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Frank Langrish

Wool / UK Productivity

23 January 2024

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Current testing is for aggregated lots from multiple farms, with no routine testing for farms or individual sheep. Lots are often highly variable for diameter, due to variation within animal fleeces, between animals and between farms, significantly reducing price.

UK Research Project to Look at Value of Wool through Breeding and Genetics

A research project in the UK is conducting a feasibility study to evaluate the potential of reducing micron count of finer wool quality UK sheep breeds to increase productivity, sustainability and resilience for sheep farmers and the wool industry.

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Event Roundup / EU Green Week Report
This year’s theme at the EU Green Week from 3-5 June, ‘Circular Solutions for a Competitive EU’ – emphasised the 3 Cs: Clean, Competitive, and Circular.

EU Green Week 2025 Signals Shift from Circular Economy Policy to Action

  • Tom Voege

9 June 2025
Event Roundup / TRE 2025 Commentary
The inaugural edition of the Textiles Recycling Expo, held at Brussels Expo, a central and accessible venue for a topic so closely tied to European policy initiatives and industrial strategy, managed to gather a broad spectrum of participants, from textile brands and recycling technology providers to EU policymakers, NGOs, and governmental institutions.

Textiles Recycling Expo 2025 Sets the Tone for Europe’s Circular Textile Future

  • Sebastian Schmidt

11 June 2025
 
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Leader Speak / Alison Ward Interview
Sustainability in cotton supply chains is not just about reducing harm — it's about creating positive outcomes for people and planet. From empowering farmers and transforming processing, to ensuring brand accountability and consumer education, every stage must evolve in tandem.

Inside CottonConnect’s Push for Traceability and Sustainability in Global Cotton

  • Richa Bansal

12 June 2025
Tariff Impact / Fast Fashion Commentary
Much of Shein’s production takes place in the so-called “Shein village” in Guangzhou, China, where workers often sew for 12–14 hours a day under poor conditions to keep pace with the demand for new items.

Shein, Temu and the Tariff Fallout: Why Australia Became Fast Fashion's New Frontier

  • Mona Mashhadi Rajabi
  • Lisa Lake
  • Martina Linnenluecke
  • Yun Shen

12 June 2025
 
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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
Climate Crisis / Data on Textiles Interview
Textiles, data and design/communication skills were spooled in at Raw Color to talk about climate change through knit fabrics.

Wearing the Colours of Climate Change: Data Takes the Form of Textiles

  • Subir Ghosh

29 August 2022
 
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