| 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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| No Scrap Left Behind: Estonian Endeavour Boosts Industrial Upcycling |
Zero Waste |
Reet Aus |
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| Knof, Knof, Who’s There? A Novel Chain of Reuse Boutiques in Slovenia |
Second Chance |
Knof |
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| Why Fashion Needs to Invest Differently If It Wants to Achieve Its Ambitious Targets |
Fashion Systems |
Disruptions |
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| Protein Evolution, Stella McCartney Launch First Garment Made Using Biological Recycling |
Fashion@COP28 |
Protein Evolution |
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| Cotton: Transforming Lives and Nurturing the Planet for Global Prosperity |
Cotton Production |
Livelihoods |
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| Sustainability Drives Hit as Global Fibre Production Rises and Recycling Intake Dips for First Time |
Material Production |
Market Report 2023 |
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| Premium Event View Showcases 250 Suppliers |
Event Report |
View SS 25/26 |
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| France’s First Automated Textile Waste Sorting and Recycling Line Launched by Nouvelles Fibres Textiles, Pellenc ST and Andritz |
Textile Recycling |
France Plant |
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| What Designers Can Do to Make Textiles Healthier for People and the Planet |
Design Interventions |
Strategies |
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| Textile Exchange’s Traceability System eTrackit Now Commercially Available |
Traceability |
eTrackit |
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| Textile Recovery Alliance Launched to Promote India as NextGen Solutions Hub |
Going Circular |
India Project |
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| GOTS Pilot Project Opens Path for Small Operators to Access Certifications |
Certifications |
GOTS Project |
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| Puma Circularity Lab Project Turns Experimental Sneakers into Compost |
Going Circular |
Puma Sneakers |
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| Brazilian Initiative Gets Under Way to Make Livestock Farming Deforestation-Free |
Deforestation |
Brazilian Leather |
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| H&M Group Launches Climate Finance Tool for Decarbonisation, But as a Loan with 'Highly Favourable Terms' |
Climate Action |
Finance |
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| Leading Fashion Brands Caught Greenwashing in Asia with Harmful Biomass Boilers |
Greenwashing |
Biomass Burning |
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| Black Friday Counter: Victorians Had a Much More Sustainable Approach to Fashion |
Consumer Trends |
Shopping |
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| It’s Now or Never for Ethiopia’s Garment Industry |
Country Overview |
Ethiopia |
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| SAC Releases Analysis of Higg Index Tools and Compliance Initiatives, Makes Available for Public |
Higg Index |
Legislations |
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| T-REX Project Identifies 9 Themes for Digital Transformation Towards Circularity in EU |
Project Update |
T-REX |
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| Livelihoods, Production Can Suffer Irreversible Damage if Brands, Retailers Don’t Change Relationships with Farmers |
Climate Crisis |
Cotton Farming |
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| Many Brands and Retailers Do Not Know Where the Cotton They Use Comes from |
Climate Crisis |
Cotton Farming |
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| 2023 Hot Button Rankings: Aditya Birla Edges out Lenzing by a Whisker; NextGen Commercial Lines Show 29% Uptick |
Manmade Cellulosic Fibres |
Hot Button |
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