| UKRI Announces £4 million Funding Opportunity for Fashion Recycling Projects |
Fashion Recycled |
UKRI Project |
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| Now Is the Perfect Opportunity to Market Reduced Sales as Planned Degrowth |
Crisis 2022 |
Way Out |
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| New Report Outlines How to Create Circular Fashion Ecosystems for Cities |
Going Circular |
BFC Report |
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| Denim Still a Key Player in Industry Due to Its Flexibility and Ability to Adapt its Image |
Curtain-Raiser |
Denim PV Milan |
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| Inditex, H&M, Stella McCartney Make Promise on Low-Carbon, Low-Footprint Forest-Free Fibres |
COP27 UPDATES |
Alternative Fibres |
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| MSMEs Need Both Respect and Support |
Small Businesses |
Way Forward |
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| It’s Possible: Using Textile Waste as Nutrients for Cotton Crops |
Cotton Farming |
Crop Nutrients |
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| Six Months after Lifting of Ban, Uzbekistan Cotton Sector Still Not Free |
Labour Conditions |
Uzbek Cotton |
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| Organic Cotton Accelerator Launches Training Curriculum, Puts It in Public Domain |
Going Organic |
Training Modules |
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| British Fashion Council Outlines Vision for Circular Fashion Ecosystems |
Going Circular |
British Fashion |
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| Due Diligence Framework Will Wear Heavily on Smaller Players in Supply Chains |
Due Diligence |
EU Framework |
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| Doomsday Soon: Net Zero Strategies for Material Production are Insufficient to Meet 1.5°C Target |
GHG Emissions |
Net Zero Targets |
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| Leather Organisations Urge COP27 to Prioritise Natural Materials |
COP27 UPDATES |
Leather Manifesto |
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| Mongolia Has an Answer to Fast Fashion: Sustainable Cashmere |
Natural Fibres |
Mongolian Cashmere |
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| New Process for Digital Printing on Textiles Now Ready for Industry |
Innovation |
Print Tech |
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| Wages Prevail over Safety Standards for Global Apparel Workers, Finds Cornell Study |
Workers Rights |
Wages |
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| Prague’s Clothing Bank Touches Lives of the Needy, Stops Garments from Going Waste |
Going Circular |
Czech Republic |
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| SAC, Fashion Charter Open Public Consultation on Guidance for Scope 3 Measurements |
Climate Action |
Scope 3 Guidance |
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| Textile Exchange Releases New Definition of 'Leather' |
Business of Leather |
Definition |
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| UNEP, GFA Launch Multi-Stakeholder Project on Existing Industry Aligned Targets |
COP27 UPDATES |
Industry Alignment |
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| Circular Bioeconomy Alliance, LVMH to Launch Sustainable Cotton Project in Chad |
COP27 UPDATES |
Africa Project |
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| Egypt to Showcase 'Green Fashion' Startup that Provides Livelihood to Marginalised Women and Upcycles Cutoffs |
COP27 UPDATES |
Egypt |
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| UNEP Releases its Sustainable Fashion Communication Strategy; Underlines Regional Nuance and Localised Approach |
Fashion Communications |
UNEP Strategy |
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| Textile Exchange Launches Guide to Tackle Integrity Issues in Organic Cotton Sector |
Going Organic |
Credibility Crisis |
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| Court Orders Zheng Yong Swaziland to Deduct and Remit Union Dues |
Workers Rights |
Swaziland Union |
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| Nanollose Creates First Set of Garments with Tree-Free Rayon |
Fibre Innovation |
Nullarbor |
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| UN Releases Manual for Organisations to Conduct Context-Based Sustainability Assessments |
Sustainability Assessment |
UN Manual |
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| Oeko-Tex Launches Responsible Business Tool for Due Diligence Compliance |
Due Diligence |
Oeko-Tex Tool |
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| Protein Evolution Unveils New Technology that Infinitely Recycles Textile and Plastic Waste |
Recycling Textiles |
New Tech |
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| Traditional Shopping Makes Fashionable Comeback in Australia, More Return Items Bought In-Store than Online |
Consumer Trends |
Australia |
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| Global Fashion Agenda to Launch Film Series on BBC.com |
Fashion Communications |
Film Series |
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| Thirty Years On, Oeko-Tex Undertakes Rebranding Exercise |
Branding |
Oeko-Tex |
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| Last Year's Promises Belied: Top Fashion Brands Instead Have Increased Emissions in 2022 |
GHG Emissions |
Brand Progress |
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| ZDHC Ban on PFAS is Now Official, MRSL 3.0 Launched |
Toxic Fashion |
ZDHC MRSL |
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| Australia Escalates 8 Fashion & Textiles Manufacturing Skills on The National Skills Priority List |
Human Resources |
Australia List |
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| Recommerce Platform Recovo Secures Investment from Mango, to Participate in Startup Accelerator |
Investments |
Mango - Recovo |
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| As Consumers Move Online, Amazon Leads over Walmart in US Retail |
Retail Watch |
Amazon vs Walmart |
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| Over Half of People in UK Throw Wearable Clothes in Bin |
Consumer Trends |
UK Clothing |
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| PFAS Found in Tampons, Including Organic Ones |
Toxics Usage |
Tampons |
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| Home Laundering of Healthcare Uniforms Fraught with Danger of Cross-Contamination |
Workwear Upkeep |
Nurses Uniforms |
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| New Consortium to Drive Closed-Loop Sorting, and Recycling of Household Textile Waste Across EU |
Closing the Loop |
T-Rex Project |
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| Brands Will Gain Most, Manufacturers to Bear Burden from EU PEF Rules; Methodology Based on 'Theoretical' Product |
EU Textiles Strategy |
PEF Burden |
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| German Startup RITTEC Begins Recycling Mixed Textiles that Contain Polyester |
Going Circular |
Recycling Blends |
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| Recover, BEXIMCO to Set Up Bengladesh's Largest Recycling Facility |
Going Circular |
Bangladesh Facility |
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| Standalone PEF Will Give Limited Picture of Environmental Impact, Lead to Misleading Claims by Fashion Industry |
EU Textiles Strategy |
PEF Loopholes |
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| Big Brands Fail Durability Tests; Nike and North Face Are Worst, Finds Mexico’s Consumer Authority |
Durable Fashion |
Mexico Findings |
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| Tartan T-Shirts Get Climate Stripes in Scotland |
Climate Action |
Prickly Thistle |
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| Reviving the UK’s Textile Industry Could Help Replace Fast Fashion with Homegrown Clothes |
Country Overview |
United Kingdom |
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| As Shopping Move Towards Sustainable Practices, Research Finds Five Types of Fashion Consumers |
Consumer Watch |
Sustainability Trends |
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| Human Rights Due Diligence Should be Mandatory and Effective, Says New Alliance |
Due Diligence |
Alliance Appeal |
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