In a bid to nurture innovation and technology talent and encourage young people to embrace innovative and entrepreneurial mindset to drive change for social good and societal impact, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has announced a Sustainable Future Challenge: Textile and Fashion.

In a bid to establish a closely-knit system that keeps the market evolutions and buyers’ needs into account, a total of seven fashion trade show organisers have joined hands under the #finallytogether hashtag in Italy for events to be organised throughout September.

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has lifted its ban on Indian garment exporter Natchi Apparel Pvt Ltd, which supplied to H&M, among others. The ban was lifted after the company provided evidence that forced labour at its factory had been eliminated.

The twin climate disasters—the drought in Texas, US and the floods in Pakistan—have ensured that the world natural fibre production will be down by 1.1 million tonnes this year, the Discover Natural Fibres Initiative (DNFI) has reported in its latest monthly update on the segment.

It was a lot about price factor and innovations as the curtains came down on the three-day Munich Fabric Start. A post-event update.

A research finds that Generation Z members want their clothes to be "sustainable" but still regularly buy fast fashion, demonstrating a heaven and hell difference between their espoused ideals and real world practice.

A partnership between educational institutions in the US and Honduras will facilitate the continued reshoring of textile and apparel production to the US and Central America. A texfash.com report.

Myntra has joined hands with Fairtrade, and will add a "sustainable" clothing line, made out of responsibly sourced cotton from the Fairtrade-certified supply chain. The line will be part of its casualwear brand Here & Now.

Innovation Fund Denmark has granted DKK 106.5 million to a mission-driven partnership, which must ensure a circular economy for plastics and textiles in Denmark until 2050. The 92 partners must deliver on one out of four national missions that must contribute to the green transition.

Garment workers in Pakistan have been able to secure a wage raise after being on strike for almost a month. The wage win is signifcant, especially in the backdrop of rising inflation and the devastating floods that have wreaked havoc in the country.