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

Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano

Denmark CO2 Laws / State of Leather 2024 / III

23 October 2024

7 minutes

A farm house with cattle grazing outside. A tax of around DKK 300 per tonne will be imposed from 2030, increasing to DKK 750 in 2034. A basic deduction of 60% will be applied to the average emissions from different types of livestock. Climate-efficient farmers will have an economic advantage.

Denmark CO2 Tax May Have No Impact on Industry, but Cyclical Nature of Leather Was Ignored

Does Denmark’s tax on livestock carbon emissions, to run effective from 2030, make scientific sense? Will it help the environmental, human health or farming livelihoods? Will the move impact the leather industry outside of Denmark? texfash probes.

By

Richa Bansal

Report

Spotlight: State of Leather 2024

Traceability / Leather Initiative

2 March 2023

3 minutes

The first to sign the initiative on Leather Traceability Schemes led by the Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community (COTANCE), are the Leather Working Group, ICEC-The Certification Institute for the leather sector, and the Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF).

Leather Industry Organisations Start Work on Alignment of Leather Traceability Schemes

European trade body COTANCE has formed the Leather Traceability Cluster to align leather traceability schemes in a bid to reduce audit fatigue in tanneries and avoid unproductive costs for the leather value chain.

By

Staff Writer

Young India Fashion Survey 2025

Textile Recycling Expo

ITF Intertex Portugal 2025

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Tariffs and Seconds / SMART View Interview

If unfair trade barriers persist, there's the risk of seeing mountains of usable clothing pile up in the US, while markets abroad fill the gap with cheap, low-quality fast fashion that often results in more waste, not less. Keeping the second-hand clothing trade flowing freely is in everyone’s best interest: economically, socially, and environmentally. This is a moment to build smarter, fairer, and more circular global systems, not to shut them down.

Trade Barriers on Second-Hand Clothing Disrupt a Globally Significant Reverse Supply Chain

Subir Ghosh

24 April 2025

Product Impact / New Study Report

Understanding that the environmental crisis is more than just carbon emissions will ensure that as companies work to reduce their carbon footprint, they are aware of how their business impacts the environment on other fronts. Failure to do so risks shifting impact from one category to another unknowingly.

Raw Materials and Manufacturing Account for 90% of Fashion Product’s Environmental Footprint

Special Correspondent

25 April 2025