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

Scandinavian Textile Initiative for Climate Action

Event Roundup / Textile ETP

19 May 2025

6 minutes

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

The leitmotif across panels and presentations at the just-concluded 19th edition of the Textile ETP Annual Conference in the Spanish city of Alcoy was unmistakable: the textile sector is hungry for specifics. Companies—large and small—are calling for clearer guidelines, harmonised standards, and structured pathways to circularity and digital transition.

Hilde Heim

Report

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