| Scalable and Sustainable Innovations are Not a Contradiction in Terms |
Event Roundup |
Heimtextil 2023 |
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| New Grading System Hopes to Divert 500 million kg of Clothes and other Fabric Items from Landfills |
Textile Waste |
Grading System |
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| Reducing the Environmental Impact of a Textile Dye House |
Best Practices |
Textile Manufacturing |
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| Bans or Fees Don't Work, Ending Fast Fashion Only Way to End Returns |
Return to Sender |
Fast Fashion |
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| Researcher Develops Smart Textile that Detects Fever in Infants |
Smart Textiles |
Infant Care |
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| Taiwan Industry Signs Agreement with Swatchbook on Digitising Operations |
Digitisation Drive |
Taiwan Move |
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| Crackdown’s Coming: EPA Announces Plans for Wastewater Regulations and Studies, Including Limits for PFAS |
Toxics Usage |
Tackling PFAS |
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| Slowdown in Europe and US: Indian Leather Industry to See 8% Revenue Drop |
Slowdown Effect |
Indian Leather |
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| School of Apparel and Retail Management Launched in Bangladesh |
Human Resources |
Bangladesh |
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| Pushing the Frontiers of Innovation: Crafts That Concern and Communicate |
Turn of Events |
MFS SS24 |
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| USDA Researchers Develop Naturally Fire-Resistant Cotton Lines |
Cotton Farming |
Innovation |
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| Pushing the Frontiers of Innovation: In the Name of Sustainability |
Turn of Events |
MFS SS24 |
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| Canadian Researchers Aim to Make Virus-Killing Clothing a Good Fit for Production Line |
Innovation |
ProtectiveWear |
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| Zero Waste Europe Outlines Four Criteria for Mapping Zero Waste Fashion Business Models |
Zero Waste |
Europe Models |
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| Section 301 Tariffs on China Added to Operational Costs of US Companies, Cost Burden Paid by American Families, Says Study |
Trade Wars |
301 Tariffs |
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| Clothing Reuse Has 1/70 Times Lower Environmental Impact, Reveals New Study |
Going Circular |
Clothing Reuse |
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| Pushing the Frontiers of Innovation: Diverse Weaves with Paper, Wood and Hair |
Turn of Events |
MFS SS24 |
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| Philosophy Hasn’t Changed at Munich Fabric Start; It Reinvents by the Season |
Turn of Events |
MFS SS24 |
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| FibreTrace Frees up Traceability Solution, but with Fine Print |
Traceability |
FibreTrace Mapped |
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| Garment Industry in Bangladesh Struggles to Contain Pollution |
Industrial Pollution |
Bangladesh |
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| Munich Fabric Start Set to Rock in Trends for Spring-Summer ‘24 |
Turn of Events |
MFS SS24 |
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| Analysis Finds Reason for Slow Progress on Environment: Shareholders Couldn't Care Less, Proposals Keep Getting Voted Down |
Corp Action |
Shareholders |
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| Human Designs Score Over AI-Generated Work, Concludes Korean Fashion Researcher |
Artificial Intelligence |
Designs |
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| Yes, Handwashing Clothes Reduces Microplastic Release Compared to Machine Washing |
Microfibre Pollution |
Washing |
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| 'Smart' Coating can be Precisely Applied to Make Fabric into Protective Gear |
Innovation |
Smart Coating |
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| New EU Environmental Norms to Make Chemical and Textile Industry Plants Greener |
Emissions Directive |
Overview |
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| Higg Index Review Report Expected in June, says Sustainable Apparel Coalition |
Under Cloud |
Higg Review |
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| Bridging the Luxury to Affordable Gap in the Home Market |
Case Study |
Vaaree |
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| Most High-Street Fashion Brands in UK Paying Below Cost of Production, Allege Bangladesh Suppliers |
Supply Chains |
Payments |
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| Amazon Updates Supply Chain Standards, Calls for Protection of Dignity of Workers |
Supply Chains |
Amazon Rules |
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| ZDHC Releases Updated Version of Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres (MMCF) Guidelines |
Manmade Cellulosic Fibres |
Guidelines |
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| A Rainforest, Palm Trees and Blanks that Make for Buttons |
Fashion Accessories |
Buttons |
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| Delhi Govt to Study Adverse Impact of Denim Dyeing Units |
Dyes & Chemicals |
Delhi Pollution |
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| FDI Brought Investment of $1.5 billion to Indian Textiles Sector in 2017–22 |
Country Overview |
India |
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| Sewing Expo Sees Drop in Visitors from China; India and Bangladesh Compensate at JIAM 2022 |
Event Report |
JIAM 2022 - Osaka |
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| Sustainable Apparel Coalition Launches Higg Facility Environmental Module 4.0 Technical Paper |
Sustainability Tool |
Higg FEM |
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| Inditex to Contribute €10 million to WWF Projects Over 3 Years |
Conservation |
CSR Activity |
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| Looking at a Positive Future: How One Bangladeshi Company is Recycling it Raw |
Going Circular |
Recycle-Raw |
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| Fashion Pact Launches Biodiversity Strategy Tool Navigator |
Biodiversity Loss |
Strategy Tool |
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| Wool Swimsuits Used to Be Standard Beachwear – Is It Time to Bring Them Back? |
Wool |
Swimwear |
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| Effective Legislative Solutions Needed to Put Fashion Industry on a More Sustainable Track |
Fossil Fuel Fashion |
Addiction |
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| 900 Exhibitors Set for Munich Fabric Start 2023, Bluezone Already Fully Booked |
Event Preview |
Munich Fabric Start |
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| Made in Indus, Found in Israel: 7000-year-old Cotton Fibres Unearthed by Archaeologists |
Textile History |
Excavations |
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| ITME 2022 Shows India at Par with Any Global Giant in Organising Mega Events |
Event Report |
ITME 2022 |
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| UN Proclaims 30 March as International Day of Zero Waste |
Zero Waste |
UN Resolution |
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| Garment Worker Livelihoods: Govts Want to Remain Cheap, Not Drive Brands to Competitor Countries |
Workers Rights |
Challenges |
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| Workers Benefit When Brands and Retailers Prioritize Audit Harmonisation |
Workers Rights |
Supply Chain Audits |
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| Fashion’s Fossil Fuel Fancy: Boohoo Most Reliant on Synthetics, Nike and Inditex Biggest Users, Just 1/55 Brands Shows Promise |
Fossil Fuel Fashion |
Trends 2022 |
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| Première Vision Paris to Give Prominence to In-Person Meetings, Focus on Sustainable Sourcing and Production |
Event Call |
Première Vision Paris |
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| Greenwashing Confuses Consumers, Creates Mistrust and Affects Brands Doing it Right |
Looking Back |
Fashion Takes Action |
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