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Material Choices / Trainer Brands

4 July 2025

4 minutes
The study focused on thirteen companies actively implementing sustainability practices, with data extracted from their public websites.

Study Reveals Gaps in Sustainability Among Eco-Friendly Trainer Brands

A new study has found that eco-conscious trainer brands are falling short of true sustainability by focusing narrowly on materials while ignoring broader eco-design principles. Despite the footwear industry’s significant environmental footprint, many brands continue to implement fragmented initiatives without addressing the full product lifecycle or integrating social and economic considerations into their sustainability frameworks.

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Fashion Impact / New Toolkit

3 July 2025

3 minutes
The toolkit also highlights impacts that occur across all activities and affect various actors, specifically concerning own workers, workers in the value chain, and business conduct (e.g., gaps in anti-corruption measures, inadequate whistleblower protections).

New Fashion Impact Toolkit Maps 3,000 Sustainability Challenges Across Textiles Industry

The fashion industry now has a powerful tool to map its complex sustainability challenges. The Fashion Impact Toolkit, developed by Global Fashion Agenda and Deloitte, catalogues around 3,000 impacts across the textile value chain. Designed for strategic planning and accountability, it equips companies to track, assess, and address environmental and social harms from fibre to end-of-life.

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Recycling / UK Hub

3 July 2025

3 minutes
An employment multiplier of 2.1 suggests a total of 720 jobs will be supported across the UK economy through direct, indirect, and induced channels.

UK Plans £58 Million Textile Recycling Hub to Cut Waste and Boost Jobs

The UK is preparing to turn its textile waste crisis into an economic opportunity with a proposed national recycling hub. Backed by industry and government partnerships, the initiative is projected to create jobs, cut waste management costs, and advance circular economy goals. The plan includes advanced sorting facilities and chemical recycling to tackle over a million tonnes of textile waste annually.

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Printing Sector / FESPA Manifesto

1 July 2025

4 minutes
FESPA actively nurtures future print professionals through comprehensive youth engagement programmes across its global network.

FESPA Sets Sustainability Benchmark with ISO 20121 and Expands Global Impact

FESPA is strengthening its global leadership in sustainability, education, and industry development through a range of future-focused initiatives. From achieving ISO 20121 certification to launching youth engagement and community projects, FESPA is aligning its operations and values with responsible growth, while continuing to support innovation, training, and sustainability across the speciality print and signage sectors.

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Cotton Standards / GOTS 7.0

1 July 2025

2 minutes
The GOTS Standard includes expectations related to all six steps of the OECD Garment Guidance, showing a strong degree of alignment across many important elements of the due diligence process.

Textile Standard Falls Short: GOTS "Partially Aligned" with OECD Due Diligence

A new OECD assessment raises concerns about the effectiveness of the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) Version 7.0 in addressing supply chain risks. Despite covering key due diligence areas, the standard falls short of full alignment with OECD expectations, exposing gaps in grievance mechanisms, purchasing practices, and the consistency of its guidance documents.

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Waste Crisis / Over-Production

30 June 2025

4 minutes
Modern retail thrives on relentless consumption, fuelling a cycle of overproduction and waste.

Retail Industry Grappling with $64.5 billion Waste Crisis Amidst Massive Overproduction

The retail industry is confronting a £64.5 billion waste crisis caused by rampant overproduction, with billions of garments and products never reaching consumers. A new report highlights the scale of the problem and explores the business case for degrowth, circular models, and sustainable production strategies as viable paths to reduce waste and protect long-term profitability.

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Going Circular / Europe Project

27 June 2025

2 minutes
Circula-TEX seeks to address the pressing environmental and logistical challenges facing Europe’s textiles industry, including the fragmented regulatory frameworks among Member States and the lack of consistency in collection and recycling models.

New Circula-TEX Project Aims to Revolutionise Textile Waste Management in Europe

Circula-TEX, a new EU-funded project under Horizon Europe, aims to harmonise textile waste management across Member States by developing unified Extended Producer Responsibility schemes and circular innovations. With 19 partners from nine countries, the four-year initiative will create scalable solutions.

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Climate Action / Top Companies

26 June 2025

3 minutes
H&M Group demonstrated high-integrity targets with transparent supply chain energy disclosure.

Fashion’s Climate Promises Fall Short as Fast Fashion Undermines Progress: 2025 Global Accountability Study

A new 2025 analysis of fashion industry climate strategies has found that leading brands like Adidas, H&M Group, and Shein continue to fall short of meaningful action. The report by NewClimate Institute  cited weak electrification plans, overreliance on fossil gas and biomass, and a refusal to move away from the fast fashion model.

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Biomaterials / SeaWeave Project

26 June 2025

2 minutes
European seaweed industries are said to comprise only 0.8% of total global seaweed production volumes.

Seaweed to Style: SeaWeave Aims to Transform Ocean Biomass into Fashion Textiles

A new international research initiative called SeaWeave is set to transform the textile sector by harnessing the power of seaweed. The project brings together leading experts to develop sustainable technologies that convert Atlantic and Mediterranean macroalgae into functional fibres and dyes, offering eco-friendly alternatives to conventional materials used in fashion and home furnishings.

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Going Circular / Sweden Laws

25 June 2025

4 minutes
A collection point for post-consumer textiles in Gothenburg, Sweden.

New Textile Waste Rules in Sweden Could Harm Global Reuse Supply Chains

A well-intentioned law requiring separate textile collection in Sweden from 2025 could backfire by damaging reuse markets. By mixing worn clothing with textile waste, the new system may undermine existing global reuse chains that already support sustainability, jobs, and landfill reduction. Experts argue that without better collection design, circular fashion efforts risk serious setbacks.

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