LONDON – 2025 was the year in which we saw the first signs of fashion scaling back its relentless sustainability narrative. Some call it ‘greenhushing’

ISTAMBUL – Turkish-based Kipas Textiles, one of Europe’s largest fully integrated textile manufacturers, has launched a recycled polyester platform. ‘FibR-e’ combines Meltem Kimya’s molecular recycling

PARIS – Impact data specialist Glimpact has launched a legal challenge against France’s new “environmental cost” label for clothing. In an application to France’s highest

INDONESIA / AUSTRALIA – Polyester producer Asia Pacific Fibers has teamed with Australian recycler BlockTexx in a new textile-to-textile partnership. The deal will see Asia

AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has published an open-source blueprint which sets out how tier-2 textile mills could move towards “net-zero” operations. The mapping focuses

DHAKA – Janata Bank is set to auction six factories of Beximco Group, casting doubt on a rescue of one of Bangladesh’s biggest garment suppliers.

GENEVA – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s Light Industry Agency to ramp up financial support for cotton clusters adopting

ROME – Italy’s fashion lobby has unveiled a strategic plan it says is needed to stop the country’s manufacturing base “ending up like automotive.”

LEICESTER – A long-awaited government review has concluded there is no evidence of prosecutable forced labour in Leicester’s garment sector. The finding challenges five years