Fintech leader Klarna’s upgraded CO2e tracker will use Vaayu's technology to automatically calculate carbon emissions for more than 50 million fashion purchases on a product-level in real-time.

The Fashion Pact, an initiative of 75 CEOs from the world’s leading fashion brands, has launched a project that seeks to accelerate renewable energy adoption in the industry.

With the debut of its cinnamon-scented slides – made entirely out of Balena's game-changing, fully compostable and biodegradable material – the company is setting new standards for durable, flexible and sustainable alternatives to plastics in fashion.

Traceabilty sector just got the first big push as Lectra reported acquisition of 51% of the capital and voting rights of TextileGenesis for a whopping €15.2 million. The TextileGenesis system creates radical transparency from fibre to retail, and ensures authenticity & provenance of sustainable textiles against generics.

Achieving a carbon neutral apparel and textiles industry will be dependent on robust and efficient climate legislation, and to halve emissions in upstream production by 2030, the industry will need to decarbonise every stage of the process, says a position paper.

Cashing in on the growing ‘resale economy’ in the UK, Advanced Clothing Solutions (ACS) has partnered with online marketplace eBay to help brands and retailers create and scale up resale offerings.

The European Parliament has reached an EU Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains. Once adopted and applied, this law is intended to ensure that a set of key goods placed on the EU market will no longer contribute to deforestation and forest degradation in the EU and elsewhere in the world. Environmental organisations, however, have pointed out loopholes in the proposed law.

Only one company from the apparel and footwear sector scored above average in the 2022 Nature Benchmark rankings. As many as 18 scored less than 10, and five failed to get even one point in the benchmark study which looked along entire value chains and cross-industry to provide a snapshot of system-level progress.

The first on-site monitoring visit after their USD 4.5 million investment, made in 2020, to Pratibha Syntex in India was held this week which already displayed fruitful results and positive financial, environmental, and social impact in Pratibha’s spinning, processing, and garment divisions.

The world's first regenerative sneakers — Degenerate — made with 100% plants and minerals and zero plastic, will decompose at end of life to birth something entirely new. The product comes from regenerative fashion company Unless Collective and plant based material innovation company Natural Fiber Welding.