Australia's 2024 Ethical Fashion Report has found that the average company score sits at only 31 out of 100, leaving significant room for improvement.

The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has banned five Indian companies into the business of cotton for using fake documents to defraud the GOTS system.

The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited (HKRITA) has developed a mechanical recycling method for denim fabrics that addresses the challenge of minimising fibre damage using existing mechanical recycling technologies.

A new handbook guides companies on how to use the OECD due diligence framework for achieving living incomes and living wages in global supply chains. It builds on existing OECD standards and focuses on the agriculture, garment and footwear sectors where inadequate incomes and wages have been identified as prevalent risks.

A study by Fairtrade India in six of the top cotton-producing states claims that its certified organic cotton is associated with better environmental outcomes than non-Fairtrade cotton.

Seeking to address key challenges in the cotton sector, the Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) has launched its Decent Work Strategy, a pivotal initiative aimed at improving working conditions and protection for organic cotton farmers, farm workers, and their communities.

Over 20 associations working in the leather industry across the world have urged the forthcoming climate COP29 to heed the voice of the leather sector in the development of policies and regulations needed to combat manmade climate change.

Young fashion designers from member states of the Eurpoean Union can design the official uniforms and win a trip to World Expo 2025.

Some 5,250 acres—an equivalent of approximately 3,000 football fields—will see training of 1,500 farmers, 900 of which will be women, as also sequestering of approximately 31,000 tonnes of CO2 under the aegis of a grant to an Indian nonprofit by the Hugo Boss Foundation.

Utilising partially renewable materials and formaldehyde-free chemistries, specialty chemicals major Archroma has come up with a printing system that combines newly created pigment black and customised auxiliaries for enhanced sustainability, comfort and durability.