Updates

A celebration night, some historical stakeholders, more than 1k exhibitors and brands from 39 countries, and a whole lot more will mark the 4-day 100th anniversary celebrations of Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabag beginning 13 January at the Riva del Garda. 

The recent methodological proposal on lifecycle assessments (LCAs) by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the scientific body of the European Commission, has come in for flak as the policy landscape in which the methodology is implemented creates systemic disadvantages for innovative industries using alternative feedstocks.

Enrollments are open for US farmers to join the voluntary, science-based sustainability programme  — Cotton Trust Protocol — that will help them adopt and implement sustainable practices that benefit both their operations and the environment.

New limit value for the total fluorine content in PFAS, active risk identification for microplastic release in manufacturing processes and leather materials traceability feature are among the new regulations issued by the Oeko-Tex Association.

Biotech company MycoWorks has successfully harvested and shipped over a thousand sheets of its luxury leather-alternative biomaterial Fine Mycelium.

It was a seismological shift for workers post the February 2023 quake in Turkiye as the majority of those impacted were left to fend for themselves both by the factories and brands they laboured for, alleges a report by advocacy group Clean Clothes Campaign. 

Netherlands could soon stop discarding the millions of tonnes of wool thanks to a Dutch designer’s innovative robot.

A Global Plastics Treaty that seeks to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of plastic pollution, based on a comprehensive approach that addresses the full life cycle of plastic through the prevention, progressive reduction and remediation of plastic pollution, management and utilisation of plastic and plastic waste according to national priorities by 2040, is closer to reality.

As a new European Parliament is set to be voted in June 2024, EURATEX, the voice of the textile and apparel industry, has released a manifesto urging for a competitive playing field.

The BRICS + Fashion Summit held in Moscow early last month saw business transactions to the tune of $2.7 million.