The development of voluntary, consensus-based standards can help smooth the path toward a circular economy by establishing collaboration and common ground, providing a framework for businesses to operate in, and inspiring consumer confidence in circular products, according to a recent workshop that explored how standards facilitate the transition toward a more circular economy for textiles.

The Global Fashion Agenda has come out with its new GFA Monitor that outlines tools and proven practices the fashion industry can draw on as it transitions its practices to becoming net positive. It highlights the current state of progress in key areas for action across the five sustainability priorities of the Fashion CEO Agenda.

Fashion for Good has launched a collaborative free centralised global tool that maps textile waste hotspots providing aggregated regional data on waste volume, composition, and type, enabling recyclers and innovators to efficiently identify and utilise the waste resources worldwide.

A collaborative, multi-stakeholder initiative, Road Map to Zero, has come up with the ZDHC Dissolved Pulp Guidelines V1.0 that aims to drive positive change in the dissolved pulp industry toward sustainable chemical management. It addresses integrated expectations for feedstock sourcing, chemical recovery, discharged wastewater and air quality for manufacturing facilities producing dissolved pulp from wood as a feedstock.

Two sets of experiments have shown that biobased fibres like viscose and lyocell present a greater hazard than conventional polymers used in equivalent applications.

The Apparel Impact Institute (AII) has published a report on the Indian textiles and apparel industry, contending that the country is succeeding in sourcing green finance with over $2.5 billion already available to decarbonise the industry in India, but a big financial gap still exists.

In a call to action, a new report warns about the risks posed to humans and the environment from conventional cotton production, and why the time is now to make the change and transition to organic production methods.

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has come up with a tangible guide to support the fashion industry to push business growth, drive revenue, and provide strategic recommendations for stakeholders in a much changed and increasingly complex environment.

US-based NextGen materials innovator Keel Labs has been conferred the ‘Innovation Project of the Year’ at the just-concluded Textile Exchange Climate & Nature Impact Awards.

In a significant step ahead towards 100% textile circularity, French green innovation start-up, Carbios, and its five fibre-to-fibre consortium partners have come up with the world’s first enzymatically recycled polyester garment made from textile waste to spin out 100% biorecycled fibres.