The United Kingdom is set to ratify the 2003 UNESCO Convention on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, opening the way to greater international cooperation on the importance of the country’s knowledge, skills and practices as part of her living heritage.

Estonian startup Woola that creates protective wool packaging by replacing plastic has received another round of funding of 2.5 million euros.

In a push to drive sustainable retail, the National Retail Federation (NRF) has launched the Center for Retail Sustainability (CRS) to support retailers’ efforts to generate economic value while creating net positive environmental, social and community benefits.

Jute finally gets a formal collective identity in India with an assurance on origin and quality for traditional jute and jute-diversified products with launch of the Jute Mark India logo.

A milestone in the world of sustainable textiles, the first “full infield-traceable recycled polyester” has been launched by Dutch traceability solutions provider Aware.

Over 400,000 spindles in India have joined Sourcery’s Direct-to-Grower Programme as Provisional Partners, committing to transforming trade for good and driving demand in the market throughout the cotton value chain.

The $250 million Fashion Climate Fund (FCF) has received a new shot of $4 million from HSBC to drive forward FCF’s mission of driving industry-wide convergence to modernise apparel and footwear supply chains to meet the industry’s ambition to halve carbon emissions by 2030.

Yet another €100 million fund is available for innovative startups all along the textile value and supply chain, adding to the efforts to accelerate the transformation of the fashion industry into a more sustainable one.

The world’s first lifecycle calculator has been launched. It is expected to help customers measure their environmental footprint with respect to their fashion choices.

The five-day ITMA ASIA + CITME event wrapped up on a successful note with as many as 100,000 visitors from more than 100 countries congregating at Shanghai.