Updates

A novel bio-based approach to obtaining sheets of regenerated leather has been developed by the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) that separates, categorises and recycles post-consumer leather products.

The major challenges the apparel industry is facing today can only realistically be met when there is true collaboration between buyers and their suppliers, and that is the focus that the International Apparel Federation (IAF) is working on for its 37^th World Fashion Convention to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh later this year, registrations for which have begun.

A Textile Tracer Assessment that provides the fashion ecosystem stakeholders with an overview to evaluate and determine which tracer technologies would best suit their sustainability and operational needs was on Tuesday launched by Fashion for Good and Textile Exchange.

Piyush Goyal, India’s Minister of Textiles, Commerce & Industry, will address the ‘Sustainable Clothing and Textile Recycling Conference’, an exclusive B2B event, to be held in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore, on 10 August.

Ethiopia's showcase textile project—Hawassa Industrial Park—is facing huge job losses in the wake of factory closures following the US announcement that the former would no longer benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act's (AGOA) duty-free access to its markets from 1 January this year.

The Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC) Act of 2022 that addresses issues in apparel manufacturing industry such as exploitation of essential workers, offshoring, and an ageing workforce, was introduced in the US House on 21 July.

Sustainability leader Genomatica (Geno) alongside longtime collaborator Aquafil have successfully completed the first demonstration scale production runs for plant-based nylon-6. The material will go to leading global brands and their value chain partners.

Seventeen individual nations and the European Union have decided to cooperate on strengthening supply chains, working to reduce and end near-term disruptions, and building long-term resilience in the backdrop to the shocks to global supply chains from pandemics, wars and conflicts, extreme climate impacts, and natural disasters.

Autumn 2022 will mark the launch of a landmark industry collaboration by three leading European retailers as a bespoke learning platform, under their aegis, will support their brand partners in setting climate targets aligned with science.

The challenging times not withstanding for US fashion companies coming from the macro-economy in 2022, particularly inflation and rising cost pressures, optimism rules, says the just released Benchmarking Survey by the United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA).