The just-released CottonConnect Impact Report 2024 analyses the outcomes of sustainable agricultural practices and urges the textiles industry to collectively work toward increasing responsible production of raw materials and supporting smallholder farmers to attain a resilient future.

Nine key trade bodies in India have collaboratively come up with a code of conduct that prohibits and prevents child labour in the textile sector, stressing on ethical sourcing, transparency, and accountability, enhancing brand reputation and contributing to the elimination of exploitative labour practices.

A joint initiative by leading textile associations and export promotion councils, the Indian textile-apparel sector has come up with a five-point agenda that outlines immediate policy interventions needed to drive the industry toward a collective goal of US$ 100 billion in exports by 2030.

The five-point ‘EU Recyclers’ Manifesto: Increasing textiles circularity by 2030: Threading up circularity’ by EuRIC’s Textiles Branch, highlights the unprecedented crisis facing the region’s textile collection and recycling sector, worsened by rising costs, low demand, and the impact of ultra-fast fashion.

In perhaps the first of its kind research, texfash.com maps the fashion choices of India’s young population—the Millennials and GenZ—probing key influences that shape how this key demographic consumes and shops—be it their sustainability quotient, budgets, style influences, fits, marketplace and more.

Environmental action NGO WRAP has come out with a Design for Recyclability Toolkit for Fashion and Textiles as a practical resource to help businesses integrate recyclability into product development.

Aimed to empower smallholder farmers, the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) and International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) have launched a project to promote carbon credits in African cotton production.

An Apparel Impact Institute report calls upon apparel brands, textile manufacturers, policymakers, and financial institutions to take immediate action to accelerate decarbonisation even as it urges brands to commit to electrification targets and provide financial support to suppliers in building renewable electricity capacity and adoption, ensuring a more resilient and cost-effective supply chain.

Challenging traditional design thinking with practical steps to enable change, a new practical guide provides a systematic and methodological approach to implementing circular clothing design in a way that all organisations can implement, regardless of size.

Cascale has updated the Higg Brand and Retail Module (Higg BRM), advancing alignment with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) to now cover up to 78% of ESRS content.