Manufacturing

A less known sector of the Indian leather industry is its leather gloves segment which has been witnessing a steady growth buoyed by some regional powerhouses. But is this momentum merely a fleeting trend, or does the leather gloves market hold the potential to become a major player in the country’s leather exports? An in-depth analysis.

The Circulose pulp has got a fresh lease of life with Swedish investment firm acquiring the remaining assets of Renewcell. Circulose pulp, the innovative solution for textile-to-textile circularity, will remain at the forefront to create a sustainable future for the fashion and textiles industry.

A consortium of 24 partners will work on a holistic approach towards sustainable growth in the EU textiles sector by raising customer awareness, enhancing recycling, ensuring feedstock traceability using the Digital Product Passport, and providing data and guidelines to decision-makers.

With several pieces of incoming legislation within the EU alone, the need for a cohesive and harmonised approach is essential to the successful implementation of policy within the textiles industry, concludes the New Cotton Project.

The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), flagship initiatives of the Green Deal and Europe’s circular economy objectives, which sets requirements for sustainable products, was adopted by the European Council Monday.

A new entity, FFN+ or the Future Fibres Network Plus, comprising 5 universities in the UK, was launched Wednesday to support the decarbonisation of the fashion and textile industry.

Worldly has launched a new tool — the Facility Data Manager (FDM) — that will help brands prepare for environmental reporting requirements by providing timely primary data that aligns with regulatory frameworks.

Fashion has some bad news for the planet. Most brands are actively “greenwashing” their emissions with none of the companies assessed reporting transparently on the terms, value invested or availability to suppliers, says a new Stand.earth report.

Renewcell, the bankrupt textile-to-textile recycling company, has sold its Kristinehamn pilot plant to Swedish bio-based innovator Biosorbe which produces oil-absorption materials.

New numbers released by environmental group WRAP on Tuesday show that the state of post-consumer textiles in the UK does not augur well for circularity, and the situation is compounded by concerns that the recycling and reuse sector is on the verge of collapse.