Eight leading brands have joined a new collaborative initiative aimed to identify solutions and overcome challenges to begin decoupling revenue from production of new garments, advancing the long-term journey to make a circular economy for fashion a reality.

The ongoing Copenhagen Global Fashion Summit will today see the launch of a new approach to supply chain industrial relations following the first-ever brand-supported collective bargaining agreement in the apparel and footwear sector in Cambodia which will support wage improvements, better working conditions and a future-proof industry.

Fashion has some bad news for the planet. Most brands are actively “greenwashing” their emissions with none of the companies assessed reporting transparently on the terms, value invested or availability to suppliers, says a new Stand.earth report.

Economic challenges and falling consumer confidence ensured that demand for leather continued to fall impacting performance of the UK leather industry.

Imports of used clothing and accessories have seen a significant dip of 50% in the last 16 years in the Central African country of Cameroon.

The Nairobi session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) has called on governments to facilitate a Global Textiles Policy Dialogue to urgently scale up policy efforts that minimise negative impacts of the textiles value chain on nature, people and economies.

AI-powered climate service innovations enable easier adoption of innovations that reduce environmental impact of business activities while improving energy and material efficiency and managing climate-related risks and opportunities. They also facilitate mitigation by reducing the carbon footprint, says a new study.

Non-compliance continues to be a bane with an overwhelming 93.8% of all verified assessments of facilities including at least one and in case of SMEs it went up by 7% in 2023, according to the 2023 Impact Report of the Social and Labour Convergence Program (SLCP).

Renewcell, the bankrupt textile-to-textile recycling company, has sold its Kristinehamn pilot plant to Swedish bio-based innovator Biosorbe which produces oil-absorption materials.

Media reports on the amount of textile waste being imported into African countries is much lower than the estimated 40% or more with less than 5% of the imports to Ghana could be considered waste.