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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.