| ILO Partners with CITI to Address Vulnerabilities of Indian Cotton Farmers |
Cotton Farming |
India Project |
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| Artificial Intelligence Poised to Radically Disrupt Fashion Industry Landscape |
Fashtech Trends |
AI Landscape |
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| Scientists Develop 3D-Printed Fabric for Medical Devices |
Wearables |
3D Fabric |
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| Researchers Discover Bacteria that Destroys Stubborn Fluorine-Chlorine Bonds in PFAS Compounds |
Toxic Fashion |
PFAS Study |
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| There Should Be a Coordinated Effort in Congress to Rein in the Fast Fashion Industry |
Consumer Trends |
Slow Fashion Caucus |
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| 89% of Fashion's Plastic Waste Comes from Synthetic Apparel, 40% of Waste a Result of Improper Management |
Plastic Waste |
New Findings |
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| A ‘Fiber Shredder’ that Recycles Textiles Back to Fibre in 90 Seconds |
Innovation |
Recycling Shredder |
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| Regenerative Leadership Transformation Toolkit Launched |
Sustainable Practices |
New Toolkit |
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| Indian Retail Brands Embrace Omni-Channel Strategies to Boost Consumer Experiences |
Ecommerce |
Omnichannel Retail |
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| And Now Electrically-Activated Sportswear with Nature-Inspired Active Perspiration Function |
Smart Textiles |
Activewear |
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| Our Clothes Generate Microplastics that Pollute the St. Lawrence River and Other Bodies of Water |
Water Pollution |
Along a River |
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| First-Ever Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus Launched in the US |
New Movement |
Slow Fashion |
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| Why Does Some of Your Clothing Smell More When You Sweat? |
Fibres |
Sweat Absorption |
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| Chemical Recycling of Mixed Post-Consumer Textile Waste Could Soon be a Possibility |
Recycling |
Textile Waste |
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| Clothes Turn Smarter with Seams that Can Capture Body Movement |
Smart Textiles |
Body Motion |
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| New Project to Develop Recyclable Outdoor and Work Clothing from Bio-based Materials |
Going Circular |
BioFibreLoop |
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| Project Launched in Indonesia to Boost Circularity in Textiles Industry |
Going Circular |
Indonesia Partnership |
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| Just 3.2 Points on 10: That's How Bad 235 Top Global Fashion Brands Fare Together on Circularity |
Going Circular |
Fashion Index 2024 |
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| PFAS Are Forever Absorbed Through Human Skin, Finds New Research |
Toxic Fashion |
PFAS Spread |
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| Key to Making Fast Fashion Less Harmful: Smaller and Well-Curated Wardrobes |
Consumer Watch |
Fast Fashion |
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| WTO, UNIDO and Others to Galvanise Investment Financing in Cotton-4+ African Countries |
Africa Investment |
Cotton 4+ |
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| YKK Intends to Unzip Fashion with Cutting-Edge Innovation and Sustainability Overdrive |
Zippers and Fasteners |
YKK Story |
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| Researchers Announce World's First Cotton Quality Module after Decade-Long US Project |
Cotton Production |
New Model |
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| Brands Amass Heaps with White Gold as Cotton Farmers Remain Mired in Poverty |
Cotton Production |
State of Farmers |
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| NextGen Material Adoption a Certainty, Proposed Actions Within Industry’s Control: New Report |
Nex-Gen Materials |
State of Future |
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| India's Leather Gloves Industry: A Hidden Gem with Room to Grow or a Sleeping Giant? |
Hand in Glove |
India Market |
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| Responsible Consumption and Production Emerges Top SDG Priority in UNECE Sustainability Pledge |
Sustainability Pledge |
Top Priorities |
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| Both Brands and Suppliers Complicit over Reliance on Tight Margins and Low Wages that Undermine Worker Rights in Asia |
State of Workers |
Asia Overview |
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| Australian Fashion Industry to Start Seamless Operations from July |
Going Circular |
Australian Industry |
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| CmiA Joins WTO-FIFA Initiative in Supporting Cotton 4+ West African Countries Through Football |
Football for Cotton |
Cotton 4+ |
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| US Researchers Create Dissolvable Textiles from Gelatin |
Fibre Innovation |
Gelatin Use |
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| Polybion Tackles Food Waste and Avoids Plastics with Biomaterial Celium |
Biomaterials |
Celium Launch |
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| New Fabric to Help Urban Citizens Weather Impact of Heat Waves |
Textile Innovation |
Heat Control |
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| Fear of Being Perceived Dirty Trumps Environmental Concerns, Makes People Wash Clothes More |
Consumer Trends |
Dirty Laundry |
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| Thai Researchers Develop Leather Alternative Using Pineapple Leaf Fibre and Natural Rubber |
Material Science |
Leather Alternative |
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| Beyond the Salon: Dutch Fibre Start-Up Shows Fashion Industry How to Let the Hair Down |
Nex-Gen Materials |
Hair Fibres |
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| Widely Ignored: The Question of Livelihoods and that of Affordable Clothing |
Deep Focus |
Africa Seconds |
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| Researchers Create Synthetic Leather from Recyclable and Bio-Based Polymers |
Nex-Gen Materials |
Synthetic Leather |
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| All Research on Second-Hand Clothing Needs to Be Transformed into Action, Policy Coherence Needed |
Deep Focus |
Africa Seconds |
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| Shared Across the African Landscape: The Way Second-Hand Supports Local Economy |
Deep Focus |
Africa Seconds |
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| Conversation about Waste Driven by People from Outside with Flawed Data to Push their Agenda |
Deep Focus |
Africa Seconds |
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| Industry Associations Publish Manifesto on Chemical Regulation |
Chemical Usage |
Europe Manifesto |
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| Narratives about Second-Hand Clothing Being Driven by Those Who Are Misinformed |
Deep Focus |
Africa Seconds |
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| Australia Should Introduce Labelling Standards that Inform Consumers about Social-Ecological Footprint, Argues Study |
Waste Crisis |
Australian Labelling |
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| Investment Firm Altor Acquires Remaining Assets as Renewcell is Rechristened Circulose |
Renewcell Saga |
Investments |
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| Moving to Sustainable Packaging Solutions is Everyone's Responsibility in Fashion Industry |
Packaging Waste |
Current Trends |
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| Despite Paying Lip Service to Sustainability, the Money’s Not where the Talk is |
Event Report |
GFS 2024 |
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| Bangladesh Factories Making Clothes for Global Fashion Brands Linked to High PFAS Contamination of Surface and Drinking Waters |
Toxic Fashion |
Bangladesh Study |
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| Accelerating Circularity Trials Show Feasibility and Value in Textile-to-Textile Recycling Systems for Cotton |
Cotton Recycling |
ACP Trials |
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| Fair Wear and SLCP Announce Partnership on Greater Convergence of Social and Labour Data |
Labour Data |
Partnership |
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