A new report that examines the impact of Brexit and COVID-19 on the fashion, textile and technology ecosystem in the UK, offers five key recommendations to support future growth.

An analysis of price levels for consumer goods and services in the European Union (EU) shows Switzerland, Iceland and Norway lead the table in terms of price levels indices for household final consumption. The data has been released by Eurostat.

Digital labelling is the need of the hour and a global coalition of stakeholders in the textile-fashion-footwear-accessories sector has called for supranational, national and local authorities to update outdated, inflexible, and complex labelling requirements to empower consumers with accessible information through greener e-labelling.

A new report that examines the impact of Brexit and COVID-19 on the fashion, textile and technology ecosystem in the UK, offers five key recommendations to support future growth.

The just released Australian Cotton Sustainability Update 2022 has revealed some critical findings and suggests the way ahead on how it can cotton on to better sustainable ways and profitability with people and planet at centrestage.

Sustainable forest management has become increasingly critical as the role of man-made cellulosic fibres (MMCFs) gains currency as preferred materials that play a vital role in the textile-fashion industry's efforts to embrace environmentally responsible and socially accountable approaches. A whitepaper by PEFC or the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification equips brands and retailers on how to advance the traceability of MMCF materials.

Producers would soon be held responsible for the full lifecycle of textile products, according to the new proposals to introduce mandatory and harmonised Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes for textiles in all EU Member States.

Claiming a new era of sustainable PFAS and PFC-free waterproof and air-permeable materials, Nibertex, a nanofibre technology specialist, seeks to redefine performance in the technical textile market.

A recent study has mapped material flows across London's fashion supply chain, identifying where carbon hotspots occur and shows that fashion makes a significant contribution to the city’s consumption-based emissions associated with the stuff are used. 

The Global Environment Facility has approved 26 projects led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. One project in Pakistan will join the Eliminating Hazardous Chemicals from Supply Chains Integrated Program and utilise circular bioeconomy principles to transform banana waste into a sustainable alternative to cotton.