer Makes Robot that Can Convert Discarded Wool into Materials for Furniture and Insulation |
Wool Waste |
Flocks Wobot |
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| Revised Draft Text of International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution Released |
Plastics Crisis |
Global Treaty |
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| Ahead of Parliament Elections EURATEX Manifesto Calls for 4-Pronged Approach to Textile Policies |
Euro Polls |
EURATEX Manifesto |
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| BRICS+ Fashion Summit Saw 60 Countries; Deals Worth $2.7 miilion Signed at Moscow Event |
Event Report |
BRICS+ Fashion Summit |
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| 4 Ways to Tell Designer Fashion Items Worth Investing in from Ones that Are Not |
Consumer Watch |
Consumption |
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| Circularity and Waste: New Paper Lays Ground for a Disruptive Solution |
Going Circular |
New Model |
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| Chinese Scientists Develop Insulator Textile Inspired by Polar Bear Fur |
Textile Innovation |
Aerogels |
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| Modern Textile Factory Will Be Key But Factories Need to Modernise Now and Fast |
Manufacturing |
Moderinisation |
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| UK Set to ratify UNESCO Convention for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage |
Craft Heritage |
UK |
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| How a 17th Century Gown Ushered in Financial Freedom for Women in Europe |
Fashion History |
Mantua |
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| German Researchers Develop Technical Textile that Removes Oil Spills in Water |
Tech Innovation |
Oil Spills |
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| Estonian Starup Woola Raises €2.5m to Replace Plastic Packaging with Wool |
Packaging Alternative |
Woola |
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| And Now Colouring Polymers from Textile Waste |
Textile Waste |
Colours |
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| Eastern Indian State of Bihar Sees Glimmer of Hope for Textiles and Leather |
State Overview |
Bihar |
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| American Retailers' Federation Launches Own Sustainability Hub |
Retail Watch |
Sustainability Hub |
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| A TIC-TOC Moment: Cotton Grows Better in Space than on Earth |
Cotton Production |
Space Exploration |
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| Industry Should Get This: COP's More than Just a Fashion Show |
Fashion@COP28 |
First Person |
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| India Goes Big on Jute with Jute Mark India logo, Certification of Authority and New Umbrella Scheme |
Jute Sector |
India Schemes |
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| Dutch Innovator Aware Announces Traceable Recycled Polyester |
Traceability |
Recycled Polyester |
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| EU Ushers in Sustainability Era, Leaves Banks out of Directive on Human Rights and Environment |
Due Diligence |
CSDDD |
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| 10 Spinners and Manufacturers Join Sourcery Programme as Provisional Partners in India |
Cotton Production |
India Progress |
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| Tardy Fashion: Both Brands and Manufacturers Remain High on Words, Low on Action |
Rant Control |
Materials Benchmark |
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| HSBC Joins Fashion Climate Fund as New Funder; AII Announces New Financial Tools |
Climate Action |
FCF |
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| US Scientists Develop Conductive, Cotton-Based Fibre for Smart Textiles |
Functional Textiles |
Conductive Fibre |
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| Researchers Find Way to Remove the Scourge of Textile Recycling: Elastane |
Textile Recycling |
Elastane Blends |
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| For the Trees and the Forests: Swedish Initiative Processes a New Biobased Textile |
Alternative Fibres |
TreeToTextile |
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| Hugo Boss, Collateral Good Launch €100 million Fund to Boost Innovation and Technology in Textiles and Fashion |
Climate Action |
Funding |
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| Tech Innovator Vaayu and Menswear Brand Lestrange Launch Lifecycle Calculator for Customers |
GHG Emissions |
Transparency |
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| Pulp Non-Fiction: At Sweden’s Södra Recycling’s a Yesterday OnceMore Story |
Going Circular |
OnceMore |
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| ITMA Asia + CITME 2023 Sees Big Turnout of 100,000 Visitors |
Event Roundup |
ITMA Asia + CITME |
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| EU to Outlaw Destruction of Unsold Garments, Footwear with Ecodesign Laws; Flaws Remain |
EU Ecodesign |
ESPR |
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| Going Renewable: GFA, Others to Develop Offshore Wind Energy Project in Bangladesh |
Fashion@COP28 |
Decarbonisation |
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| Colourant Innovator Living Ink Raises $3.5 million for Carbon-Negative Pigment Solution |
Funding Round |
Living Ink |
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