The launch of the 'Reborn - China Fibre Zero Carbon Action 2023 — Sustainable Textiles Credible Platform' will now allow consumers in China to trace the process through the entire textiles and apparel industry chain from fibre to end-products.

Updating its list of banned organisations, nonprofit Textile Exchange has said that the newly listed organisations may not be certified to any of its standards for the duration of the ban.

In a bid to help increase yields and market access for smallholder farmers, promote decent work, reduce inequality, and drive women’s empowerment in cotton production, Better Cotton has come up with four new ‘Impact Targets’.

Multiple initiatives have been established claiming to support living wages for garment workers. But, as most of these initiatives are corporate-led and voluntary, fashion companies can opt into initiatives with weak requirements, researchers have established.

Exploring ways to transition from physical to digital sampling, a pilot by Australian Fashion Council found that brands reported a faster time to market and the ability to test multiple sizes of a garment without producing a single physical sample.

The developing adaptive clothing market is limited with garments that lack in design and functionality as also aesthetic, and online retail is neither user-friendly and nor does it have features that aid accessibility, says a research.

It is critical that apparel companies recognise the material importance of water in their sector, and the significance of their role as stewards of water resources. A minuscule number attempts to engage with their supply chains, despite the clear importance of this approach in mitigating the sector’s negative impact, according to a report by the Carbon Disclosure Project.

In a severe blow to fast fashion brand Shein and just ahead of its plans to be listed on a US stock exchange within the year, a campaign to “shut down” the brand has been launched to "protect American consumers" and ensure a level-playing field.

The Fossil-Free Fashion Scorecard 2023 reveals that the fashion industry’s decarbonisation progress over the past 18 months has been insufficient and extremely disappointing with only a few pockets of progress.

In a major step, the UK’s laundry and hospitality industries have agreed to work together to gradually reduce and remove single-use plastic from the processing of bed linen by 2030.