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

Lars Fogh Mortensen

PRESS RELEASE / Event

1 April 2025

3 minutes

EuRIC’s Textiles event, held in Brussels on 27 March, brought together sorters, recyclers, manufacturers, retailers, policymakers, academics, and circularity experts to address the need for bridging the gap between policy and industry in the textile sector.

Systemic Change Essential to Achieve Textiles Circularity, Says EuRIC’s Event

Brussels, Belgium: EuRIC’s Textiles event, held in Brussels on 27 March, brought together sorters, recyclers, manufacturers, retailers, policymakers, academics, and circularity experts to address the need for bridging the gap between policy and industry in the textile sector. The event emphasised the need for a systemic shift towards a circular...

Circularity / Europe Status

27 March 2025

4 minutes

Despite a 15% increase in consumption, absolute decoupling was achieved for GHG emissions (-24%) and raw material use (-22%).

Environmental and Climate Pressures From EU Textiles Consumption Remain High, Reports Call for Systemic Shift in Textiles System

To succeed with the EU’s textiles strategy, a systemic shift in the textiles system is needed, moving towards higher quality, longer use, reuse, repair and recycling. The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new module of the Circularity Metrics Lab (CML) on textiles analysed 14 metrics and came up with some key findings.

Staff Writer

Climate Action / Scandinavia Report

29 November 2024

4 minutes

A climate protest on the streets of Stockholm. The progress of a significant number of STICA signatory members is still too slow. Companies have reported a number of challenges they are facing and suggested solutions, many of which require government action.

Scandinavian Fashion Industry Shows Slow Progress on Climate, Concludes STICA Report

Only five years to 2030 to hold temperature increases to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels as per Paris Agreement. How are signatories at the Scandinavian Textile Initiative for Climate Action (STICA) performing? A report on their Climate Action Transition Plans reveals that though there is relative progress, the pace and scale varies, and is too slow.

Staff Writer

Textile Destruction / EU Overview

5 March 2024

4 minutes

The destruction of customer returns and unsold textiles have direct environmental and climate impacts. These arise from the processes of handling returns and unsold textiles, and the destruction itself. Importantly, there are also indirect impacts from their original production, even if they are never used.

Almost 9% of Textile Products Destroyed in Europe, Finds Study

Even as the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles seeks to stop the destruction of unsold and returned textiles, a new study has found that the volume of textiles and textile products destroyed in Europe can be as high as 594,000 tones every year, with lower range estimates pegged at 264,000 tonnes.