SYDNEY - Animal welfare campaigners in Australia says the country's wool industry is falling behind as other producer countries ramp up the production of 'preferred' wool certified to global standards. Humane Society International Australia points…
WAKEFIELD – Our host Philip Berman talks to Daren Abney, executive director of the US Cotton Trust Protocol; Christine Morgan, chief scientific officer for the Soil Health Institute; and Jesse Daystar, chief sustainability officer with Cotton…
PERTH - Viscose manufacturer Birla Cellulose and Australian textile innovator Nanollose have confirmed the successful completion of a third pilot production spin cycle of the latter's Nullarbor and Nufolium fibres. The pair filed for a joint patent,…
BRUSSELS - A total of 18 European companies from across the textile and clothing supply chain have now formally joined ReHubs, Euratex's project aimed at upscaling textile waste recycling. First announced nearly three years ago, Euratex is gathering…
DUBAI - Scandinavian fashion groups Bestseller and H&M have committed to invest in Bangladesh's first offshore windfarm, a project that could potentially reduce carbon emissions from the country's fashion industry supply chain by around 725,000…
MUMBAI – Indian viscose giant Birla Cellulose is collaborating with Israeli startup Algaeing in a bid to develop algae-based cellulosic fibres which eliminate the need for traditional dyeing. Algaeing’s patented algae bio-based technologies aim to…
NEW HAVEN - US start-up Protein Evolution (PEI) and its brand partner, Stella McCartney have unveiled their first garment made from transforming industrial plastic waste into ‘good-as-new’ fibres. The garment, on show at this week's COP28 climate…
DUBAI - The Fashion Revolution initiative is calling on fashion brands to set robust climate targets in consultation with their suppliers and on policymakers to hold them to account on decarbonisation. The call to action was issued to coincide with…
STOCKHOLM – Swedish textile recycler Renewcell has revealed that it was not able to sell any of its Circulose pulp last month and reduced production to cut costs so as not to go further into the red. Renewcell, which opened the world's first scale…
AMSTERDAM - Materials science brand Pangaia and Dutch renewable chemistry company Avantium are teaming up on the development of a sustainable apparel collection based on the latter's 100% plant-based polymer, polyethylene furanoate (PEF). The main…
LONDON - Global fibre production increased to record levels last year while the amount of textiles being recycled declined after years of growth, according to a new report. Textile Exchange's 10th annual Materials Market Report, formerly the…
QUEBEC — PETA has submitted a formal complaint to Canada's competition bureau alleging that two Textile Exchange standards, the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) and the Responsible Animal Fiber (RAF) label, are misleading and deceive consumers. The…
LONDON - Textile Exchange has launched its 'eTrackit' traceability system which electronically tracks materials certified under its Global Recycled Standard (GRS) and Recycled Content Standard (RCS). Launched in a partership between the industry…
With increased awareness of climate change and environmental degradation, numerous companies are emerging at the forefront of recycling and new materials technology. However, at least a part of this sector has experienced a fair share of turbulence,…
NEW DELHI - The Fashion for Good initiative has launched a new toolkit that it hopes will harness the untapped potential of textile waste in India. The launch of the toolkit, which aims to provide valuable insights, assessments, and practical…
WAKEFIELD – In the second of this three-part podcast series: 'Threaded Together – How best to measure cotton’s environmental impact' host Philip Berman talks to Dr Jesse Daystar from Cotton Incorporated and Joel Mertens from the Sustainable Apparel…
DUBAI - The Global Fashion Agenda today publishes the second edition of a multi-agency report based on the insights of more than 25 leading organisations to guide brands towards a net-positive fashion industry. Launched at COP28 in Dubai, the 2023…
SAN FRANCISCO – UK not-for-profit the Carbon Trust and Florida-based Global Efficiency Intelligence are the latest recipients of grant funding from the Apparel Impact Institute’s Climate Solutions Portfolio. The decarbonisation projects include work…
MINNEAPOLIS – US corporation Cargill, which has international business interests in various agricultural, food and finance products, has announced the acceleration of its target to eliminate crops derived from deforestation or land conversion from…
LONDON - CottonConnect has made its TraceBale traceability platform available to the wider apparel industry to help brands address supply chain transparency challenges. The social enterprise claims that TraceBale is the only digital platform of its…
BERGAMO - Italian fibre and yarn manufacturer Radici has been honoured with an ISPO Textrends award for Biofeel Eleven, its new 100%, bio-based nylon. Named in the prestigious 'top 10' in the 'Fibres and Insulation' category, Biofeel Eleven is…
LEVERKUSEN – Polymer materials manufacturer Covestro has launched a new aqueous and partially bio-based variant of its Impranil polyurethane dispersion technology, which is designed to have a range of applications in the technical textiles sector.…
SAN FRANCISCO - Fashion brands and retailers are making false claims about the potential of biomass boilers to help mitigate climate change, according to a new report. The Stand.Earth initiative accuses companies - including Uniqlo owner Fast…
MAURITIUS – Textile manufacturer CIEL Textile has partnered with the Reverse Resources (RR) platform which seeks to match textile waste with recycling solutions. Under the partnership, three of the CIEL group's Indian companies - Aquarelle, Tropic…
SYDNEY – Cotton Australia has urged all farmers to take action to avoid a repeat of last year’s "devastating" spray drift incidents which cost some growers millions of dollars in lost production. The industry body says the 2022‐23 cotton season was…
LONDON - Better Cotton has developed a new framework to support farmers in reducing the use of synthetic pesticides in cotton farming. The new integrated pest management (IPM) approach has been designed to emphasise the growth of a healthy crop with…
UTRECHT - Brands and retailers should source all cotton from organic, agroecological or climate-smart agriculture to protect smallholder farmers and mitigate climate change, says a new report. The study, from the Solidaridad NGO, says fashion…
WAKEFIELD – The new acting CEO of embattled Swedish textile recycler Renewcell speaks exclusively to Tom Bithell for the latest episode of our Ecotextile Talks podcast. Magnus Håkansson, who was appointed by the board of directors to replace Patrik…
N’DDJAMENA – The Better Cotton initiative has begun talks with stakeholders in Chad to discuss the launch of a new programme in the North African country. Representatives from Better Cotton and its strategic partner, the Sustainable Trade Initiative…
PARIS – French luxury fashion brand Ba&sh has entered into a partnership with merino wool supplier Nativa to provide funding to farms in Uruguay that are transitioning to regenerative agriculture. Ba&sh says the wool grown this year will be used in…
STOCKHOLM – Swedish textile recycler Renewcell has launched a strategic review in a bid to secure additional funding as it continues to struggle to attract orders of its Circulose pulp. Renewcell, which opened the world's first industrial scale…
DHAKA - Danish fashion giant Bestseller has announced that the first roof top solar system installed by its regional partner SOLshare has begun feeding power to one its Bangladesh-based suppliers. This first installation at Nafa Apparels is part of…
NEW YORK - Bio-based materials manufacturer TômTex has secured $2.25 million in its latest round of seed funding which it will use to scale up the production of its food waste-based, synthetic leather fabric. Industry backers include Happiness…
SAN FRANCISCO - The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has become a member of an initiative set up to research companies' positive environmental impacts which it hopes to incorporate into its Higg Index suite of tools. The Sustainability and Health…
REMSCHEID/SHANGHAI - DNA-marking specialist Haelixa has teamed up with textile technology manufacturer Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Solutions to provide greater levels of traceability in textile products. Haelixa technology works by embedding DNA markers…
PHNOM PENH - The garment waste of global brands, including Adidas, C&A, Disney, Gap, Lululemon, Primark, Reebok and Walmart, is contributing to human rights and environmental damage in Cambodia’s brick factories, according to a new report. The…
TOKYO - Zipper and fastener manufacturer YKK has partnered with Green Theme Technologies (GTT) for the launch of its new DynaPel water-repelling zipper system. The DynaPel system uses GTT's Empel finish which, the company says, can provided greater…
GENEVA - The Better Cotton initiative has launched a new programme in west Africa which includes a commitment to support 200,000 smallholder cotton farmers across Côte d’Ivoire in its first five years. Working with the Professional Association of…
NEW YORK - Logistics specialist SuperCircle, which partners with a number of high profile fashion brands on textile recycling initiatives, has raised $7 million in a pre-series A financing round. Co-led by Radicle Impact and Ulu Ventures, with…
ALICANTE - Materials science company Recover has joined the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) Textiles, a move that will see the fibre-to-fibre recycling specialist help frame economic growth policies that consider the perspective…
WILMINGTON - The Lycra Company has launched a new fibre for the athleisure, activewear and swimwear sectors, which, made from 60% recycled PET and 14.4% from other bio-derived resources, is said to offer a range of sustainability benefits. Branded…
SAN FRANCISCO - The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has announced that it will next month part ways with its longstanding CEO Amina Razvi and that it has begin the search for a successor. According to a statement, Razvi and the SAC's board of…
PARIS - Engineering firm Technip Energies is building on an existing partnership with tech specialist IBM and activewear brand Under Armour to set up a new company to pioneer a new polyester recycling technology. Branded as Reju, the new company…
STOCKHOLM - PIP Global Safety, the US-based manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE) has announced a partnership with TrusTrace, a deal that marks the supply chain traceability platform’s first foray into the workwear sector. PIP, which…
HIGH POINT - US-based home textiles manufacturer Valdese Weavers has launched a new collection using recycled cotton produced from textile waste by Spanish materials science company Recover. Supplying fabric to furniture manufacturers, distributors,…
PARIS —Blockchain technology specialist TextileGenesis has added to its range of traceability solutions with a new module that claims to map the entire value chain of a garment and ensure the traceability of its origin. The company’s established…
LONDON - Materials science brand Pangaia has extended its partnership with merino wool supplier Nativa with the launch of the NativaRegen programme. Pangaia first partnered with Nativa, part of the Chargeurs Group, in 2022, sourcing what the company…
STOCKHOLM – Swedish textile recycler Renewcell has published its Q3 financial report in which it confirmed lower than anticipated sales of its Circulose pulp and urged brands to step up with off-take agreements to support the company. The company…
CLERMONT-FERRAND - Biotech firm Carbios has been granted the go-ahead for the world’s first PET biorecycling plant which will use the company’s propriety depolymerisation technology for the processing of textile waste. With building permits and…
VALENCIA - Textile technology specialist Jeanologia has launched a new version of its design software which it claims offers a significant boost to sustainable manufacturing practices in the denim sector. First launched in 2020, the latest version…
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