Inversa Leathers has launched the first ever collection made with invasive dragonfin leather in collaboration with Teton Leather Company.

With focus largely on emissions and net-zero, a critical area facing a bigger risk perhaps relates to water — flood risks and fast-depleting water quality, according to a WWF study. And, the warning is grimmer for clusters in India and Pakistan.

The European Council has approved the corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD) which means that companies will soon be required to publish detailed information on sustainability matters.

UK's largest circular fashion enabler, Advanced Clothing Solutions (ACS), has partnered with Circularity Capital, with an investment of £10 million to meet its expansion plans.

Ireland’s Circuléire initiative that aims to assist manufacturers and their supply chains to switch from linear to circular business models, has been extended with additional funding of €1.5million.

The projected 2030 average carbon footprint of fashion consumption (measured in CO2e) for G20 countries is the highest in Australia, and the lowest in India. On average, the emissions of the richest 20% were 20 times higher than the emissions of the poorest 20%, according to a recent study.

Brands, retailers and producers of manmade cellulosic fibres (MMCF) are yet to pull up their socks on NextGen materials. Goals for NextGen production, expressed as a percentage of their total production, remain very low, says CanopyStyle's Hot Button Report.

Cause for alarm! The discovery of microplastic fibres in samples of air, seawater, sediment and sea-ice from the Antarctic — the last remaining pristine environment on Earth — makes the need for a globally-agreed Plastics Treaty even more urgent.

Fast fashion giant Shein finds itself in the dock yet again as tests on its products by Greenpeace Germany reveal hazardous chemicals that break EU regulatory limits.

Indian textile major Arvind Limited has tied up with technology company PurFi Global LLC to set up fibre rejuvenation facilities near one of its manufacturing facilities in India.