| R&D, Investments Still Needed for Agri-waste Textiles to Take off in Big Way |
Biomaterials |
Polybion |
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| Rising Heat, Exacerbated by Climate Change, Will Hit Bangladesh's Garment Sector by 2050: Report |
Climate Impact |
Bangladesh RMG |
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| Cambodia Hikes Garment Worker Wages... by $6 |
Workers Rights |
Cambodia Wages |
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| HKRITA Gets ITMF Award for Green Machine, Its 5th Award Since 2016 Launch |
ITMF Awards |
Green Machine |
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| US Set to End Visa-Mastercard Duopoly, Address Swipe Fee Tyranny |
Payment Systems |
US Act |
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| Each Biomaterial Must be Considered on a Case-by-Case Basis |
Biomaterials |
Polybion |
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| First ITMF Awards Announced for Sustainability & Innovation and International Cooperation |
ITMF Awards |
Announcement |
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| Applications for Global Change Award 2023 Are Now Open |
Innovation |
GCA Awards |
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| Inflation Hits Apparel: 63% US Consumers Buying Less Clothes or Putting off Purchase |
Cost of Living |
US Apparel |
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| Four-Company Coalition Launches Industry-First Shoe Made from Carbon Emissions |
Climate Action |
Carbon Emissions |
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| Second-Hand Clothing is a Killer of African Manufacturing and Jobs |
Leader Speak |
Skander Negasi |
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| Lululemon's Sustainability Report Fails to Hide It Increased Climate Pollution by 60%: Stand.earth |
Climate Crisis |
LuluCoal |
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| Can't Pass Costs to Consumer, Industry Will Collapse, Says EURATEX |
EU energy crisis |
EURATEX Call |
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| Ethiopia, China and Germany Set to Boost Sustainable Textile Investments |
Destination Ethiopia |
Trilateral Ties |
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| Luxury Industry Still Low on New Tech; Only 2.3 of 16 Technologies Adopted |
Tech Adoption |
Luxury Sector |
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| ZDHC Evokes Scientific Concerns, Includes PFAS in Upgraded Restricted Substances List |
Toxic Fashion |
ZDHC MRSL |
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| USDA Grants $30 million for Building Climate-Smart Cotton and Wool Markets |
Climate Action |
Market Grant |
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| EU Programme Grants €10,000 for Dedicated Circular System for Performance Sportswear |
Granted |
Performance Sportswear |
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| Walmart Unveils Virtual Try-on for Customers to Model the Clothing They Want to Shop |
Virtual Styling |
Walmart Launch |
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| GOTS Tag Not Enough: Textile Exchange to Seek All Original Certification Data |
Going Organic |
Certifications |
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| Battle against Cotton Seed Crisis: Two New Organic Cotton Varieties Released in India |
Going Organic |
New Varieties |
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| Much of Fashion Future Lies in Conscious Communities |
Event Report |
FutureScan 5 |
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| USDA Wants Cotton to Be Climate-Smart, US Cotton Trust Protocol Gets $90 million |
Climate Action |
US Cotton |
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| CottonConnect Signs MoU with ICAC on Sustainability Assessments |
Industry Partnership |
Cotton |
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| Climate Business Hots up: BCG Acquires Quantis to Accelerate 'Sustainable' Transformation |
Business of Climate |
Quantis Acquisition |
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| Two-thirds of Garments Contain Mixed Fibres, Constrain Their Recycling Potential |
Textile Waste |
Fibre Composition |
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| COTANCE, IndustriAll to Work for a Fairer, Greener and More Resilient European Tanning Industry |
Workers Rights |
Collaboration |
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| Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard Gives Company Away, Says Earth Is Only Shareholder |
Giving Away |
Yvon Chouinard |
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| New York Grants $10 million for Fashion Innovation Center; Focus on Smart and Sustainable Fashion |
Innovation |
New York Funding |
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| International Cotton Conference to Take a Deep Dive into Traceability in Supply Chains |
Event Preview |
ICC Bremen |
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| Now, Netherlands Trashes H&M's Sustainability Claims; Decathlon Indicted Too; BCI Tag Not Enough |
Under Cloud |
Sustainability Claims |
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| Nobody's Buying the Idea: Only 1–7% Consumers Paying Premiun for 'Sustainable' Products, Finds BCG Survey |
Shopping Trends |
Sustainability |
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| Hong Kong Polytechnic University Announces Fashion Challenge |
Innovation |
Sustainability Challenge |
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| Shift to Southeast Asia Was Inevitable for Taiwanese Leather Industry |
Business of Leather |
Taiwan |
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| The Age of Alliances: Seven Fashion Industry Fairs Join Forces in Italy |
Joining Hands |
Trade Fairs |
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| US Lifts Ban on Indian Garment Exporter Natchi Apparel |
Workers Rights |
US Ban |
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| Nike Rethinks Fleece, Goes Forward with Needlepunch, Discards Zippers, Cuts Carbon Footprint |
Innovation |
Nike Forward |
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| Ruined by Drought, Wiped Out by Floods: Global Natural Fibre Production Set to Drop in 2022 |
Climate Crisis |
Fallout |
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| The Biggest Disruption is the Switch from the Seasonal to a Timeless Conception |
Leader Speak |
Sebastian Klinder |
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| Munich Fabric Start Gets the Pre-COVID Numbers, Price-Quality Balance Remains Top Clincher |
Event Report |
Munich Fabric Start |
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| Punjab's Phulkari Finds Expression in Contemporary Silhouettes |
Case Study |
Phulkari Heritage |
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| India Loves Fossil Fuel Fashion: Country's Biggest Textile Player Goes on Polyester Overdrive |
Rant Control |
Polyester Obsession |
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| Gen Z Preaches Sustainable Fashion But Practices Fast Fashion. Well, Most of Them |
Fast Fashion |
Gen Z Trends |
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| Wearables Take ‘Logical’ Step Towards Onboard Control |
Innovation |
Wearable Tech |
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| US, Honduras Sign Agreement on Reshoring of Textiles and Apparel |
Reshoring Plans |
New MoU |
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| Myntra Launches Sustainable Clothing Line in Partnership with Fairtrade |
E-tailing Sustainability |
Partnership |
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| Circularity in Denmark Gets a Boost with DKK 106.5 million Grant |
Going Circular |
Denmark Partnership |
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| Pakistani Powerloom Workers Get Wage Raise after a Month's Strike |
Workers Rights |
Pakistan Wages |
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| China Responsible for ‘Serious Human Rights Violations’ in Xinjiang province: UN report |
Xinjiang Standoff |
UN Report |
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| International Cotton Conference to Decode Cotton, Take Deep Dive into Sustainability Issues |
Event Preview |
ICC Bremen |
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