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Rental Drive / Japan Airlines

4 August 2023

2 minutes
Japan Airlines will monitor changes in passengers' checked-in baggage weight and verify the reduction effect of carbondioxide emissions by reduced airplane weight due to use of the service.

Fly Japan Airlines Sans a Suitcase, Rent Clothes On the Go

In a unique concept aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of the air traveller and promote circular economy, Japan Airlines (JAL) along with the Sumitomo Corporation has launched a trial "Any Wear, Anywhere" clothing sharing service for foreign tourists and business travellers.

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  • Staff Writer
State of Sourcing / US Trends

3 August 2023

4 minutes
Reflecting US fashion companies’ overall confidence in their business outlook, most respondents (85%) plan to increase hiring over the next five years.

US Apparel Importers Increasingly Diversifying Their Sourcing Base, Says Benchmarking Study

US apparel-fashion importers are increasingly diversifying their sourcing base following the deteriorating US-China bilateral relationship and there’s mounting concern at the uncertain macroeconomic outlook, according to the just-released Benchmarking Survey by the United States Fashion Industry Association.

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  • Staff Writer
Policy Issues / Sustainability

1 August 2023

2 minutes
The ESRS take a “double materiality” perspective – that is to say, they oblige companies to report both on their impacts on people and the environment, and on how social and environmental issues create financial risks and opportunities for the company.

EU Beefs up Sustainability Reporting Standards

Another landmark step from the European Commission in its bid to ensure that enterprises report both on their impacts on people and the environment, is Monday’s adoption of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).

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  • Staff Writer
Consumer Trends / Shopping

31 July 2023

2 minutes
Activewear retailers deliberately use body-focused marketing to promote their products, which tend to be tight, form-fitting or revealing. This type of imagery can be very threatening to women’s body image because it promotes an idealised and difficult to attain physique.

Activewear Angst: Shopping for Workout Clothes Make Women Feel Worse About Looks

Studies by the Edith Cowan University (ECU) have found that the use of fit and toned models in tight-fitting clothing used by activewear websites make women feel worse about their looks and they experience lower self-esteem after browsing an activewear website, leading to negative body image.

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  • Staff Writer
Tech Innovation / Biomimicry

31 July 2023

3 minutes
Neeka and Leila Mashouf, twin sisters who grew up in North California, founded Rubi Laboratories in 2021 after inventing and prototyping the technology in a public biohacking lab, leveraging their deep scientific expertise in materials engineering and bioengineering.

Rubi Laboratories to Help Walmart Convert Emissions into Cellulosic Fibres

In what could well be a groundbreaking technology, a Walmart and Rubi Labs collaboration could soon be spinning out affordable clothing from carbon emissions, and the inspiration is nature yet again — the process how trees “eat” CO2!

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  • Staff Writer
Recycling / UK Move

31 July 2023

2 minutes
The UK has brought forward actions such as consulting on collections of textile waste from businesses, and continuing to support voluntary actions taken by industry through Textiles 2030.

UK Launches Programme to Drive Better Reuse of Resources, Identifies Textiles as Priority Waste Stream

The UK, in a policy decision, has reiterated the critical importance that repair-reuse-recycle will play in supporting the move towards more circular living.

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  • Staff Writer
Sportswear Waste / Football

28 July 2023

2 minutes
The football sector is a huge contributor to textile waste—approximately 2.45 million Liverpool and 1.95 million Manchester United sports shirts were sold worldwide in 2021 alone.

New Project Seeks to Tackle Hidden Problem of Textile Waste in Football

A new research partnership in the UK seeks to tackle the hidden problem of sportswear waste. The project, being helmed by the University of Manchester, will be exploring textile waste in the football industry.

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  • Staff Writer
Laundry Trends / Clothing Labels

28 July 2023

3 minutes
When it comes to laundry know-how, 32% believe there are too many laundry label symbols to understand, and a fifth (20%) have abandoned reading washing labels altogether.

Heavy Load: 74% of British Households Don't Fully Understand Laundry Labels on Clothes

The humble washing machine is ensuring that sustainable fashion goes for a toss in Britain as households use it with indiscriminate settings jacking up their electricity bills and ruining the longevity of clothing, says a not-for-profit campaign.

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Cotton Farming / Disease

26 July 2023

2 minutes
Disease is a major priority issue for the Australian cotton industry. It contributes to significant yield losses and undermines long-term confidence in growing cotton. In extreme cases, some growers have opted out of cotton in response to severe and escalating disease pressure.

Australia Launches $10 million Cotton Disease Research Project over 5 Years

Australia's premier research institution Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) has embarked on an ambitious $10 million five-year collaborative approach to disease research to mitigate the economic impacts of disease.

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  • Staff Writer
Cotton Farming / Australian Industry

25 July 2023

3 minutes
Cotton is grown mainly on family farms in inland eastern Australia. In recent years, it has also expanded into parts of Northern Australia.

Australia's Cotton Industry Has Halved Water Usage in Last 25 Years

The Australian cotton industry has made remarkable progress in the last 25 years, with its water consumption dropping by half.  The last year also witnessed a record harvest of 5.6 million bales valued at a record $4.6 billion.

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