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Water Impact / Fashion Brands

1 February 2024

3 minutes
Chamika Jayasri / Unsplash

Management Teams of Top Fashion Brands Showing Dangerous Level of Complacency Toward Water Impact, Finds Study

Are apparel brands impervious to water-related risks, one of the industry’s most pressing challenging factor? The answer is a resounding ‘yes’, finds a study by nonprofit Planet Tracker.

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Livelihoods / Wool and Mohair

1 February 2024

3 minutes
WaMCoP will use innovative approaches like partnering with the Ethical Fashion Initiative, to help re-conceptualise the cottage industry in the country and establish sustainable market linkages for intermediary and finished wool and mohair products.

$72 million IFAD Project Launched to Boost Livelihoods of Wool and Mohair Farmers in Lesotho

A seven-year Wool and Mohair Value-chain Competitiveness Project (WaMCoP) in Lesotho will promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth and help create private sector jobs.

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Textile Innovation / Kelspun Fibres

31 January 2024

2 minutes
By translating the abundant seaweed supply chain into fibre production on industry-standard equipment, Kelsun is being projected as a drop-in solution for textile supply chains that delivers positive impacts to an industry in urgent need of mitigating its environmental impact.

Keel Labs Launches First T-Shirt from Seaweed-Based Kelsun Fibre

Next-gen material solutions are here. Biomaterials company Keel Labs has launched its first in-house garment by using Kelsun fibre, with the T-shirt serving as the start of global product and brand launches to come.

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Dyes & Chemicals / ECHA Database

31 January 2024

2 minutes
In the first version of ECHA CHEM, one can find the latest information on past and upcoming ECHA CHEM releases, different types of support documentation such as webinars and Q&As, as well as a simple tutorial that helps determine where one can find the information you are looking for.

European Chemicals Agency Launches Chemicals Database for Public

The European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) just launched and publicly accessible chemicals database now has information on over 360 000 chemicals.

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CITI Awards / 2024 Edition

31 January 2024

2 minutes
A shot from last year's awards ceremony. These awards aim to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in sustainability within the Indian textiles industry.

CITI Opens Applications for Indian Textile Sustainability Awards 2024

The apex Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) calls on textile mills, recyclers’, brands, MSMEs, manufacturers, retailers, women entrepreneurs and more to apply for the Textile Sustainable Awards 2024.

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Consumer Trends / Awareness Levels

29 January 2024

2 minutes
Young adults are a magnet for fast fashion retailers, given tight budgets and susceptibility to compulsive buying behaviour.

Young Consumers in Canada Lack Awareness of Fast Fashion Impacts, Finds Researcher

A new research has found that Gen Z and Millennial consumers care about sustainability, but lack awareness of the environmental and social impacts of fast fashion.

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Industry Revamp / US Project

29 January 2024

3 minutes
Potential key outcomes of the North Carolina Textile Innovation and Sustainability Engine include a decrease in the negative environmental effects of the textile sector, including a reduction in the sector’s carbon footprint.

New Project in US Seeks to Advance Textile Industry ‘Greening’

A new project in the US aims to disrupt and revolutionise the $96 billion textiles industry, driving advances in smart textiles, wearable technology, medical textiles and protective textiles.

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World Trade / BGMEA Move

29 January 2024

2 minutes
The readymade garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh though firmly established as the second-largest apparel exporter globally, faces challenges due to global geopolitical tensions, exchange rate fluctuations, the dollar crisis and a surge in cotton price, aggravated by intense competition from low-cost nations.

BGMEA to Launch Virtual Marketplace for RMG Industry to Counter Geopolitical Risks

The apex Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will develop a virtual marketplace to integrate the local textiles industry into global value chains and capitalise on the shift towards online purchasing.

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Going Circular / Industrial Challenge

26 January 2024

2 minutes
Refashion describes itself as the producer responsibility organisation for clothing, household linen and footwear (CHF) accredited by French Public Authorities. Its actions are designed to federate all stakeholders in the sector to develop eco-design, repair, re-use and recycling of CHF, while optimising management of material, financial and human resources.

Refashion Lauches 'Industrial Challenge' for Recycling of Textiles and Footwear; Each Project Can Get €2 million

Refashion, a producer responsibility organisation, has launched Industrial Challenge, a project that seeks to deploy innovative industrial solutions for recycling non-reusable used textiles and footwear in France and Europe.

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Textile Restoration / Tartan

25 January 2024

3 minutes
Designer Emma Wilkinson and Scottish Tartans Authority expert Peter E Macdonald with the original and recreation.

Designer and Historian Recreate 400-year-old Tartan Discovered in a Peat Bog 40 Years Ago

Four decades after a piece of discovered tartan fabric was confirmed to be the oldest in the world, Scotland’s House of Edgar and a tartan historian have recreated it just as it was woven around 1500–1600.

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