Updates

Management consultancy KPMG, which was tasked with reviewing the Higg Index suite of tools for the textiles and fashion industry, has recommended integrating the controversial Higg MSI with the Higg PM and focusing on enhancing data quality.

A groundbreaking study reveals how circular models are critical for brands to reduce their emissions when combined with upstream supply chain interventions.

Mass customisation can be the basis for a new business model in fashion that is more sustainable and more profitable. By proving people will pay more for their personalised clothes, businesses can compensate by selling fewer clothes for more money, rather than selling more units of disposable clothing for less money, says new research.

As part of FIFA’s efforts to explore opportunities for African cotton-producing nations in the global football apparel market, it has roped in the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to assess the cotton-to-textile value chain development in five African nations — the ‘Cotton 4 (plus)’ group.

The Preferred Fiber and Materials Matrix (PFMM), designed to assess the performance of standard systems within a material category, has been made publicly available for the first time.

The cross-sector Deforestation-Free Call to Action for Leather has World Wildlife Fund (WWF) joining in as partner to help galvanise efforts toward ending deforestation and conversion of natural ecosystems linked to cattle farming.

Biotechnology company MycoWorks has begun production of its leather-alternative material at its manufacturing facility — perhaps the world’s largest mycelium material operation — in the United States.

Strategic Plan 2023–2028 is Cotton Australia’s five-year collaborative plan to advance the cotton industry, identify opportunities for improvement that drive progress and create value for all stakeholders.

Global nonprofit Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has outlined three pillars on which it will strategise and act on specific, targeted initiatives as it also looks to purposefully reharness its data, revamp Higg FEM 4.0 among several other steps to ring in a new era of impactful reality.

Global nonprofit Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) has announced the first grant recipients from its Climate Solutions Portfolio that seeks to promote decarbonisation in the fashion industry.