Updates

The Circular Bioeconomy Alliance and luxury conglomerate LVMH have announced a major project aimed at developing sustainable cotton production in Africa in a regenerative agroforestry system.

Egypt's Green Fashion startup that empowers women in slums with a livelihood as they help mitigate environmental destruction is being showcased at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), now under way at the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh.

The just released UN Environment Programme’s ‘Sustainable Fashion: Communication Strategy 2021–24’ sets the context for the issues the industry is facing as well as the landscape in which it finds itself both from a consumer insights and policy perspective.

Textile Exchange has called on brands and supply chain partners to proactively adopt an integrity system by reviewing and mapping their supply networks to check vulnerabilities and embed an anti-fraud and integrity policy.

An industrial court in Swaziland has ruled in favour of workers who challenged garment manufacturer Zheng Yong Swaziland over unilaterally deciding to stop deducting union dues for 1,276 workers.

The first ‘tree-free rayon’ fibre — Nullarbor — has been used to create the first set of garments by Australian biomaterials company, Nanollose Limited. The garments have been produced by Paradise Textiles, which is part of the Alpine Group.

The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has released a manual which proposes a new, more authentic approach for measuring and reporting on the sustainability performance of economic entities in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Oeko-Tex, the global certifier of textile and leather products and production, has launched a Responsible Business tool to support brands, retailers and traders in the textiles and leather sector with due diligence compliance.

A year-old American startup is gearing up to launch its first commercial partnership by the end of 2022, addressing the needs of global consumer brands seeking to recycle and transform textiles and mixed-plastic waste.

Australia is seeing the return of a preference for physical stores, and shoppers are moving between the offline and online worlds more seamlessly than ever before, according to a survey.