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Reliance Industries Limited

CITI Awards / 2024 Edition

27 February 2024

2 minutes

Indian Minister for Textiles Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh at the CITI Sustainability Awards 2024 ceremony.

Indo Count Industries Winner in 2 Categories at CITI Sustainability Awards 2024

The Indian Minister for Textiles Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh gave away the CITI Sustainability Awards 2024 in New Delhi on Monday.

Staff Writer

Retail Watch / Reliance-Shein

23 May 2023

4 minutes

Random images from Shein India's Instagram account. The online fast fashion retailer was immensely popular among Indian women, especially youngsters, for its stylish wears.

Polyester Giant Reliance Sets Stage for Shein's Backdoor Return to India

India’s retail and ecommerce sectors are abuzz with what’s going to be the impact of the Reliance-Shein combine on the overall landscape, and how it is eventually going to play out. A texfash.com analysis.

Subir Ghosh

Analysis

The Observer

Guest Column / Climate Crisis

28 November 2022

6 minutes

Exposing fashion brands' hidden links to Russian oil in a time of war - Despite several countries fighting to keep the 1.5 degree temperature goal agreed in Glasgow alive, COP27 could not agree to the main scientifically-proven strategy that will get us there: rapid phase-out of fossil fuels.

COP27: Will the Fashion Industry Finally Move from Words to Action?

The theme of the just concluded COP27 was a focus on implementation. The pledges agreed upon in the past must give way to rapid action on tackling climate change and preparing for its effects. This also includes fashion companies, which are experts at talking the talk, but slow to walk the walk. A first-person account from the event.

Nusa Urbancic

Commentary

Rant Control / Polyester Obsession

5 September 2022

6 minutes

File picture of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos. Reliance Industries plans to invest ₹75,000 crore in its petrochemicals and textile business over the next five years to expand capacities in existing and new value chains.

India Loves Fossil Fuel Fashion: Country's Biggest Textile Player Goes on Polyester Overdrive

Polyester is not going away from India any time soon, especially in the context of it being the fibre that is seen as the one answer that the country has to overtake China in the textiles-apparel business. This was reinforced when Reliance Industries Limited, the country’s biggest textiles player, announced the company plans to invest ₹750 billion (roughly $9.41) in its oil-to-chemical (O2C) business over the next five years to expand capacities in polyester and vinyl verticals. A texfash.com analysis.