Oeko-Tex, the global certifier of textile and leather products and production, has launched a Responsible Business tool to support brands, retailers and traders in the textiles and leather sector with due diligence compliance.

A year-old American startup is gearing up to launch its first commercial partnership by the end of 2022, addressing the needs of global consumer brands seeking to recycle and transform textiles and mixed-plastic waste.

Australia is seeing the return of a preference for physical stores, and shoppers are moving between the offline and online worlds more seamlessly than ever before, according to a survey.

And now human-centric storytelling will soon educate consumers on issues pertaining to social and environmental sustainability and also seek to galvanise leaders in the sector to follow the blueprint of those that have been successful.

Thirty years after its inception, Oeko-Tex, the global certifier of textile and leather products and production, has assumed a new brand identity with a new logo.

In spite of all the tall promises made last year, the global fashion industry instead increased its emissions in 2022. Only one—Levi’s—of the top ten brands assessed showed any promise, a Stand.earth report released Tuesday has revealed.

Version 3.0 of the ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (ZDHC MRSL) has been revised to further extend the list of harmful chemical substances to be restricted in their use, including PFAS treatments used for textiles, leather, and footwear.

The Australian fashion and textiles industry has just got a boost with eight skills pertaining to the industry being included in the country’s National Skills Priority List (SPL).

Fashion major Mango has invested an undisclosed amount in Spanish re-commerce platform Recovo.

Amazon is leading Walmart in both overall consumer and retail spend, according to the report 'The Battle for Consumer Retail Spend: Amazon Versus Walmart Q2 2022'.