Updates

The world’s leading sustainability initiative for cotton, Better Cotton, has strategically transitioned to become a certification scheme, underscoring its commitment to maintain highest standards of sustainability and transparency in the cotton industry.

ZDHC Foundation’s Roadmap to Zero Programme has urged suppliers and brands working across the fashion landscape to assess chemical management practices, including chemical recovery, wastewater management and air emissions for the MMCF Module.

A new report examines the challenges and opportunities of integrating robotics and automation into UK manufacturing, offering targeted recommendations for the government and industry to modernise the sector and enhance workforce skills.

A newly established collaborative research hub in North East England will explore the extent and environmental impact of microfibre loss from textiles.

Online retailers frequently use people’s personal information to set targeted, tailored prices for goods and services—from a person's location and demographics, down to their mouse movements on a web page, reveal initial findings from an ongoing surveillance pricing market study.

To unlock the potential of recycled textiles and second-hand clothing, a new research proposes practical reforms to modernise outdated customs codes, introducing new codes, and create clear standards, and trader incentives that will enhance trust, trade efficiency, and transparency to better support the expanding textile circular economy.

As the fashion industry increasingly recognises the urgent need for sustainable practices, the shift towards circular manufacturing for textiles and apparel has gained momentum. However, despite notable innovations and advancements, significant opportunities and enablers remain to promote widespread adoption. A UKFT report identifies key enablers necessary for further advancement and action forward for the manufacturing sector to accelerate circularity.

The Oeko-Tex Association has updated its various applicable test criteria, limit values and requirements for its range of certifications and labels for the textile and leather industry.

The European Commission’s proposal to restrict PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ is at serious risk of being hijacked by corporate lobbying, warns a Corporate Europe Observatory’s analysis of newly-released documents that reveal industry's influencing tactics. The conclusion is clear: it’s time for a lobby firewall to protect PFAS decision-making from corporate lobbying.

A new report from Public Eye lays the foundation for tackling the fashion industry's environmental and social challenges, as it calls for prioritising longevity, resource efficiency, and equity across the value chain, envisioning a fairer and more sustainable future.