The eleventh edition of the 2-day Asian Textile Conference (ATEXCON) being organised by the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) is set to kickstart on 31 August at Coimbatore, the textile capital of South India.

At least 16 global fashion brands were mute observers to the February 2023 tremblor that devastated parts of Turkiye with only 2 taking some steps to ameliorate working conditions from the 200+ suppliers they source from.

The Leather Working Group has worked out a guide to help stakeholders across the leather industry value chain to help them navigate business under the ambit of the European Green Deal and the 2030 EU Biodiversity Strategy.

Despite challenges like short product lifetimes, long manufacturing lead times and constant innovation of fashion products, fine-grained social media information can enable efficiency and increase revenue, says a new study.

A baseline assessment report to understand approaches to circular economy in India’s textile and apparel sector concludes that while there is a growing awareness of sustainable practices in the industry, there are still challenges to be addressed in order to implement circularity across the value chain.

With aggressive European Union mandatory human rights due diligence legislation under development, GoodWeave International and Fair Wear Foundation have joined forces to address child and forced labour in hidden and informal parts of apparel and textile supply chains.

There is an urgent need for sourcing brands to interrogate their supply chains in military-ruled Myanmar as human and worker rights abuse is endemic and on the rise, says a report even as it calls for heightened human rights due diligence or consider responsible exit from the country.

Mohammed Yusuf Amdani Bai, the chairman of GK Global, has joined the roster of speakers at the 38th World Fashion Convention beginning 22 October where he will also release his book — World of Opportunity: Bringing Sustainable Business to Fragile Economies.

The US Navy has engaged two tech-science solutions companies to come up with new generations of smart textiles for wearable electronics and computing as part of its SMART ePANTS project.

An almost £2m collaborative project seeks to bring together a network of academic experts, manufacturers, major fashion brands and consumers to examine how the environmental impact across the fashion and textiles industry is measured and assessed.