To uphold the highest quality standards and integrity for Australian wool, the kangaroo country has launched a new accreditation scheme that seeks to capture the wide range of sustainability practices to demonstrate the responsible stewardship of natural resources.

Oh gosh! Says a new research — plastic products result in lower GHG emissions compared to their alternatives. The reduction in emissions spans from 10% to as high as 90% across the product lifecycle.

Global goods trade is gradually bouncing back, says the WTO but warns that regional conflicts, geopolitical tensions and economic policy uncertainty pose substantial downside risks. 

The Paris Agreement goal of limiting climate change to 1.5°C could well remain a mirage, says the 2024 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor (CCRM) which evaluated 51 of the world’s largest companies, including 5 in the fashion sector.

High levels of PFAS from textiles have been detected along Asia's longest river, the Yangtze, posing low to medium ecological risks.

There is an urgent need to specify the fabric knitting and yarn spinning systems as fibre composition and the yarn spinning system could play a major role in reducing microfibre release, says a new research.

Chinese scientists seem to have figured out the spinning mechanism of the silkworm and have suggested two spinning models.

In a beginning of sorts after being pushed to the wall by the principal competition regulator in the UK, three major brands—ASOS, Boohoo and George at Asda—have inked formal agreements to use only accurate and clear green claims.

The Competition and Markets Authority has published the Green Claims Code that articulates how consumer protection law applies to environmental claims and provides a framework for businesses to make environmental claims that help consumers make informed choices. 

Sweden. France and Denmark have issued a call for new global rules for exporting textile waste under the Basel Convention, in the backdrop of EU's exports of used textiles tripling in the last 20 years to countries in Africa and Asia who do not have the capacity to ensure proper waste management.