Updates

The T-REX (Textile Recycling Excellence) project, a consortium of 13 industry leaders, committed to developing a blueprint for a harmonised EU framework for textile-to-textile recycling, has emphasised the need for standardised definitions of recyclability, scalable recycling technologies, and policy measures that align with industry realities.

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.

Textile Exchange has released a new guidance, urging brands and retailers to go beyond greenhouse gas emissions and establish more holistic impact goals, unlocking the critical progress toward more sustainable raw material production that can come from this approach.

The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on new measures to prevent and reduce waste from textiles across the EU. This provisional agreement will now have to be endorsed before undergoing legal linguistic revision and once formally adopted, member states will have up to 20 months to update their national laws to follow the new rules.

India's textiles and handicraft industry has received a €9.5 million (₹85.5 crore) grant from the European Union (EU) for a joint initiative with the country’s Ministry of Textiles to foster inclusive growth, resource efficiency and sustainability in the textiles sector along with driving livelihoods, and women’s economic empowerment.

The Robotics Living Lab (RoLL) has launched at the Manchester Fashion Institute to to create and produce more sustainably, modernising fashion manufacturing and helping to address the industry’s skills shortage.

Global nonprofit Cascale has published its first Better Buying Partnership Index since it acquired key assets of the Better Buying Institute (BBI) earlier this month.

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.

Cotton production is under multi-dimensional stress in Pakistan brought about collectively by factors ranging from low yields to low government support, to outdated farming methods on many of the farms, to constant fragmentation of farmland from one generation to the next, to the palpable impact of climatic change.

As Bangladesh grapples with overlapping political, economic, and labour market challenges, a new research on the country’s readymade garment sector has unearthed presence of child labour, including under illegal terms of work and in hazardous conditions, abuse of vulnerability of individuals living below the poverty line, abusive working conditions, among other things.