Textile Exchange

As the curtains go up today on the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference or COP28, the leather industry is pioneering a zero-deforestation livestock farming system that promotes traceability from cradle to slaughter.

Textile Exchange has come up with a ‘Biodiversity Landscape Analysis’ for the fashion, textile, apparel, and footwear industry to help spur companies forward with methods and actions relevant to their biodiversity and nature journey, and point them to key guidance, resources, and tools.

The Preferred Fiber and Materials Matrix (PFMM), designed to assess the performance of standard systems within a material category, has been made publicly available for the first time.

The cross-sector Deforestation-Free Call to Action for Leather has World Wildlife Fund (WWF) joining in as partner to help galvanise efforts toward ending deforestation and conversion of natural ecosystems linked to cattle farming.

Can digital product passports or DPPs help the textiles industry meet climate goals? Some key stakeholders surmise that DPPs have a better chance of being effective if clear and cut aggressive targets are set, aligned with the 2050 climate goals.

As part of a broader objective, the EU Textiles Strategy came up with the digital product passport (DPP) for the textiles sector by introducing the concept through the proposed Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). texfash.com talks to some players in the business of solutions to get a feel of the pulse.

Stakeholders in the business of hemp need to collaborate to shape its production system from the soil up to ensure that its holistic benefits can be leveraged to meet climate and nature targets, global nonprofit Textile Exchange has said.

Textile Exchange has come up with the Regenerative Agriculture Outcome Framework, perhaps the first ever open-source, documented framework that lays out key indicators that make for a regenerative system, encouraging collaboration by including expectations for both brands and growers.

A just released primer for the textile-apparel-fashion industry provides an introduction to science-based targets for nature, helping organisations in the sector to enable an equitable and nature positive future.

Nonprofits Textile Exchange and Leather Working Group have together launched a global initiative to address deforestation and promote sustainable practices within the leather industry to create transparent and equitable supply chains, protecting natural ecosystems.