The link between increasingly severe climate events and the rising suicide rate among India’s farmers, specially into cotton cultivation, has long been a concern. A new study that will resonate in many countries of the Global South and North that are struggling with a similar crisis, suggests preventative actions that could support farmers to cope with common risk factors by improving local climate resilience and mental health services.

Changing consumer behaviour, as well as new technology is reshaping the Australian fashion sector. A spending slowdown will test the industry’s resilience, says a just released report that charts the progress made across sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and accessibility.

The IOAS has lifted the ban on Control Union (CU) India for GOTS, Textile Exchange and ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation which it had imposed in March this year. 

In a significant export barrier for US cotton to Bangladesh, as well as "saving" the country’s mills time and money, Bangladesh has decided to relax its nearly-five-decade-long fumigation requirement on US cotton imports.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will be using the $4.2 million that California-based retailer Fashion Nova paid as penalty to provide refunds to customers.

Euratex, the voice of the European textile and clothing industry, has urged on the need to stabilise inflation, restore consumer confidence and ensure a level playing field for this industry.

A Robotics Living Lab (RoLL) being developed by Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University, promises new research into highly responsive sustainable approaches for UK garment manufacturers.

Tokyo-based fastening manufacturer YKK has launched the first ever 3D configurator that would help improve the process of trim design by using technology from VNTANA, a first-of-its-kind 3D infrastructure platform.

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition has rebranded its beleaguered sustainability intelligence platform Higg as Worldly and strengthened it further by tying up with certification company SGS to support industry’s need for validated data, and also come up with an industry-first solution to capture real-time data from factories across the supply chain.

In a significant development, Australian biotechnology company Nanollose has filed a patent for its technology that produces microbial cellulose from organic food and beverage waste.