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

Beth Jensen

Recycling Textiles / Polyester Push

23 May 2025

5 minutes

As part of the revised Waste Framework Directive, all textile waste must be collected separately across the EU from 2025.

Policy Push: Polyester Depolymerisation a Must for Scaling up Recycling, Says Study

Why is depolymerisation of post-consumer textile waste in Europe not scaling up? A report discusses the issue at length and suggests coordinated action by policy and industry on ten interdependent levers that should be activated together to reach a tipping point.

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Staff Writer

Nature Targets / New Primer

29 June 2023

4 minutes

By setting both climate and nature targets in tandem, companies can incorporate both into their strategies, drive cost efficiencies and increase innovations that are win-wins for both nature and climate.

Industry-Specific Guide for Fashion Brands to Reduce Their Impacts on Nature Launched

A just released primer for the textile-apparel-fashion industry provides an introduction to science-based targets for nature, helping organisations in the sector to enable an equitable and nature positive future.

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Staff Writer

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Event Roundup / Textile ETP Report

The 2025 Textile ETP Annual Conference in Alcoy made one thing clear: regulation alone will not drive the textile industry’s transformation. Rather, it will be the decisions and collective actions of researchers, innovators, businesses, and policymakers that shape a sustainable future.

Decarbonisation in Textile Finishing: Engineering Solutions for a High-Impact Transition

Hilde Heim

19 May 2025

Under Scanner / Nike Wage Theft Analysis

Without binding frameworks, supply chains will continue to operate on a model of plausible deniability and race-to-the-bottom pricing.

Nike's Unpaid Wages and Erosion of Corporate Credibility in Global Supply Chains

Special Correspondent

8 May 2025

Textile Recycling Expo

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Climate Action / Sportswear Report

Instead of only asking companies to reduce emissions from their own activities, it is time to ask how they can help deliver on human needs. We need to ask companies how much they can contribute to avoided emissions by making the world a better place and delivering on human needs.

Outdoor and Sports Sector a Climate Solution Powerhouse, Argues New Study

Special Correspondent

21 May 2025

Climate Action / H&M Group Interview

The H&M Group has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Lightsource bp for its 125MW Second Division solar project in Texas, US.

We’re Not Waiting for Perfect Solutions; We’re Moving Now with Tools Available: H&M

Subir Ghosh

20 May 2025

Young India Fashion Survey 2025