| 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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| Evlox, Recover and Jeanologia Launch Innovative Recycled Denim Capsule Collection |
Denim Tech |
Capsule Collection |
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| Fashion Africa: It's about Breaking Free from the Resource Curse |
Africa Overview |
UNESCO Report |
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| Waste from Global Fashion Brands Contributing to Rights Abuses and Environmental Hazards in Cambodia: Investigation |
Textile Waste |
Cambodia Hazards |
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| Oerlikon, Haelixa Work Out Traceability Solution through Entire Value Chain with DNA Markers |
Traceability |
New Solution |
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| US Scientists Unlock Plastic Alternatives Using Proteins and Clothing Scraps |
Material Science |
Non-Plastics |
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| Lycra Company Launches Regenerative Agriculture Project to Produce Key Component of Lycra Fibre |
Fibre Innovation |
Lycra |
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| The Certification Process Must Be Fool-Proof, Follow Standard Global Guidelines |
Cotton Crisis |
Certifications |
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| Ray of Hope Prize Goes to Sparxell for Colours Made from Plant-Based Cellulose |
Dyes & Chemicals |
Plant-Based |
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| Lycra Launches New Recycled PET Fibre to Disrupt Activewear, Athleisure and Swimwear Segments |
Fibre Innovation |
Lycra FiT400 |
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| Knowledge Gap and Financial Barriers Hindering Circularity at Design Stage; Managements Dither on Commitment and Collaboration |
Going Circular |
Redress Study |
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| Global Luxury Market Reaches €1.5 trillion in 2023; Clocks 10% Annual Growth |
Luxury Markets |
2023 Growth |
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| Fashion’s North-South Dilemma is a Tussle Between First World Problems and Third World Realities |
Rant Control |
Climate Truths |
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| AFC’s Seamless Project Completes First Phase, Key Milestones Listed |
Going Circular |
Australian Industry |
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| Smallholder Farmer Groups Need Best Possible Support to Adapt to Climate Change |
Event Preview |
RegenTextiles 2023 |
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