Traceability

In a major step toward a more responsible and environmentally conscious leather industry, a strategic collaboration between Oeko-Tex Association and Danish traceability pioneer Spoor will now offer brands the ability to provide consumers with verifiable insights into their leather products' origins and production processes.

Designing for death! You read it right. And then an exhibition that encourages visitors to consider end-of-life decisions and how their choices can impact human and environmental well-being. Dr Sherry Haar, a natural dye and design scholar, investigates all of this and more to generate awareness about green burial through her fibre art.

Most environmental issues in the cotton industry are being discussed and addressed, but the question remains: is enough being done? Award-winning innovation and sustainability leader, Michela Puddu, touches on a diverse range of subjects, from the cotton production and recycling landscape to its huge and fragmented supply chain, the role of standards & certifications, traceability, impact of global climate change, water challenges, livelihoods and more.

A private partnership involving 40 farms in Brazil, pioneering zero-deforestation in the Amazon region, has ensured the first container of 100% traceable Brazilian leather for the European market in Italy.

A milestone in the world of sustainable textiles, the first “full infield-traceable recycled polyester” has been launched by Dutch traceability solutions provider Aware.

Textile Exchange’s electronic traceability system for certified materials has now been made commercially available for the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) and Recycled Content Standard (RCS).

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.

Everyday clothing could soon have a unique DNA carrying the 'roots' of the yarn digitally recorded thanks to a partnership between German fibre player Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Solutions and Swiss traceability solutions provider Haelixa.

The Better Cotton Platform, Better Cotton’s just launched own traceability solution for the fashion and textiles sectors from the ginning stage right through to the retailer or brand, will enable suppliers to log transactional information, culminating in visibility of where the raw material has originated from and how much is within a product.

Digital traceability players Haelixa and CottonConnect have joined hands to prove that traceability of cotton fibres will create transparency in the value chain, support circularity, and validate any sustainability claims.