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The textiles-fashion industry is living in a bubble where nature does not exist and all that babble about sustainability is just that. That's the impression one gets after reading between the lines of the annual Materials Benchmark of nonprofit Textile Exchange. Like always, there’s been a lot of progress, but a lot also remains to be done.

A meaningful transition to a circular model has not quite materialised. While almost half of assessed companies have at least one circular fashion programme in place, only 31% have publicly committed to any aspect of the circularity business model. Even fewer are tracking on how much materials from those programmes are actually removed from the waste stream.

The importance of the cotton plant in the fashion industry in tackling climate change is often under a shadow. Not many are aware that it takes planet-warming gases out of our atmosphere and sequesters them in its biomass, giving it a net negative carbon footprint. As Mumbai gears up for the opening of the International Cotton Advisory Committee’s 81st Plenary Meeting, 2–5 December, learn more about this wonder raw material. 

A just-published report on the fashion industry's approach to the climate crisis finds that the Science-Based Targets (SBTs) are a cudgel to browbeat the Global South. The report raises important questions, and also triggers the need to expand the North-South divide debate.

Biella, located in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, is home to Italy’s wool textile industry. This traditional and iconic city now hosts the annual Natural Fibres Connect conference, from where texfash.com gets this report.

Strategic sourcing is an iterative process, requiring ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and adaptation to ensure optimal supplier selection and value realisation for an enterprise. A step-by-step guide on how to go about sourcing strategically.

In early February, southern Türkiye and northern Syria were devasted by a series of earthquakes, with the most severe reaching 7.8 on the Richter scale. Over 1,600 garment and close to 1,300 textile companies operate in the 11 affected provinces, with a third of the country's apparel and textile workers employed here. As Türkiye's textiles-apparel industry steps out of the ruins, it is in dire need of business.

Looking to go for a new age career? Are you cut out for one? Especially, a competent luxury manager? Read on to know if you fit the bill.

What is luxury? What is ‘Luxury Brand Management’? What role does a luxury brand manager play? Here are some answers to these questions and more.

Building the necessary circularity knowledge base within an organisation and implementing circular practices takes time and effort, but remains key to facilitate the transformation to a more circular operating model.