
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

SAN FRANCISCO – The credibility of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition us under serious threat due to the conduct of several of its leading members which

GURAGON – Much-need research has shed light on the devastating economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on India’s garment export industry. Exporters from key manufacturing

LEEDS – George, the UK clothing arm of retail giant, Asda, is offering desperate suppliers 50 per cent towards the price of cancelled orders on

SPECIAL REPORT – The concept of ‘furloughing’ has become commonplace in the UK in recent weeks. In the apparel sector, brands and retailers have closed

BERLIN – The German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (Textilbuendnis) has offered clarification of its stance for members and the issue or apparel brands cancelling garment

STOCKHOLM – H&M Foundation has announced five winning innovations out of 5,893 entries from 175 countries for its annual €1m Global Change Award. The winners

LONDON – The Better Cotton Initiative has set up a taskforce to review forced labour risks associated with the Better Cotton Standard System. The taskforce

RATINGEN – German apparel retailer, Esprit, has announced that several of its German subsidiaries have applied for Protective Shield Proceedings under German Law. The move

AMSTERDAM – Amid continued evidence that brands are failing to pay for orders which have already been placed, the International Apparel Federation has warned that,
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