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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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Event Roundup / IILF 2026 Analysis
The fair's expansion into newly constructed exhibition halls at Chennai Trade Centre failed to address fundamental organisational issues, with similar product categories scattered across disparate locations forcing extended navigation.

IILF 2026 Exposes Gap Between Boardroom Sustainability and Tannery Floor Reality

  • Vasan Suri

11 February 2026
Retail Watch / Services Report
Retail is increasingly where fashion’s sustainability commitments are tested in practice, through everyday decisions on product handling, services, transparency, and how customer interactions shape long-term environmental and commercial outcomes.

Service-Based Retail Is Redefining What Sustainable Fashion Really Demands

  • Special Correspondent

9 February 2026
 
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Forest Resources / MMCF Pressures Analysis
The promise of renewable fibres rests on a forest economy now tightening under climate pressure, land competition, and regulatory scrutiny across multiple jurisdictions.

Textile Brands Underestimating Wood-Fibre Exposure as Climate and Regulation Converge

  • Subir Ghosh

19 February 2026
Consumer Returns / Fast Fashion Analysis
Free returns reshaped digital fashion by lowering purchasing risk, but they also embedded hidden environmental costs within everyday shopping routines.

Charging for Returns Won’t Fix Fast Fashion’s Structural Waste and Overproduction Model

  • Anastasia Vayona

18 February 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
Footwear Innovation / Primal Feature
Cork, the raw material used is CO2 negative in its production process. What’s more is that Primal Soles reuses the material by actively taking back used insoles and reintroducing them into the production cycle so that they don’t end up in landfill wastes. This way it creates a completely circular ecosystem that benefits both the customer as much as the planet.

Sole of the Matter: It’s All Cork

  • Richa Bansal

13 February 2023