| Comprehensive Policy Needed for Handmade Textiles in India: Says UNESCO Report |
Handmade India |
Policy Issues |
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| Spinnova Raises €1.6 million for R&D Work from Business Finland, Venture into Composites and Nonwovens |
Research |
Finland Funding |
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| 61% of Fashion Shoppers in US and UK Put Price Above Sustainability as Living Costs Rise |
Shopping Trends |
Rising Costs |
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| New US Fed Rules: Networks Will Have to Compete Online, Not Just In-Store |
Payment Systems |
US Debit Cards |
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| Certifications Necessary at This Point, but They Are Indeed Not Perfect |
Tracing Fashion |
tex.tracer |
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| Policy-Induced Global Recession Looms Large; Inadequate Financial Support Leaves Developing Countries in Lurch |
Global Economy |
UNCTAD Report |
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| Non-Toxic Bioleather, Inspired by Indigenous Science, Created at Columbia Engineering |
Biomaterials |
Non-Toxic Leather |
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| Haelixa Makes Egyptian Cotton Product Traceable under UNECE Project |
Tracing Cotton |
Egyptian Cotton |
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| Startup that Recycles Diapers into Flushable Cat Litter Wins INDA Innovation Award |
Innovation |
RISE Award |
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| Why Patagonia’s Purpose-Driven Business Model Is Unlikely to Spread |
Corp Action |
Patagonia Fallout |
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| SBTi to Fill 22% Global Emissions Gap Not Addressed Before, Launches New Guidance to Cover Land-Related Emissions and Removals |
GHG Emissions |
SBTI Targets |
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| Shein Talks Science-Based Targets, Says Scope 3 Constitutes 99% of Emissions, Earmarks $7.6 m for Apparel Impact Institute |
GHG Emissions |
Shein Targets |
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| Fashion Weeks of Paris, Milan and London Work Best for China |
Fashion Weeks |
Vitality Index |
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| Textile Workers Launch Campaign for Social Protection, and Better Health/Safety Standards |
Workers Rights |
MENA Campaign |
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| 91% Facilities Still Show Non-Compliance of 1+ Local Legal Requirements |
Supply Chains |
Legal Compliance |
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| Lindström at Work: How Finnish Innovation Is Rewriting Future of Workwear and Recycling |
Going Circular |
Lindström Group |
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| Elastane Giant Lycra to Use Qira for NextGen Bio-Derived Fibre |
Biomaterials |
Lycra and Qira |
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| New Action Plan Details How Brands Can Leverage Digital IDs to Install Circular Services |
Going Circular |
Digital ID |
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| Timberland Gets CNMI Sustainable Fashion Award for Circular Economy |
Fashion Awards |
CNMI 2022 |
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| Cambodian Ministries, EU-Funded Project to Promote Sustainable Energy Practices in Garment Sector |
Energy Practices |
Cambodia Project |
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| COTANCE Urges Leather Certification Bodies to Discuss Standardisation of Core Requirements for Traceability |
Audit Fatigue |
Leather Certifications |
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| Treasure in Plain Sight: 494,000 tonnes of Post-Consumer Waste Ready for Fibre-to-Fibre Recycling in 6 European Countries |
Recycling |
Europe Prospects |
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| Monitor for Circular Fashion Presents Best Practices of Circular Fashion Manifesto |
Going Circular |
Best Practices |
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| Responsible Sourcing Network Releases New Standards for Fabric Mills, Update for Spinning Mills |
Due Diligence |
Sourcing Standards |
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| Amfori, Fair Wear, Partnership for Sustainable Textiles Sign MoU on Addressing Workers’ Grievances |
Workers Rights |
Grievance Redressal |
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| Innovation project CISUTAC to Support Transition to Circular and Sustainable Textiles in Europe |
Going Circular |
CISUTAC |
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| What the Physical Fair Offers Cannot Be Replaced by Digital Tools |
Straight Talk |
Wilmet Shea |
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| Textile Services, Vital for Healthcare and Hospitality, Could Be Hard Hit by EU Energy Crisis |
EU energy crisis |
ETSA |
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| New Cotton Project Releases Second White Paper; Circular Business Models Explained |
Going Circular |
White Paper |
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| ICAC Takes to Cotton Storytelling with New Data Portal |
Data Services |
ICAC Portal |
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| From the Land of Innovation: A T-shirt that Decomposes in Six Days Flat |
Manmade Fibres |
Highlact |
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| Modified Silk Proteins Used to Create NonStick Surfaces, Can Be Applied to Fabrics Too |
Material Science |
Innovation |
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| Wearable Sensors Styled into T-shirts and Facemasks, Exciting Possibilities for Everyday Clothing |
Innovation |
Pecotex |
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| Over-Consumption and Over-Production Will Have No Place in New Economy |
Leader Speak |
Peter Buttiens |
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| US Report on Microfibre Pollution Turns Heat on Textiles and Fashion |
Microfibre Pollution |
US Report |
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| Adidas, Stella McCartney Unveil First Garment Designed with Infinna under New Cotton Project |
Going Circular |
Made to Be Remade |
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| PVH Foundation Joins Apparel Impact Institute Fashion Climate Fund |
Climate Action |
PVH Foundation |
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| Sri Lanka's Apparel Exports Show Highest Ever Growth, Jan-Aug'22 Clocks 20.24% Jump |
Apparel Exports |
Sri Lanka |
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| PFAS Found in 65% of School Uniforms in US |
Toxics Usage |
School Uniforms |
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| 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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