In a major step towards fighting plastic pollution, France based biotech company Carbios has secured funding of €53.5 million to set up the world’s first 100% PET biorecycling plant at Longlaville in the Grand-Est region.

As part of its measures to reduce GHG emissions, fastener company YKK is increasing the use of electricity from renewable energy, and as of FY2022, 31 of its locations worldwide have completed the changeover with electricity being purchased from renewable energy sources.

A new report says that the global textiles & fashion industry will need to take drastic action to stay within the 1.5°C trajectory. It will need to cut down emissions by 45% in the next seven years.

A national workshop on ‘convergence’ of five specialised institutions hosted by the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) called on the establishments to work towards global competency, knowledge-sharing, enhancing self-efficiency, workforce development and optimum usage of resources.

US-based performance ingredient tech enterprise brrr° has received a strategic investment $6.3 million from the Nautica Founder-Designer David Chu.

Research by scientists at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research could assist cotton producers struggling with drought and dropping water tables in maximising crop yields from limited water with some planning and implementation of variable deficit irrigation.

Policy Hub, a voice seeking to emerge as one for circularity in the global fashion-apparel-footwear industry, has released a report calling for a harmonisation of textile policies across EU member states.

Digital traceability players Haelixa and CottonConnect have joined hands to prove that traceability of cotton fibres will create transparency in the value chain, support circularity, and validate any sustainability claims.

The three-day Première Vision Paris gets under way in the fashion capital of the world on 4 July in a redesigned format with the spotlight on the changing imperatives of an industry in flux.

The European Parliament today adopted with brute majority recommendations for the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles that would work to end fast fashion and help consumers make more ethically responsible and sustainable choices.