The UNEP report — Sustainability and Circularity in the Textile Value Chain: A Global Roadmap — published earlier this year has been updated with seven annexes that offer specific advice, key actions, and priorities that stakeholders can adopt to advance the textile sector towards circularity.

Research findings on fibre persistence on fabrics submerged underwater reveal a fairly high tenacity rate, promising to revolutionise forensic sciences.

Innovation startup Protein Evolution is collaborating with several US agencies with the overarching goal to reduce emissions from petroleum-based plastic production and the landfilling and incineration of plastic waste.

The flagship Munich Fabric Start, along with Bluezone, Keyhouse and The Source, will now be held in June and September 2024 and in a shortened format.

Innovation platform Fashion for Good has published a report to help unlock the capital needed to scale up sustainable innovation in the textiles industry. The report reviews the different types of capital available to close the funding gap within the commercialisation stage. 

The ensuing World Fashion Convention will see the launch of a new initiative from the International Apparel Federation (IAF) and International Trade Centre (ITC) which seeks to boost full supply chain profitability for apparel manufacturers and brands.

A Planet Tracker report has detailed who funds different segments of the manufacture of textiles, and which entities are indirectly responsible for the environmental and social impacts along the various stages of the supply chain, even as it exhorts major investors to push holdings harder to drive a just, sustainable textiles industry.

A “crusader” against climate challenges, the importance of preserving and promoting India’s homespun khadi was underscored at a talking heads symposium organised by Delhi University’s Lady Irwin College.
 

Underscoring the importance of addressing the critical issue of textile waste export and relevant EU legislative developments, a position paper has suggested a six-way road to unlock a socially responsible and circular textiles market globally.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has slashed the global merchandise trade growth rate for 2023 by almost half—to 0.8% from the 1.7% increase that was forecast earlier in April.