Updates

The ZDHC Foundation has come up with a Commodity Chemicals Guide V1.0 and expects brands to urge their suppliers to embed these best practices to ensure a holistic approach to sustainable commodity chemical management within their facilities.

A new study has found compelling evidence that the second-hand clothing (SHC) sector plays a pivotal role in driving job creation, strengthening livelihoods, and generating vital revenue streams for African governments.

There is significant room for improvement in separate collection systems for waste textiles in EU-27 with about 11.6kg per person of textile waste ending up in mixed household waste.

A new entity, FFN+ or the Future Fibres Network Plus, comprising 5 universities in the UK, was launched Wednesday to support the decarbonisation of the fashion and textile industry.

There’s ample room for improvement in augmenting the recovery of non-rewearable textiles in the US what with 56% of the textiles generated as waste suitable for fibre-to-fibre recycling, claims a new report.

Worldly has launched a new tool — the Facility Data Manager (FDM) — that will help brands prepare for environmental reporting requirements by providing timely primary data that aligns with regulatory frameworks.

The interests of 370 million Indigenous Peoples across 70 countries will now be protected somewhat following the launch of a 12-partnership-principles guide that lays the groundwork for how fashion, apparel, and textile companies can form strong partnerships with them.

Eight leading brands have joined a new collaborative initiative aimed to identify solutions and overcome challenges to begin decoupling revenue from production of new garments, advancing the long-term journey to make a circular economy for fashion a reality.

The ongoing Copenhagen Global Fashion Summit will today see the launch of a new approach to supply chain industrial relations following the first-ever brand-supported collective bargaining agreement in the apparel and footwear sector in Cambodia which will support wage improvements, better working conditions and a future-proof industry.

Fashion has some bad news for the planet. Most brands are actively “greenwashing” their emissions with none of the companies assessed reporting transparently on the terms, value invested or availability to suppliers, says a new Stand.earth report.