RITTEC Umwelttechnik GmbH, based in Lüneburg, Germany, has succeeded in recycling textiles containing polyester and creating new textiles from the material itself. A digital product passport is one of the highlights of the project.

Recover, a leading manufacturer of low-impact, high-quality recycled cotton fibre and cotton fibre blends, will be setting up Bangladesh's largest recycling plant in association with BEXIMCO.

The European Commission (EC) is set to outline the role it sees for product comparison rules based on the PEF-CR (Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules) in a legislative proposal on substantiating green claims, planned for release on 30 November. However, there are big loopholes in the process which can lead to misleading claims by the fashion industry.

The Big Daddies of sportswear have cut a sorry figure yet again as a Mexican consumer body has slammed them for being over-priced and lacking in quality.

Limited edition tartan t-shirts inspired by the University of Reading’s well-known ‘climate stripes’ graphic have been launched to support climate change research.

Shopping and purchasing trends among global fashion consumers are set to move sharply towards favouring more sustainable practices in the coming years, creating important new opportunities as well as challenges for fashion brands. New research by Bain & Company and the WWF Italy also finds there are five types of global fashion consumers who will be determining the course of things.

A new industry alliance has argued that mandatory due diligence needs to be well-designed to promote the creation of an EU-wide level-playing field, and should capture the responsibility of companies to respect human rights and the environment in their supply chain as formulated in the OECD Guidelines.

The Global Change Award (GCA), which seeks to transform fashion and turn the entire industry planet-positive, has started accepting applications for the 2022 edition. For GCA 2023, the organisers have updated the scope to cover more ground, raise the bar on innovation and help shift the industry into a planet positive one.

A new research paper estimates how Brexit has affected goods trade between the United Kingdom and European Union. Using product-level trade flows between the EU and all other countries in the world as a comparison group, the study finds a sharp decline in trade from the UK to the EU and significant but smaller reductions in trade from the EU to the UK.

Better Cotton is readying up a new Chain of Custody feature that will introduce 'full traceability' in the way the system works. The public consultation on the new standard is currently live, with the new benchmarks set to be launched later this year itself.