Textile Exchange's Material Change Index (MCI) has reached a 50% preferred materials use even though growth in the uptake of recycled inputs is dominated by plastic packaging waste. However, post-consumer textile waste is at a paltry 1.49% of recycled inputs, and 0.18% of textile use overall. texfash.com reports.

A strategic partnership will help growers across 3.7 million acres of land in New Zealand to boost regenerative agriculture and monitor the resulting ecological outcomes to strive for a more sustainable future.

British Wool has purchased a new site in Selkirk and will be moving the organisation's Galashiels team and operations to this more modern and spacious environment to handle the increasing capacity of wool from this region.

Packaging and fashion sectors received the most complaints six months on from introduction of the Competition and Markets Authority's Green Claims Code.

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), in the dock over the use of its Higg MSI tool, has paused the 'transparency' tool across the world. The decision comes almost two weeks after the Norwegian Consumer Agency (Forbrukertilsynet) ruled that the Higg MSI tool is not sufficient as a basis for the environmental claims that outdoor brand Norrøna and fast fashion giant H&M were using in marketing themselves and their products.

Scotland has announced a £2m Circular Textiles Fund with focus on five key areas to help the UK constituent country reach net-zero by 2025. A texfash.com report.

Europe will need a capital expenditure investment in the range of €6–7 billion to reach a fibre-to-fibre recycling rate of around 18–26% by 2030. This would mostly be needed to scale up sufficient sorting and processing infrastructure. The economic, social, and environmental value which could be realized, potentially total an annual impact of €3.5-4.5 billion by 2030. A texfash.com report.

The Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia has urged designers and industry which values high performance leather such as premium soccer boots and heavy-duty sports to embrace kangaroo leather.

ZDHC commissioned a study to identify action areas for the industry that can contribute to achieving the target of 45% reduced GHG emissions from textile fibre and material production by 2030. The study found that 6-8% of GHG emissions along the production of textiles are related to the production of textile chemicals.

Twentyfive European fashion institutions have come together to create the European Fashion Alliance, a powerful new network of fashion organisations aiming to unite and change the European fashion landscape.