Climate

Redefine sustainability as regeneration. Rethink progress, not by how much we reduce emissions, but by how much we restore and regenerate. Regeneration isn’t just about restoring the land but also about empowering the people who live on it. Driving all of this for a real change requires a collaborative approach, reiterated the discussions, parleys at the 12-day COP29 at Baku that began 11 November and ends today. A texfash report.

Most of the biggest brands are still not taking urgent action to address their environmental impacts, according to new report which explores the environmental track records for thousands of brands, both big and small.

A just-published Apparel Impact Institute (AII) report named India as a crucial region for impactful decarbonisation interventions and outlined solutions for mobilising sustainable financing, stating that with the right monies, manufacturing can play a key role in meeting the country’s climate targets, especially the emissions-intensity target of 45% below 2005 levels by 2030. texfash talks to AII President Lewis Perkins to learn how India’s apparel manufacturers are pursuing decarbonisation and how it can be financed at scale.

The Apparel Impact Institute (AII) has published a report on the Indian textiles and apparel industry, contending that the country is succeeding in sourcing green finance with over $2.5 billion already available to decarbonise the industry in India, but a big financial gap still exists.

The detrimental environmental impact of bovine leather has been reduced by a significant 60% on the just updated Higg Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI), Leather Working Group and Leather Naturally have announced.

The latest Materials Benchmark Insights and Trends report by Textile Exchange contends that while the industry has made progress, reporting brands are not moving fast enough to meet targets for real climate action. Besides, some companies have also dropped out as signatories of the challenges now that the target year is around the corner.

Does Denmark’s tax on livestock carbon emissions, to run effective from 2030, make scientific sense? Will it help the environmental, human health or farming livelihoods? Will the move impact the leather industry outside of Denmark? texfash probes.

Over 20 associations working in the leather industry across the world have urged the forthcoming climate COP29 to heed the voice of the leather sector in the development of policies and regulations needed to combat manmade climate change.

The talk around the recently concluded Climate Week NYC continues to buzz. Will the discussions there get amplified and lead to concrete action? One topic that gained momentum at this edition—women and climate—urged on the imperative to integrate more women into leadership and which could eventually emerge as a game-changer for climate action.

Cotton cultivation has been majorly impacted with the noticeable loss of biodiversity and effects of climate change in south of the Sahara, says a Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) survey.