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Wednesday, 15 May 2019Copenhagen event calls for post-growth future
COPENHAGEN – Questioning efforts to introduce a circular business model for the fashion industry took centre stage in Copenhagen on Monday as the newly-established Sustainable Fashion Research Agenda (SFRA) debut event took place at the Carlsberg… -
Wednesday, 15 May 2019CPH summit under way, EU manifesto launch
COPENHAGEN — The doors of the DR Koncerthuset in the Danish capital have once again been flung open to welcome delegates from across the fashion industry to the two-day Copenhagen Fashion Summit. Ahead of this year’s proceedings, a manifesto… -
Wednesday, 08 May 2019Researchers call out ‘misleading’ sustainable fashion rhetoric
LONDON – The Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion (UCRF), a group established to combat issues such as the fashion sector’s ingrained growth logic, has criticised the communications published in the lead-up to the 2019 Copenhagen Fashion Summit… -
Friday, 03 May 2019Forests for Fashion comes to London
LONDON – PEFC, the sustainable forestry NGO will host an event on the 22 May at Techspace Shoreditch, London where delegates will hear from experts at Lenzing, Textile Exchange and others about the latest best available technology for producing… -
Wednesday, 01 May 2019Timberland x SFA hold Haiti ‘Agricultural Revolution’ event
NEW YORK – Timberland and the Smallholder Farmers Alliance, the collaboration behind a project to reintroduce cotton to Haiti after a 30-year hiatus, are set to hold an event in New York to discuss the project. February saw the groundbreaking… -
Tuesday, 30 April 2019Texprocess panel to explore ‘Commercialising Sustainability’
FRANKFURT – Messe Frankfurt’s upcoming Texprocess will host an hour-long workshop exploring varying approaches and strategies towards the commercialisation of fashion industry innovations. Fabrikology’s Karla Magruder and Micke Magnusson of Re… -
Tuesday, 30 April 2019Planet Textiles: Higg Index session, more speakers
BARCELONA – A breakout session that updates delegates on Higg Index progress and other new developments will feature at the upcoming Planet Textiles Summit in Barcelona with panellists from the Sustainable Apparel Coalition including Jason Kibbey… -
Monday, 29 April 2019Circular fashion spins its way to Australia
A national clothing take-back scheme in a country of around 25 million people would help to avoid disruption to the fashion industry caused by mandatory regulations, according to founder of the Australian Circular Textile Association, Camille Reed.… -
Monday, 29 April 2019Techtextil and Texprocess place focus on ‘sustainability’
FRANKFURT – 2019’s edition of Messe Frankfurt’s Techtextil/Texprocess event will place a focus on sustainability for the first time, looking at how exhibitors approach the issue. ‘Sustainability and Techtextil’ and ‘Sustainability at Texprocess’… -
Friday, 26 April 2019R Collective invites public to ‘Meet the Makers’
HONG KONG — As part of the global series of events to mark Fashion Revolution Week, The R Collective is holding Meet the Makers of Sustainable Fashion, an event centred around a panel discussion exploring the story behind the collective’s inception… -
Thursday, 25 April 2019Wool on the red carpet — and in outer space
VENICE - “There is no ‘silver bullet’ or perfect fibre,” said keynote speaker and Eco-Age founder, Livia Firth, at the 88th IWTO congress in Venice, in the same building that houses the Biennale. Her new film about wool farmers in Tasmania,… -
Thursday, 18 April 2019Re.VerSo selected for Sustainable Thinking project
FLORENCE – Representative of zero-waste circular production system for wool and cashmere, Re.VerSo has been selected as one of the members of Salvatore Ferragamo Museum’s Sustainable Thinking project, which the company says is due to “the value it… -
Thursday, 18 April 2019HanesBrands scoops 10th straight EPA award
WINSTON-SALEM – Clothing company HanesBrands Inc. has received the US Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star Sustained Excellence and Partner of the Year award for the tenth year running. The accolade is designed to highlight continued success… -
Wednesday, 17 April 2019Eileen Fisher exhibits desire to end clothing waste
MILAN – A collaborative art project initiated by US clothing brand Eileen Fisher and designed to combat textile waste has reached the last stop on its world tour after taking part in Milan Design Week. The collective has already taken the Waste No… -
Monday, 15 April 2019Diverse cotton summit driven by environmental solutions
LA JOLLA – Any delegates headed to the Cotton Sustainability Summit in San Diego to hear exclusively about niche issues relating to the cotton supply chain will have been left overwhelmed by the breadth of content discussed. In the city’s La Jolla… -
Tuesday, 09 April 2019Planet Textiles announces ‘Pitch for our Planet’ line-up
BARCELONA – Fashion for Good will once again host the ‘Pitch for our Planet’ textile innovation session at the forthcoming Planet Textiles event which takes place on 22nd June in Barcelona where it is being co-hosted alongside ITMA 2019. Speakers at… -
Monday, 08 April 2019Kingpins teams with ZDHC to clean up denim
NEW YORK – Denim industry event series Kingpins has revealed the next phase of its work to ensure all exhibitors comply with a set of mandatory environmental and social standards by end of 2020 to help drive positive change in the denim… -
Friday, 05 April 2019Further speeches for ASBCI sustainability event
HALIFAX – The keynote slot at Time for Change, the ASBCI’s upcoming fashion sustainability and ethics conference, will see fashion journalist Colin McDowell OBE sit down with environmental, social and governance expert Michael Spenley for an… -
Wednesday, 03 April 2019Global Change Award 2019 strikes familiar tone
STOCKHOLM — Circularity and material innovation were once again strong themes of this year’s fifth annual H&M Foundation Global Change Award, with five new firms having been selected to receive their share of a €1 million grant. In addition to the… -
Wednesday, 27 March 2019AAFA conference to search for apparel trade solutions
WASHINGTON D.C. – The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) is set to host a global supply chain and trade conference April 30–May 1, titled Solutions to Challenging Times. -
Tuesday, 26 March 2019Garment-to-garment recycling system wins Red Dot Award
HONG KONG - A Garment-to-Garment (G2G) recycling system, described as a ‘Mini Mill within The Mills’, developed by the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) has won the 2019 Red Dot Award for product design. -
Tuesday, 26 March 2019Green Guide to ITMA returns for 2019 event
WAKEFIELD – All four publications under the MCL News & Media banner will come together to produce the 2019 edition of the Green Guide to ITMA, following on from the success of previous incarnations that were distributed at the show. Ecotextile News,… -
Thursday, 21 March 2019Stakeholders unite to reduce textile waste
TORONTO – The Ontario Textile Diversion Collaborative (OTDC) – an independent organisation of over 40 stakeholders – is set to host a Symposium on April 11th to address textile waste diversion and recycling. It will also launch a public awareness… -
Wednesday, 20 March 2019SAC to host design workshop in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES – The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) will host ‘The Future of Design Workshop’ in Los Angeles on April 24th, aiming to introduce industry designers and the public at large to the SAC and the Higg Index – more specifically the Higg… -
Friday, 15 March 2019UN debuts Alliance, continues Neonyt collaboration
NAIROBI – The new United Nations Alliance on Sustainable Fashion, established by a partnership between UN Environment and other UN agencies, has been launched at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. Ahead of the launch, the Alliance’s… -
Monday, 11 March 2019Sustainable tech plaudits for Orange Fiber founder
CATANIA – The British Department for International Trade's Italy office has recognised CEO & co-founder of Orange Fiber, Adriana Santanocito, with an award for her "outstanding commitment towards a sustainable future” at a ceremony in Catania,… -
Friday, 08 March 2019Trashion Week back to combat textile waste
ONTARIO – The second edition of the annual Trashion Week, aimed at promoting reuse and raising awareness of the issues surround apparel waste, will take place next month in Stratford, Ontario. -
Thursday, 07 March 2019Textile dye industry bosses to debate at Planet Textiles
BARCELONA – The leaders of the world’s largest textile chemical and dyestuff producers will together take part in a unique panel discussion on harmonisation and transparency within textile chemical management at the forthcoming Planet Textiles… -
Thursday, 07 March 2019Chinese sustainable fashion education programme relaunched
BEIJING – An online programme aimed at educating industry executives on sustainable fashion has been relaunched by CBCF (China Beauty Charity Fund) and WeDesign Group. The programme’s schedule features a variety of online and offline sessions, all… -
Wednesday, 06 March 2019Cotton Australia joins Google for global online project
MASCOT – Cotton Australia has confirmed that it has collaborated with Google Arts & Culture to launch an interactive online project highlighting some of humanity’s greatest inventions and innovations – some of which are specific to the textile and… -
Wednesday, 06 March 2019Class partners with fashion sustainability event
MILAN – Creativity Lifestyle and Sustainable Synergy (Class) has partnered with Fashion Technology Accellerator, who has organised the third edition of ‘Rethinking Fashion Sustainability’, an event that will bring together brands aiming to lead the… -
Tuesday, 05 March 2019Big Apple seeks big change with textile waste campaign
NEW YORK – An initiative aimed at educating and engaging consumers on the issues surrounding textile waste and how they can divert tonnes of discarded apparel from landfill is underway in New York. The #WearNext project is being orchestrated by a… -
Monday, 04 March 2019
ASBCI conference takes aim at fashion challenges
HALIFAX – The Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry (ASBCI) will host a conference on 8th May with a focus on sustainability and ethics in the fashion supply chain, posing the question: “is it up to the industry to change the way… -
Tuesday, 26 February 2019VIDEO: Planet Textiles Pod – Karun Tyagi
VANCOUVER – At the most recent Planet Textiles event, VP of business development at Proavita Karun Tyagi took to the hot seat in the PT Pod to answer questions about probiotics and what he wants to see in the future for the textile industry. -
Tuesday, 26 February 2019AAFA seeks to educate firms on REACH changes
WASHINGTON – The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) will host a webinar in order to better inform both its member organisations and the wider industry on changes to the EU’s REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction… -
Tuesday, 26 February 2019The North Face scales new heights with Oscars win
ALAMEDA – A documentary film supported by VF Corp-owned outdoor apparel brand The North Face has been awarded Best Documentary Feature at this year’s Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles. Free Solo, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin,… -
Wednesday, 20 February 2019Nike partnership slashes water use in dyeing
BARCELONA – In a real-world example of how Planet Textiles 2019 in Barcelona will address some of the practical environmental challenges faced by the textile industry, Nike will explain how working together with a Mexican textile supplier, it's… -
Tuesday, 19 February 2019VIDEO: Planet Textiles Pod – Mohan Senevirante
VANCOUVER – The most recent Planet Textiles event featured the debut of the PT Pod, which hosted a range of interviews, including one with Mohan Senevirante, global water lead at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Mohan sat down to talk… -
Friday, 15 February 2019ISKO panel tackles greenwash in the denim sector
PARIS - Turkish denim specialist ISKO has hosted a Responsible Denim event which the company says provided an opportunity to share ideas on the development of an integrated field-to-fabric approach along the value chain, as well as an occasion to… -
Wednesday, 13 February 2019SFA takes cashmere conference to Mongolia
ULAANBAATAR – The cashmere supply chain focused non-profit Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA) has revealed details of its Sustainability in the Cashmere Sector Conference 2019, this year to be held in Mongolia’s Gorkhi-Terelj National Park. A theme of… -
Tuesday, 12 February 2019VIDEO: Planet Textiles Pod – Janne Poranen
VANCOUVER – At the most recent Planet Textiles event, CEO of Spinnova Janne Poranen took to the hot seat in the PT Pod to answer questions about his company, its drive towards innovation and what he sees in the future for the textile industry. -
Monday, 11 February 2019Benetton Group opens doors to IWTO Congress
PONZANO VENETO – Italian fashion firm Benetton Group has announced that it will host one of the four days of talks and presentations which will make up the 88th annual IWTO (International Wool Textile Organisation) congress, to be held later this… -
Thursday, 07 February 2019United Nations hosts sustainable fashion conference
NEW YORK - The United Nations recently hosted its ‘Good for the Earth, Good for the Planet’ sustainable fashion conference, which brought together around 400 participants with the goal of inspiring collaborations that will move fashion towards a… -
Thursday, 07 February 2019Conference in “tumultuous period” for polyester
HOUSTON – In what organisers describe as a “tumultuous period” for polyester, Wood Mackenzie Americas will hold the 2019 edition of its Polyester Conference to discuss both the challenges and opportunities currently facing the sector. Wood Mackenzie… -
Wednesday, 06 February 2019Wool continues to tempt sportswear brands
MUNICH – With the Sustainable Apparel Coalition talking about garment durability and extended garment use at the ISPO exhibition which closes today, for the winner of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award for most ‘sustainable product 2019’ – Aclima… -
Tuesday, 05 February 2019SFRA event to combat greenwash with evidence focus
COPENHAGEN – The newly-established Sustainable Fashion Research Agenda (SFRA) event is set to shake up the fashion and textile industries’ summer calendar when it debuts in May 2019. The event has been conceived as a tonic to the industry shows… -
Tuesday, 05 February 2019VIDEO: Planet Textiles Pod - Jöel Mertens
VANCOUVER - Jöel Mertens, integrity engineer at Mountain Equipment Co-op, sat down in the interview Pod at 2018’s Planet Textiles event, as part of a series of interviews conducted with leading figures in the textiles and apparel industry. -
Tuesday, 05 February 2019Kingpins to set the standard for denim compliance
NEW YORK – Exhibitors failing to practice what they preach will no longer be tolerated by the Kingpins denim event series, as founder Andrew Olah sets out an ambitious new programme to promote industrywide improvements. Starting at the April 2019… -
Monday, 04 February 2019Planet Textiles to host sustainable denim session
WAKEFIELD – How should denim be made in 2030 from an environmental and social perspective? What are the anticipated key technology breakthroughs that can make this happen? Can denim mills make a profit and be sustainable? And what’s stopping the… -
Monday, 04 February 2019OECD forum to focus on due diligence
PARIS - Improving transparency and traceability in sustainable value chains, measuring the impact of due diligence and responsible recruitment in garment and footwear supply chains are just some of the topics that will be discussed in-depth at the…
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