
Rethinking durability in EU textile strategy
New research challenges the EU’s durability-focused textile policy, and suggests tougher clothes won’t cut consumption without curbing overproduction and marketing-driven

New research challenges the EU’s durability-focused textile policy, and suggests tougher clothes won’t cut consumption without curbing overproduction and marketing-driven

THE HAGUE – Netherlands-based textile recycling enterprise, i-did, has requested a deferral of payment after the Dutch tax authorities refused

BERLIN – Fashion retailer Zalando has launched its first garments made with Circ Lyocell, a material derived partly from recycled

TEXAS – Textile Exchange has published a guide to help fashion companies make credible, evidence-based claims around regenerative agriculture. Titled

NORTH CAROLINA – A new digital resource hub will educate people on the environmental impact of microplastic pollution linked to

STOCKHOLM – H&M reported a modest rise in sales for the second quarter of 2025, as the fashion giant faced

STUTTGART – The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has been assessed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

LONDON – New analysis by the NewClimate Institute found the climate strategies of leading fashion companies lack credibility and fail

ZURICH – One of Germany’s largest textile recycling firms has filed for insolvency, the latest casualty in a waste textiles

LONDON – The Council of Fashion Designers of America and British Fashion Council have called for the fashion industry to slow down as part of

COPENHAGEN – The owner of Danish fashion retailer Bestseller, which is refusing to pay supplier bills and has been demanding huge discounts for completed orders,

LONDON – A denim manufacturer from Bangladesh has taken to social media to express his despair at being unable to pay his 2,000 staff bonuses

LONDON – The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) has hidden behind “internal processes” in response to calls for it to expel members over their refusal to

BERLIN – German online fashion retailer Zalando said it expects to buck broader market trends and achieve double-digit growth in 2020. The business said it

LONDON – Mountains of used clothing is heading to landfill and incineration as global second-hand clothing markets grind to a halt. As fears about Covid-19

SAN FRANCISCO – A Chinese-American board member of US denim brand Levi’s has hit out at anti-Asian sentiment which, she claims, has spread almost as

LONDON – UK fashion retailer Next has warned that full-price sales in-store and online could drop by up to 40 per cent on an annual

AMSTERDAM – New EU-wide laws are needed to end the culture of unfair purchasing practices by apparel brands, which at present allows them to cancel
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