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Proliferating indiscriminately, the lack of transparency in the largely opaque social audits and certification industry allows poor-quality audits to thrive unchecked, under the radar, says the Human Rights Watch.

A first of its kind project to develop innovative, multi-disciplinary solutions to sort and recycle fashion goods and textiles at scale in the UK is inviting applications.

A roadmap has been worked out to develop Circular Fashion Ecosystems in the UK in a bid for change that will benefit both the planet and people, creating thriving city-level circular fashion ecosystems that meet the needs of industry.

In a move to protect the world’s vital ecosystems, a clutch of leading fashion brands including H&M, Inditex and Kering have announced a collective commitment to purchase over half a million tonnes of low-carbon, low-footprint alternative fibres for fashion textiles and paper packaging.

A project in the Queensland state of Australia is exploring the potential to turn old cotton clothing into nutrients for new cotton plants.

The ‘Cotton Chronicle 2022’ report of the Uzbek Forum of Human Rights (UFHR) has alleged that despite the abolition of the state order for cotton production and the transition to the privatised “cluster” system, the mechanism and organisation of the cotton harvest remain practically unchanged.

The Organic Cotton Training Curriculum, launched by the Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA), is the first organic cotton growers training package developed in over a decade and includes in-depth modules and activity guides to work alongside existing participatory training methods.

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has released the initial findings from Phase 2 of the Institute of Positive Fashion’s Circular Fashion Ecosystem Project, which  has identified the opportunities and challenges in the industry's transition to a more circular model.

EURATEX has released a position paper on the European Commission's proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. It has pointed out many lacunae in the proposal, and said that smaller players in supply chains could feace the brunt.

There is an urgent need for reduction in material use as also rapid decarbonisation as none of the published ‘net zero’ strategies in the material production sector, which account for a quarter of global emissions, are sufficient to limit global warming to 1.5°C, a report has warned.