| 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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| New Project Wants to Turn Around Production, Make US a Leader in Organic Cotton |
Organic Cotton |
US Production |
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| Giant Toolkit Needed for Transformative Change to Move from Extractive Model to Regenerative |
Event Preview |
RegenTextiles 2023 |
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| Fashion Takes Action Completes Pilot, Launches Guidance Document on Creating Local Textile Recycling Supply Chain |
Textile Recycling |
Guidance |
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| We Left Philadelphia as a Global Taskforce Dedicated to Driving Change in Industry |
Event Roundup |
WFC 2023 |
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| British Council, FTTI Open Calls for Grants to Support New Ideas Shaping Fashion, Textiles and Technology |
Call for Grants |
New Landscapes |
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| Arab Fashion Council Launches Scholarship with Polimoda for Aspiring Fashion Professionals in Gulf Cooperation Council Region |
Human Resources |
GCC |
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| Evolved By Nature Peptides into Water-Proofing Solution for Leather Finishing |
Biomaterials |
Leather Finishing |
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| Aid by Trade Foundation Launches Regenerative Standard to Future-Proof Production of Cotton |
Cotton Standards |
RCS |
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| First Public Demonstration of Fibre Fragmentation Test Held in UK |
Microfibre Pollution |
Fragmentation Test |
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| SAC, Worldly Launch 4.0 version of Higg Facility Environmental Module |
Sustainability Tool |
Higg FEM |
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| Better Cotton Launches Own Traceability Solution for Fashion and Textiles Sectors |
Traceability |
Better Cotton |
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| Discussion Should Be about Sharing Risks and Rewards Than Simply Transferring Risks |
Event Roundup |
WFC 2023 |
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| Towards Nature Positive: How Italy's 'Wool City' can Inspire a Natural Fibre Revolution |
Natural Fibres |
Wool City |
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| Robotic System Puts Autonomous Cotton Harvesting Within Reach; AI-Based System Seen as Answer to Labour Shortage |
Cotton Production |
End-Effector |
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| Korean Researchers Develop Customised E-Textiles Using Graphene |
Textile Innovation |
Graphene-Based |
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| Doing Laundry by Hand Sheds Just As Many Microfibres As Machine Washing |
Microfibre Pollution |
Washing |
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| Regenerative Fund for Nature Invites New Proposals; Project Areas Are Cotton, Leather, Cashmere and Wool |
Funding Nature |
2024 Grant Cycle |
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| US Researchers Develop Fibre That Shrinks 40% without Bending and Costs 20 cents/metre |
Fibre Innovation |
Fiberobo |
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| Clothing Choice Depends on Colour of Eyes, Not Skin Colour |
Consumer Trends |
Colour Choice |
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| RegenTextiles 2023: Four Innovators Make it to Finals of Showcase |
Event Preview |
RegenTextiles |
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| COP CALL: Leather Organisations Seek Greater Understanding and Integration of Natural Materials |
COP Ahead |
Leather Manifesto |
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| Lenzing Goes Firefighting with New Protectivewear |
Functional Textiles |
Lenzing Launch |
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| Scientists Release 10m Resolution Cotton Map of Xinjiang |
Cotton Farming |
Xinjiang |
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| Sorting out: Making Recycling Easier with Technology That Identifies Fibres and Fabrics |
Fabric Identification |
Matoha |
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| Global Boiling: Intricate Connections Between Craft, Climate Change and Slow Fashion |
Handmade India |
Climate Truths |
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