Ecotextile News

Fast Retailing sets 2030 sustainability targets

Fri, 3 December 2021

YAMAGUCHI - Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing has set new sustainability targets for 2030 in which it aims to accelerate its transition to a business model that embraces sustainability as well as growth. The aim is to expand on the company's 'Lifewear' concept which focuses ...

Fast Retailing sets 2030 sustainability targets

Radio Show: Episode 5, Closing the loop with retailers and consumers

Thu, 2 December 2021

WAKEFIELD – In the final episode in our five-part documentary series on textile-to-textile recycling, we get to hear from retailers Bestseller and Filippa K about how and why they are tackling the issue of circularity in their supply chains. We also take to the ...

Radio Show: Episode 5, Closing the loop with retailers and consumers

Nike apparel recycling project wins funding

Thu, 2 December 2021

ROCHESTER - A Nike project to explore the use of automated technology to disassemble apparel for recycling is among the beneficiaries of funding announced in the US to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. It is one of 23 new projects selected for a share ...

Nike apparel recycling project wins funding

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- Armani Group bans the use of angora wool
  
  Friday, 03 December 2021
  ROME - The Armani Group, which owns brands including Giorgio Armani, Emporio...
  
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- Progress on transparency 'slow and shallow'
  
  Thursday, 02 December 2021
  LEEK - Supply chain transparency amongst fashion brands and retailers is increasing...
  
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- Fast fashion giant refuses to name suppl...
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- Pangaia scales bacteria-based dye approach
  
  Wednesday, 01 December 2021
  LONDON – Apparel brand Pangaia has released a new capsule collection of tracksuits...
  
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- Re-Fashion links up with digital ID expe...
- New deal targets carbon positive textile...

Sponsored Content
- Lenzing enhances carbon-zero offer with Refibra
  
  Thursday, 02 December 2021
  One year since launching its carbon-zero Tencel-branded lyocell fibres, Austrian fibre manufacturer Lenzing says it has been pleased with the industry’s response to the ‘sustainable’ material as brands look to enhance their environmental credentials. As the first wood-based...
  
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- RGE backs two sustainable fashion projects
  
  Wednesday, 01 December 2021
  SINGAPORE – Royal Golden Eagle (RGE), the world's largest producer of viscose...
  
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- Funding for fashion and textile innovati...
- Hugo Boss secures first green finance lo...

- Study seeks to establish cost of compliance
  
  Tuesday, 30 November 2021
  RALEIGH - Researchers have carried out what they say is the first in-depth study to...
  
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- Major brands linked to Amazon deforestat...
- Factory safety progress 'slow' in Bangla...

- Germany funds support for Laos garment workers
  
  Monday, 29 November 2021
  VIENTIANE - More than 20,000 garment workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Laos...
  
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- Raeburn introduces buy-back service
- Carbios and partners secure European gra...

Features
- One year on: UK's Textile Circularity Centre
  
  Thursday, 21 October 2021
  At the end of a dismal 2020 came optimism, courtesy of a newly launched research facility to “stimulate innovation and economic growth in UK textile manufacturing”. The Textiles Circularity Centre (TCC) was the focus of £5.4 million in funding last year and is just one...
  
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- Accelerating Circularity kicks off US trials
- Reducing energy in textile wet processing