Industry News

Circular Fashion Needs Government Incentives
May 20, 2024

Textile-to-textile recycling technologies could be a climate game changer for fashion’s environmental footprint. But like renewable energy, they need state support for market efforts to scale, argues Nicole Rycroft.

How to build better supply chains in four key sourcing countries
May 17, 2024

Labour leaders in Myanmar, the Philippines, China and Bangladesh share the insights that brands need to bear in mind before barrelling in to change things locally.

Governments call for a Global Textiles Policy Dialogue
May 17, 2024

The clothing and textiles sector matters for global and local economies, representing millions in jobs and US$1.5 trillion in revenue. It, however, struggles to address its contribution to climate change, nature loss and pollution.

EU Textile Strategy event raises more concerns
May 17, 2024

In a webinar today, European political mandarins laid bare how the EU Textile Strategy 2030 needs science-based objectivity, and that serious questions still remain about how the sustainability credentials of textile products will be validated.

Strategy for sustainable growth: Energy-efficient textile industry
May 13, 2024

Since 2000, there has been a significant outburst in the global energy consumption, paralleled by Pakistan’s rising energy demands. Primary energy consumption in Pakistan has flown from 484 terawatt-hours (TWh) to 1071 TWh in 2021, a trend fuelled in part by the country’s energy-intensive textile industry.