Sustainability

2025-09-04

Global Change Award 2026: Nominations now open

On 1 September, the H&M Foundation launched the nomination round for the Global Change Award 2026. The international innovation challenge is looking for early-stage ideas that can drive the textile and fashion industry towards circularity and climate neutrality.

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Sustainability

2025-09-04

Better Cotton partners with Planboo to reduce emissions using cotton crop waste

Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, has teamed up with climate technology startup Planboo to help cotton farmers reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – and earn carbon credits for it.

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Sustainability

2025-09-04

ALLIED Feather + Down expands supply chain transparency, shares insights at Première Vision Paris

Working with Green Threads DPP in anticipation of new EU regulations, ALLIED prepares to set the gold standard for materials transparency.

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Sustainability

2025-08-20

Energy efficiency in spunlacing

Drying is an important step for producing high-quality nonwoven products. But evaporating moisture at rapid speed is very energy intensive. That’s why their innovators created the Modular Performance Dryer (MPD). It delivers excellent performance and reduces energy consumption when drying cotton, viscose and pulp nonwovens. Its compact design saves floor space – and the MPD even fits into existing lines! The first successful installation of this flexible and future-proof solution is now cutting costs and supporting sustainability for their longstanding customer, Lentex.

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Sustainability

2025-08-19

Cascale annual meeting to challenge consumer goods industry on climate, decent work

Consumer goods industry stakeholders are headed to Hong Kong this September for the Cascale 2025 Annual Meeting. The flagship event promises high-impact learning, honest dialogue, and solutions-oriented collaboration designed to accelerate progress, catalyze impact at scale, and build a more sustainable and equitable future.

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Sustainability

2025-09-11

Pioneering sustainability: Teijin Carbon published its first Sustainability Report

Teijin Carbon has published Sustainability Report 2024, sending a strong signal for climate-friendly innovation. From CO?-reduced high-performance fibers to digital product passports, the company’s advanced materials help transform entire industries.

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Sustainability

2025-09-11

GOTS publishes update: Approval procedure & requirements for certification bodies – Version 4.0

The updated Version 4.0 has been aligned with the requirements of ISO 17065 and incorporates revised conformity assessment procedures and methodologies for Certification Bodies. These updates reflect best practices in evaluating management systems, thereby strengthening quality assurance, and safeguarding the integrity of certified products.

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Sustainability

2025-08-07

New paper sets out considerations for the responsible use of LCA data across the fashion, textile, and apparel industry

Textile Exchange has released a comprehensive new position paper outlining best practice for the responsible use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data in the fashion, textile, and apparel industry. LCA is widely used by the industry to measure a product’s environmental impact at different stages of its journey—from raw material production to manufacturing, transportation to end-of-life.

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Sustainability

2025-07-17

Global Standard to launch new Global Responsible Textile Standard (GRTS), calls for public consultation

Global Standard, the non-profit organisation behind the internationally recognised Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), today announces the launch of the public consultation period for its new voluntary sustainability standard: the Global Responsible Textile Standard (GRTS).

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Sustainability

2025-07-17

bluesign® celebrates 25 years as a global leader in sustainable textile innovation

2025 marks a pivotal milestone for bluesign, the global authority in sustainable chemical and environmental management for the textile and fashion industry, as it celebrates 25 years of advancing cleaner, safer, and more responsible manufacturing practices across the global supply chain.

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Sustainability

2025-07-17

Textile Exchange sets date for launch of new Materials Matter Standard criteria

Following a successful International Working Group (IWG) vote, Textile Exchange will launch the approved criteria for its new Materials Matter Standard on December 12, 2025.

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Sustainability

2025-07-10

New publication examines what the PEFCR and France’s Environmental Cost framework mean for the apparel and footwear industry

Cascale, the global nonprofit alliance advancing collaboration to drive equitable and restorative business practices in the consumer goods industry, and Worldly, the leading sustainability data and analytics platform for the consumer goods industry, today released a new policy deep dive: One Market, Two Systems – What PEFCR and France’s Environmental Cost Mean for Apparel & Footwear.

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Sustainability

2025-07-10

Carrington Textiles highlights group progress in second sustainability report

Global workwear textile manufacturer Carrington Textiles, part of RTS Textiles Group, has published its second annual sustainability report, marking one year since the Group launched its first edition in July 2024. The publication showcases progress in environmental performance and sustainable innovation across the Group.

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Sustainability

2025-07-03

bluesign releases 2025 revisions of its Chemical Reference Lists

Effective July 1, 2025, bluesign has published updated versions of its three core chemical reference lists: the bluesign® SYSTEM SUBSTANCES LIST (BSSL v16.0), the bluesign® SYSTEM BLACK LIMITS (BSBL v7.0), and the bluesign® RESTRICTED SUBSTANCES LIST (RSL v16.0). These updates reflect bluesign’s ongoing commitment to safe chemical management, environmental protection, and regulatory alignment.

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2025-07-03

Cascale has announced Harsh Saini as interim CEO

2025-07-03

OECD assessment of GOTS indicates strong alignment with international due diligence frameworks

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Bangladesh positioned to lead sustainable apparel manufacturing

2025-06-26

Aid by Trade Foundation receives Honorary Award of the German Africa Foundation 2025

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2025-06-12

Refiberd announced as winner of Trailblazer Programme 2025 at Global Fashion Summit

2025-06-12

Global fashion leaders descend on Copenhagen to unveil new sustainability insights and initiatives

2025-06-12

Textile Exchange reports progress and transformation in 2024 Annual Report

2025-06-05

HKUST & Esquel unveil five-year study: Empowering students for sustainable innovation

2025-06-03

Aid by Trade Foundation turns 20, invests half a million Euros in new biodiversity fund

2025-06-03

Fashion For Good and Arvind Limited launch future forward factories India

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Ten bold ideas to decarbonise fashion: Meet the winners of Global Change Award 2025

2025-05-22

Global Standard expands scope, leverages AI innovation, and amplifies global engagement

2025-05-19

Groundbreaking architectural projects using natural fibres

2025-05-15

Major recycling partnership to tackle waste crisis in Mali

2025-05-08

Timely report highlights regional trends ahead of Cascale Forum in Vietnam

2025-05-07

bluesign to showcase sustainable textile solutions at Intertextile Shenzhen and Shanghai 2025

2025-04-30

What are the impacts of PFAS polymers on our health and the environment?

2025-04-30

Cone Denim 2025 Sustainability Report highlights key initiatives, sustainable innovations, and collaborative projects

2025-04-24

GTB - Shaping a more transparent, data-driven future together

2025-04-16

Sustainability at Messe Frankfurt’s textile trade fairs: five core issues for the textile and fashion industry

2025-04-10

Inditex will fund the university education of 50 female textile industry workers in Bangladesh for five years

2025-04-10

Sustainability and due diligence: MEPs agree to delay application of new rules

2025-03-27

Jeanologia celebrates World Water Day with a milestone: 20 million m³ of polluted water saved from the planet

2025-03-13

Cascale Forum: Ho Chi Minh City challenges consumer goods industry to act