Canopy

For the first time ever Canopy's Hot Button Report has awarded the coveted 'green shirt' status to three global producers—India-based Aditya Birla, Austria-based Lenzing, and China-based Tangshan Sanyou.

The message from the Textile Exchange conference at Pasadena was clear: transformation is within reach. From regenerative practices to circularity that benefits all, it was a clarion call to trade extractive growth for a future that thrives on restoration and collaboration.

As the world looks for innovative solutions to reduce carbon emissions and preserve vital ecosystems, environmental NGO Canopy underscores the critical role India can play in this global shift as it has the potential to transform 100 million tonnes of agricultural residues and polyester-cotton textile waste into valuable low-carbon paper, packaging, and viscose for the global markets.

Fashion for Good has launched ‘Re-Start’, a textile recovery alliance in India, and released a toolkit designed to revalorise textile waste in the country.

In a move to protect the world’s vital ecosystems, a clutch of leading fashion brands including H&M, Inditex and Kering have announced a collective commitment to purchase over half a million tonnes of low-carbon, low-footprint alternative fibres for fashion textiles and paper packaging.