It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Portugal

Fabric Dyeing / DyeLoop

21 February 2025

The project has proven to be an effective means of optimising essential resources and minimising environmental impact, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN's 2030 Agenda.

Scientists Develop Innovative Technology for Cheaper and Circular Textile Dyeing, Reduce Costs by 50%

Portugal’s University of Coimbra (UC) is developing innovative technologies to make textile dyeing more cost-effective and sustainable and a just launched project—DyeLoop—uses unique circular economy technologies to reuse dyes and significantly reduce water and energy consumption.

Staff Writer

Footwear Innovation / Primal

13 February 2023

7 minutes

Cork, the raw material used is CO2 negative in its production process. What’s more is that Primal Soles reuses the material by actively taking back used insoles and reintroducing them into the production cycle so that they don’t end up in landfill wastes. This way it creates a completely circular ecosystem that benefits both the customer as much as the planet.

Sole of the Matter: It’s All Cork

Primal Soles, a Netherlands-based start-up, makes insoles from natural Mediterranean cork, claiming it to be the planet's first 100% circular, recyclable and sustainable shoe insole brand.

Richa Bansal

Feature

Exclusive

Home Fashion / Cork Rugs

7 June 2022

8 minutes

Uncorked, And How! With a ‘Solution’ to Weave Rugs

Far away in the Iberian Peninsula of Portugal, a textile designer has developed a patent-pending solution from the abundantly available cork to handcraft sustainable rugs using traditional weaving techniques. Meet Susana Godinho.

Richa Bansal

Feature

Collection: Sea Change

Best Practices / Good Earth Cotton

6 March 2022

6 minutes

Working to Good Effect

The only true way to guarantee traceability and transparency is by connecting the physical traced fibre with the digital (blockchain). And, it is being done!

Richa Bansal

Interview

Q&A / Impetus

6 March 2022

4 minutes

The Next 2–3 Years Are Going to Be Very Challenging

Impetus Portugal - Texteis SA is one of the leading manufacturers, suppliers and producers of a wide range of apparel in Portugal. Ricardo Figueiredo, Administrator at Impetus Group, talks about the ways in which the Group has been trying to emerge out of the COVID-19 pandemic.