
Wool’s carbon footprint: a rethink
This article appears in the autumn edition of Natural Fibres Insight. It’s no great secret that for years, wool has

This article appears in the autumn edition of Natural Fibres Insight. It’s no great secret that for years, wool has

COPENHAGEN – Copenhagen Fashion Week (CFW) has been warned it risks contributing to misleading end consumers, despite being a business-to-business

SAN FRANCISCO – US denim giant Levi Strauss & Co has launched a programme that gives Indian suppliers free support

AMSTERDAM – The fashion industry is shifting further towards polyester at the expense of cotton, according to research by Solidaridad

GUANGDONG – China has switched on its first fully automated textile waste sorting line with Databeyond Technology, an AI and

TEXAS – Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) tied to textile fibres have risen around a fifth in five years, according to

Methane emissions increasingly matter in sustainability circles, and fashion has a significant methane footprint. But fresh calls to abandon wool,

VIRGINIA – US recycler Circ has announced a deal with India’s Arvind to bring textile-to-textile recycled fibres into large-scale commercial

PARIS – French womenswear label Pimkie has formed a joint venture with Shein to make and sell Pimkie collections on

CALIFORNIA – Plastic pollution has been found to be entering the fossil record – and synthetic microfibres from clothing are largely to blame. New research

AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a US$60m fund to back new technologies and other initiatives aimed at tackling environmental and social issues in

TOKYO – Japanese fashion retailer, Fast Retailing, which owns Uniqlo, is partnering with the International Labour Organisation to improve worker environments in Asia. The aim

BATH – Apparel brand initiatives to improve the welfare of supply chain workers continue to be undermined by sharp business practices according to new research

REINACH – Advance Denim Co will become the first Chinese denim manufacturer to offer a collection made with Archroma’s aniline-free Denisol Pure Indigo. Denisol Pure

DHAKA – Global unions have welcomed moves in Bangladesh to establish a successor organisation to the Bangladesh Accord. Members of the steering committee of the
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