Updates

Swiss sports manufacturer On is leading a supply chain coalition to reshape carbon waste into running shoes  with the launch of the first ever shoe made from carbon emissions in partnership with LanzaTech, Borealis and Technip Energies.

Athleisure major Lululemon’s second Impact Report has inadvertently revealed that the Canadian athleisure giant has increased climate pollution from manufacturing its products by a shocking 60% in just 12 months. This was followed by the company's founder donating CAN$ 100 million to a conservation non-profit.

The voice of the European apparel and textile industry, EURATEX has warned that the EU’s steps to tackle the current energy crisis could come at the cost of losing European industrial capacity and jobs.

Ethiopia, China, and Germany have renewed their commitment to scale up their triangular cooperation aiming at improving the environmental, social, and labour standards in the textile sector in Ethiopia and beyond. texfash.com reports.

The global luxury industry that had lagged behind in adopting new technology is now accelerating the process with benefits being seen in increased fluidity of customer relations, operational excellence and reduction of the industry’s carbon footprint.

Notable changes in the ZDHC MRSL Version 3.0, to be published this November, include restriction on all PFAS substances for textile, leather, and footwear finishing, a limit for aniline in dyestuffs and the inclusion of a number of organic solvents. texfash.com reports.

The US Department of Agriculture has granted $30 million to support the expansion of climate-smart wool and cotton production on 135 farms and ranches spread across 2.1 million acres.

BioAce is part of a EU programme to develop high performance sportswear production of which will reduce overall emissions, waste and water compared to the production of garments made from virgin, petroleum-based synthetic fibres. texfash.com reports.

Trying out clothes at Walmart just got more interesting and compelling as its new virtual try-on technology — Be Your Own Model — allows customers to use their own photo to better visualise how clothing will look on them.

Charges of greenwashing against some MNCs has pushed Textile Exchange to effect a policy change to its Organic Content Standard (OCS), making site inputs from the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) mandatory in a bid to provide traceability of all transaction certificate data back to the original farm source and farm input.