| Rethinking Cotton: Why Biodiversity Matters More Than Ever in Cotton Cultivation |
Biodiversity Loss |
Cotton Impact |
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| GRI Launches Global Consultation for New Textiles & Apparel Sustainability Reporting Standard |
Standards |
New GRI |
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| Lesotho Declares State of Disaster as Trump Tariff Wipes Out Textiles Industry |
Tariff Turmoil |
Lesotho Status |
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| GOTS Introduces Responsible Fibre Standard Beyond Organics |
Standards |
GRTS |
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| Viet Nam's $72 billion Fashion Industry Gets Strategic Research Hub in Ho Chi Minh City |
Viet Nam Project |
R&D Centre |
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| Australian Wool Sustainability Scheme Launches Partner Programme for Supply Chain Transparency |
Wool Standards |
AWSS Partners |
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| Egypt Stakes Its Claim as Global Textiles and Apparel Powerhouse |
Country Overview |
Egypt Prospects |
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| Major Quebec Wool Industry Initiative Receives Government Backing for Supply Chain Development |
Wool Production |
Quebec Project |
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| UKFT Launches Comprehensive Code of Conduct Template for Fashion and Textile Members |
Due Diligence |
Member Code |
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| India Postpones Cotton Quality Order Again: Ginning Sector Gets Relief as August 2026 Becomes New Deadline |
Cotton Production |
India Quality |
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| Quick Commerce Finds Its Goldmine in Indian Fashion’s Urgency and Margins |
Q-comm India |
Current Trends |
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| Cotton’s Water Myth Busted: New Global Study Exposes Flawed 'Thirsty Crop' Claims |
Cotton Production |
ICAC Study |
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| From Milan to Myanmar: The Dark Reality Haunting Fashion’s Global Supply Chains |
Supply Chains |
Risk Status |
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| PR Remains Crucial for Sustainable Fashion Despite Influencer Boom |
Marketing |
Public Relations |
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| Invisible Stitches: The Hidden Human Cost of Pakistan’s Garment Exports |
State of Workers |
Pakistan Study |
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| Online Fashion’s Free Return Model Under Fire as Asos Acts Against Overuse |
Consumer Returns |
Asos Policy |
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| Study Reveals Gaps in Sustainability Among Eco-Friendly Trainer Brands |
Material Choices |
Trainer Brands |
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| Dupe Culture on Trial: Lululemon Slams Costco for Selling ‘Knockoff’ Yoga Gear |
Design Theft |
Lululemon Lawsuit |
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| New Fashion Impact Toolkit Maps 3,000 Sustainability Challenges Across Textiles Industry |
Fashion Impact |
New Toolkit |
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| UK Plans £58 Million Textile Recycling Hub to Cut Waste and Boost Jobs |
Recycling |
UK Hub |
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| Intention-Behaviour Gap: Experience Drives Sustainable Fashion Choices More Than Awareness, Study Finds |
Consumer Trends |
Fashion Choices |
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| New Breathable Liquid-Repellent Textile Sets New Benchmark for Medical and Protective Gear |
Textile Innovation |
Repellents |
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| The Hidden Environmental Cost of Luxury: How Fashion Brands Fail Their Artisans |
Handmade Sector |
Artisans |
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| FESPA Sets Sustainability Benchmark with ISO 20121 and Expands Global Impact |
Printing Sector |
FESPA Manifesto |
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| Textile Standard Falls Short: GOTS "Partially Aligned" with OECD Due Diligence |
Cotton Standards |
GOTS 7.0 |
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| Why Swiss Engineering Still Leads Global Textile Machinery: Precision and Innovation |
Leader Speak |
Davide Maccabruni |
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| Evil Wears Prada: Luxury Brand's Cultural Theft Masks a Looming Craft Crisis in India |
Culture Theft |
Prada Case |
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| The Collapse of Sritex and Central Java's Fast Fashion Reckoning |
Sritex Collapse |
The Costs |
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| How CircularFabrics is Redefining Nylon Recycling Through Low-Impact Chemistry |
Recycling Story |
Nyloop |
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| Retail Industry Grappling with $64.5 billion Waste Crisis Amidst Massive Overproduction |
Waste Crisis |
Over-Production |
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| New Circula-TEX Project Aims to Revolutionise Textile Waste Management in Europe |
Going Circular |
Europe Project |
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| Fashion’s Climate Promises Fall Short as Fast Fashion Undermines Progress: 2025 Global Accountability Study |
Climate Action |
Top Companies |
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| Seaweed to Style: SeaWeave Aims to Transform Ocean Biomass into Fashion Textiles |
Biomaterials |
SeaWeave Project |
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| EU Clothing Retail Sector Adds €331.8 Billion to GDP and Supports 4.5 Million Jobs, Driven by Local Supply Chains |
EU Overview |
Branded Clothing |
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| AI-Powered System Dismantles Used Clothes for High-Quality Recycling in Ten Seconds |
Tech Innovation |
Recycling Systems |
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| Solstice Study Exposes Gaps in Circular Textiles Across Europe’s Key Regions |
Waste Crisis |
Europe Study |
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| Wheat Straw and Oat Husks Emerge as Viable Feedstock for Eco-Friendly Viscose and Lyocell |
Material Innovation |
Agri-Residues |
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| New Textile Waste Rules in Sweden Could Harm Global Reuse Supply Chains |
Going Circular |
Sweden Laws |
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| Spinning Sustainability: How Arecanut Husk Can Become Textile Gold |
Material Innovation |
Arecanut |
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| Can India’s Handwoven Clothing Meet Global Demand Without Compromise? |
Handmade India |
Markets |
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| Footwear’s Carbon Footprint: It’s Time to Stop Treating Shoes Like Shirts |
Footwear Footprint |
Nwe Study |
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| The Hidden Price of Luxury: Coach Handbags Linked to Amazon Deforestation |
Deforestation |
Brazil Leather |
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| Better Cotton Announces Regenerative Makeover |
Cotton Standards |
Better Cotton |
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| Amicus Brief Exposes Fashion’s Waste Crisis in Ghana, Calls for Trade Accountability |
Tackling Waste |
Ghana |
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| Green Dreams or Greenwashing? Gen Z’s Battle for Sustainable Fashion in Viet Nam |
Consumer Trends |
Viet Nam |
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| Fast Fashion Is Killing Circularity, Warns Dutch Regulator in 2025 Report |
Waste Crisis |
Netherlands Study |
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| 17,480 Suitcases a Day: Hong Kong’s Clothing Waste Crisis Exposes Gaps in Circular Infrastructure |
Managing Waste |
Hong Kong Study |
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| How a Memorial Day Breach at Victoria’s Secret Laid Bare Retail’s Cyber Defences |
Cyberattacks |
Victoria's Secret |
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| Recycled Content Definition Must Evolve to Support Textile Circularity, Says T2T Alliance |
State of Recycling |
Position Paper |
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| What Brands Must Learn from Suez, Stoll and Space: A New Supply Chain Reality |
Supply Chains |
Risks & Resilience |
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