Updates

The office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), the nodal agency which spearheads India's efforts to promote the handmade sector, has launched a portal which will give artisans an easy market access to over 200 marketing events in India.

Findings from a survey reveal that the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining is under attack in major garment producing countries in Asia. texfash.com reports.

To aid and speed up the shift from fossil-based plastic packaging, Sweden's Yangi has initiated a strategic research collaboration project with partners Holmen Iggesund, Solenis, Fiber-X, FutureLab & Partners AB, Duni Group, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Lund University, and a premium brand owner within the consumer goods segment.

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has issued a statement in response to the guidance issued by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) and the Norwegian Consumer Authority (NCA) on usage of the Higg MSI tool in making sustainability claims.

A joint crackdown by consumer authorities in the Netherlands and Norway on the use of Higg MSI is critical for the entire clothing industry, both for developers and providers of data instruments as well as for clothing companies that use these types of instruments.

The IOAS (formerly, International Organic Accreditation Service) has withdrawn India-headquartered Biocert International's IFOAM and ISO/IEC 17065 accreditations and the recommendation for accreditations for COR (Canada Organic Regime) and European Union accreditation.

With almost three-quarters of the 17 sustainable SDGs impacted by the textiles industry, Textiles: A transitions report for Australia recommends setting goals that are measurable and time-bound to reduce the country’s overall material footprint.

With consumer authorities in Europe increasingly cracking down on companies that make sustainability claims not grounded in scientific facts, French luxury group Kering has updated its standards guide by adding chapters on cut, make, trim, and sustainability claims.

A survey in the UK on ‘Clothing Longevity and Circular Business Models’ reveals that cost is the primary reason why pre-loved, rental, upcycled and repair models are not yet popular. And, UK citizens stack an average of 118 items of clothing in their wardrobes, with 26% or more not worn in the past year.

A Delta Framework has been launched by Better Cotton and partners to arrive at a harmonised approach to sustainability performance reporting, designed to support business, governments and not-for-profit actors alike in quantifying and communicating their progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).