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

BERLIN – Clothing from fashion giant Shein still contains hazardous chemicals above European legal limits, according to a new study by Greenpeace. The research raises

STOCKHOLM – Swedish outdoor brand Peak Performance has unveiled a down anorak it claims can be dismantled and recycled at end of life. The R&D

CHRISTCHURCH – The New Zealand Merino Company says it is making digital traceability standard across its flagship ZQ and ZQRX wool programmes. The move further

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.”

TEXAS – Avalo, a US-based agtech startup, has begun harvesting its first commercial crop of “low-carbon” cotton, bred using artificial intelligence. Grown on roughly 2,000

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

MEMPHIS – The US Cotton Trust Protocol says its grower members have met or exceeded most of their 2025 sustainability targets ahead of schedule. The

LONDON – A major review of microplastic toxicity studies found fewer than half provide the information needed to support ecological risk assessment. The findings raise