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Fashion for Good has launched Project FAE (Feedstock Activation Europe), a new initiative to build the sorting and pre-processing infrastructure needed to channel non-rewearable post-consumer textiles into textile-to-textile recycling across Europe. Backed by Adidas, Bestseller and Inditex, the project addresses the feedstock supply gap that continues to prevent post-consumer waste from becoming a viable raw material for recyclers.

A new assessment of 100 top fashion brands reveals limited momentum in sustainable cotton adoption, widespread failures in transparency, and rising dependence on fossil-derived fibres. The Cotton Rankings 2025, developed by Solidaridad and Good on You, expose stark contrasts between industry rhetoric and practice, highlighting how sourcing decisions shape cotton’s uncertain role in fashion..

The Regenerative Fund for Nature’s 2024 Annual Report shows it has exceeded its land transformation target two years early. With 1.1 million hectares and 105,000 beneficiaries enrolled, the Fund’s projects in eight countries target cotton, wool, leather, and cashmere supply chains, embedding climate and water priorities into monitoring frameworks while introducing a flexible partnership model for greater corporate engagement.

Inditex and Next have come under fire for rejecting a global agreement to improve wages and conditions for Cambodian garment workers. Developed over years with unions and brands, the Cambodia Agreements offer the first collective bargaining template in the industry. Critics say the refusal exposes a gap between public commitments and real action on workers’ rights.

The apparel sector’s carbon footprint grew sharply in 2023, underscoring the gap between climate commitments and actual performance. The rise in emissions was driven primarily by polyester usage, particularly virgin fibres. Despite growing investment in greener practices, the sector remains far off course for its 2030 goals, according to a new report from Apparel Impact Institute.

A new 2025 analysis of fashion industry climate strategies has found that leading brands like Adidas, H&M Group, and Shein continue to fall short of meaningful action. The report by NewClimate Institute  cited weak electrification plans, overreliance on fossil gas and biomass, and a refusal to move away from the fast fashion model.

In today's world people move from one outrage to the next with as much ease as they swipe left over to the next reel. Last year’s Brazil cotton controversy has resurfaced not only because it has been a year to the revelation, but also because Better Cotton is itself pursuing the thread. And, the loopholes in Better Cotton's damage control exercise that was pointed out by Earthsight remain yawning.

Fashion For Good and The Microfibre Consortium have launched a ‘Fibre Fragmentation Project’ which aims to offer a snapshot of the issue of fibre fragmentation through the lens of the textile and fashion industry, unpacking various aspects of this complex issue.