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Climate Crisis / Funding

8 June 2022

2 minutes

It's Raining Funds: AII Announces Lead Funders for $250 Million Fashion Climate Fund

The Apparel Impact Institute (AII) has announced the lead funders in its new $250 million Fashion Climate Fund. A ﬁrst-of-its-kind collaborative funding model for fashion could unlock an estimated $2 billion in blended capital across various asset classes, to help meet the industry's goal to halve carbon emissions by 2030.

Staff Writer

GHG Emissions / SBTI Targets

13 May 2022

3 minutes

The Adidas Originals flagship store in Berlin, Germany. The German major is the only textiles-apparel company that has exceeded both its Scope 1+2 and Scope 3 targets by a wide margin.

Science-Based Targets: Adidas Races Ahead, 46% Don’t Even Have Data to Share

You can count them on your fingertips — the number of brands globally that have made some progress in meeting approved emissions reductions targets or commitments with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). A texfash.com exclusive.

Subir Ghosh

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Climate Impact / Spinnova

26 April 2022

2 minutes

The patented Spinnova fibre creates zero waste and side streams or microplastics, and its CO2 emissions and water use are minimal. Spinnova materials are quickly biodegradable and circular. Spinnova is committed to using only sustainable raw materials such as FSC certified wood and waste.

Testing Positive: Finnish Factory Spins a Climate Positive Textile Fibre

Fibre player Spinnova's first commercial factory’s carbon footprint is 1.28 kg CO2e/kg fibre which is 72% lower compared to conventional cotton (4.6 kgCO2e/kg fibre). The Finnish company has a positive climate impact by saving 6.5 kg CO2e when replacing conventional cotton.

Staff Writer

Climate Crisis / IPCC Report

5 April 2022

5 minutes

“Having the right policies, infrastructure and technology in place to enable changes to our lifestyles and behaviour can result in a 40-70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This offers significant untapped potential,” said IPCC Working Group III Co-Chair Priyadarshi Shukla. “The evidence also shows that these lifestyle changes can improve our health and wellbeing.”

IPCC report calls for bio-textiles, wants cotton to give way to cellulose-based textiles

The latest IPCC report is clear in its message: that the time to act is now. The world can halve emissions by 2030, and all sectors—including the textiles-fashion industry—have a role to play. Textiles, in fact, figure significantly at five places in the 2913-page report.

Special Correspondent

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Climate Crisis / Global Action

18 March 2022

3 minutes

The latest IPCC report outlines the need to overcome ‘soft’ limits and address financial, governance, institutional and policy constraints—reiterating the salience of policy in transformation. The report emphasises the urgency of not only “political commitment” but crucially, “follow-through”—insufficient and vague promises will not suffice.

Mother of all alliances set to accelerate fashion's climate action

The Global Fashion Agenda and the secretariat of the UNFCCC have announced a new alliance on climate action in the fashion industry. The first big event would be the Global Fashion Summit in June.