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EU Textiles Strategy / Transition Pathway

8 June 2023

5 minutes
In June 2023, the European Commission published a call for commitments for stakeholders in the textiles ecosystem. The purpose of the call is to collect commitments from stakeholders on the concrete actions that they will take in order to bring forward actions identified in the transition pathway.

EU Lays Out Transition Pathway for Textiles Ecosystem

The just-released Textiles Transition Pathway of the European Union aims to identify what the digital and green transitions, increasing resilience and competitiveness mean for the textiles ecosystem and what specific actions and commitments are needed to accompany this transition.

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  • Special Correspondent
Cotton Farming / GOTS Project

8 June 2023

2 minutes
A satellite image of the Nile river basin. The green patch shows farmlands.

GOTS to Use Satellite Imagery, AI for Cultivation Detection in Indian Field Project

In a global first, the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) will soon be able to detect organic versus non-organic cotton fields in India by using AI and satellite imagery.

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  • Staff Writer
Chemical Usage / Standards

8 June 2023

2 minutes
Both TfS and SCTI share the mission to drive transformational change, and intend to collaborate on advancing the industry’s sustainability goals, leveraging the TfS Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) programme.

New Collaboration to Drive Transformational Change in Chemical Usage in Leather and Textile Industries

Sustainable Chemistry for the Textile Industry (SCTI) and Together for Sustainability (TfS) are collaborating to drive convergence in standards and methodologies and inspire both the leather and textile industry to act for a better future.

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  • Staff Writer
Going Circular / Australian Industry

7 June 2023

3 minutes
By 2030, how Australians acquire, use and dispose of their clothing will be very different. While it may look the same on the surface, the wardrobe of the future will represent responsible stewardship and citizenship from clothing design and production, through to consumption and recirculation.

Australian Fashion Council Charts 'Seamless' Way to Circularity in 7 Years

In a bid to help transition the country to a circular economy by 2030 and Net Zero by 2050, Australia is funding a consortium to develop Seamless, a National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme that would act across the value chain, from clothing design to use, reuse, collection, and recycling.

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  • Special Correspondent
Cotton Production / Standards

7 June 2023

2 minutes
Voluntary cotton sustainability standards and certification programmes have been developed to reduce the negative impacts of the cotton value chain on the environment and human health, and they are an important tool to drive action towards a more sustainable and equitable cotton sector.

Standards Alone Cannot Work Towards Sustainability, Says WWF Benchmarking Study on Cotton Standards

WWF has released the findings of a benchmarking analysis that sought  to better understand the strengths and limitations in the coverage of key sustainability issues by six significant cotton production standards.

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  • Special Correspondent
Country Overview / Jordan

7 June 2023

6 minutes
The garment sector has been identified as one of the high-value industries with a focus on moving up the value chain including through horizontal integration, increased sales throughout the seasons, and expanding vocational training and job opportunities for Jordanians.

Jordan to See $7.3 billion in Apparel Exports by 2033; Migrants Make up Three-Fourth of Workforce

Although the garment industry in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan remains politically and economically important, highlighted as a “high-value industry” in the Economic Modernization Vision of the country, the sector is going through increased uncertainty.

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  • Special Correspondent
Recycling / PET Plant

6 June 2023

3 minutes
The plant will have a nominal processing capacity of 50,000 tonnes of PET waste per year, equivalent to 2 billion bottles or 2.5 billion food trays.

Carbios to Get Grants of €54 million for Construction of First PET Biorecycling Plant in France

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.

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  • Staff Writer
Energy Practices / Renewables

6 June 2023

2 minutes
Since the company’s founding in Tokyo in 1934, YKK has continuously set industry standards for quality, innovation, and sustainability in the production of zippers, plastic hardware, hook and loop fasteners, webbing tapes, and snap and buttons.

YKK Achieves 100% Renewable Energy Purchasing at 31 Sites Worldwide

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.

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  • Staff Writer
Climate Crisis / Target 2030

5 June 2023

4 minutes
Assuming business-as-usual growth for the apparel sector, emissions are projected to be 1.266 Gt in 2030. To stay within a 1.5°C trajectory (45% reduction by 2030), the sector would need to reduce emissions from 0.889 Gt in 2019 to 0.489 Gt by 2030.

New Report Says Fashion Accounts for 1.8% of Global Emissions; Sector Needs to Cut it Down by 45% in Next 7 Years

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.

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  • Special Correspondent
Human Resources / Convergence

5 June 2023

2 minutes
The convergence workshop was meant to discuss and ponder upon common issues of these educational institutes such as placements, admissions, policies for students’ welfare or ways to incentivise faculty and administration.

India Working on Convergence of Top 5 Institutes for Fashion, Design, Footwear, Packaging ad Exports

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.

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  • Special Correspondent

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