NextGen Materials

Fashion for Good has unveiled its Price Parity Toolkit, a new financing model designed to remove cost premiums on next-gen materials by decoupling added expenses early in the supply chain. The framework enables brands to fund premiums directly at Tier 4, helping innovators scale manufacturing, reduce compounded markups and strengthen industry adoption of lower-impact alternatives supported by partners and funders.

NexttGen material innovator MycoWorks has announced plans to shut its Union, South Carolina factory — the flagship site once hailed as a breakthrough for Fine Mycelium production. The company said it would now source and process mycelium through partner tanneries worldwide using its Rei-Tan technology, a change that redefines both its business model and the emerging bio-materials landscape.

Natural Fiber Welding’s dramatic collapse has rattled the fashion and automotive sectors that once celebrated it as a sustainability pioneer. Its failure reflects not only management missteps but also a deeper structural malaise: investors retreating, brands shirking responsibility, and an industry addicted to storytelling while refusing to absorb the real costs of transition.

A new report offers fashion industry leaders a strategic roadmap to help accelerate the adoption of next-generation materials. Highlighting key levers across the supply chain, the guide provides both individual and collective actions to drive meaningful change at scale.

A couple of friends and a stated goal — to fuse nature, technology, and science to redefine how materials are produced and used globally. The sophomore project was an “indignant” reaction at the colossal fashion waste during an internship which has since gone commercial with clients in the fashion, automotive and packaging industries. Revoltech’s hemp-based and biodegradable LOVR works as an ingredient brand for sustainable leather alternatives. texfash.com talks to its CEO and one of the Co-Founders Lucas Fuhrmann to know more.

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 Global Fashion Agenda has come out with its new GFA Monitor that outlines tools and proven practices the fashion industry can draw on as it transitions its practices to becoming net positive. It highlights the current state of progress in key areas for action across the five sustainability priorities of the Fashion CEO Agenda.

NextGen materials innovator Keel Labs has announced the commercial launch of garments made with its seaweed-based Kelsun fibre as a range being released later today by California brand Outerknown. Co-Founder Tessa Callaghan tells texfash what it took to get Kelsun from the concept stage to its commercial arrival.

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.

An uncertain economic climate dampening the investment and retail landscape notwithstanding, there are strong drivers in place making a transition to NextGen innovations all but certain, says a new report.