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The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides independent, evidence-based science and knowledge, supporting EU policies to positively impact society. The EU Science Hub is the main website of the JRC.

 
 
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Greenwashing / New Toolbox Feature
The gap between what a garment label declares and what its fibres can confirm has widened for years, outpacing the regulatory frameworks designed to close it.

End of Green Claims in Sight: Fashion Has Been Telling Stories That Science Can Now Fact-Check

  • Subir Ghosh

3 March 2026
Argentina Crisis / Trade Effects Commentary
The tariff cut that lowered clothing prices for urban consumers registered very differently in smaller cities where textile manufacturing was the primary source of formal employment.

Milei Effect: Eighteen Thousand Jobs Later, Argentina's Textile Crisis Has No Floor

  • Subir Ghosh

4 March 2026
 
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Going Circular / India Market Report
India's textile recycling opportunity is real, but reaching it requires more than market projections — it demands a fundamental rethinking of how waste moves through an enormous, fragmented industrial system.

India Wants to Lead Circular Fashion but the Infrastructure Isn't Ready

  • Subir Ghosh

16 March 2026
Worker Rights / Java Story Commentary
The Central Java Gender Justice Agreement reflects a shift in global supply-chain thinking, showing how binding commitments and worker participation can transform workplace safety and accountability in garment manufacturing.

How the Central Java Agreement Is Rewriting Rules on Workplace Safety in Garment Supply Chains

  • Subir Ghosh

11 March 2026
 
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Under Scanner / Nike Wage Theft Analysis
Without binding frameworks, supply chains will continue to operate on a model of plausible deniability and race-to-the-bottom pricing.

Nike's Unpaid Wages and Erosion of Corporate Credibility in Global Supply Chains

  • Special Correspondent

8 May 2025
Going Circular / Ideas for Future Commentary
The challenges that companies have to tackle on their journey to circularity are rooted in the individual structure of each value chain. It requires a thorough understanding of the interactions between the various value chain aspects, raw materials, design, production/manufacturing, distribution, consumption, collection, and recycling, and how they impact the overall product circularity.

Measuring Circularity — What Does it Mean in Practical Terms?

  • Mateusz Wielopolski

14 February 2023