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Green transition: Council gives its final approval to the ecodesign regulation
The Council has today adopted the ecodesign regulation, which sets requirements for sustainable products. The regulation replaces the existing ecodesign directive and enlarges its scope, beyond energy products, to all kind of goods placed in the EU market. This is the last step...
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May 30, 2024
How the EU’s textile strategy will transform the fashion industry
The EU Commission's 2030 Vision for Textiles means products not built with recyclability in mind should not be sold in the EU market in six years' time.
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May 27, 2024
Textile industry: how can we make it more sustainable?
Textiles are central to tackling the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
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May 24, 2024
Textile industry seeks measures to make available raw material at competitive prices
The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has urged the government to ensure availability of cotton and manmade fibre (MMF) at internationally-competitive prices to propel the Indian textile industry towards the target of $350 billion by 2030.
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May 24, 2024
EU Adopts Environmental, Human Rights Sustainability Due Diligence Law
The European Council announced today the approval by member states of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), marking the final step in the adoption of legislation setting mandatory obligations for large companies to address their negative impacts on human...
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May 24, 2024
Policy support for circular economy needed to sustain RMG exports to EU
Bangladesh needs to provide policy support for the development of a circular economy to sustain readymade garment exports to European Union (EU) countries and prepare for future challenges in this regard, said Ferdaus Ara Begum, chief executive officer of the Business Initiative...
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May 22, 2024
New Regulation on waste shipments enters into force
New rules to ensure the EU takes greater responsibility for its waste entered into force on Monday 20 May 2024. The new Waste Shipments Regulation sets out stricter rules on the export of waste to non-EU countries.
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May 22, 2024
Circular Fashion Needs Government Incentives
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.
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May 20, 2024
How to build better supply chains in four key sourcing countries
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.
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May 17, 2024
Governments call for a Global Textiles Policy Dialogue
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.
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May 17, 2024
EU Textile Strategy event raises more concerns
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.
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May 17, 2024
Strategy for sustainable growth: Energy-efficient textile industry
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...
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May 13, 2024
Cambodia's apparel industry resilient, exports up 20% in Jan-Apr 2024
Cambodia's apparel exports grew by 20.80 per cent in the first 4 months of 2024, representing 32.42 per cent of its foreign income. This increase reflects a continued momentum in the textile sector, with exports of knitted and non-knitted clothing accessories also seeing...
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May 13, 2024
Govt to give focused attention to promote textiles' exports, says secy
The government will accord focused attention to promote India's textiles exports, which declined for the second year in a row in 2023-24, Textiles Secretary Rachna Shah said. The government has set an ambitious target to achieve $ 100 billion export for textile products by 2030.
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May 13, 2024
Double-digit growth propels India’s technical textiles industry to world’s 5th rank
India’s technical textiles market has a huge potential as it is clocking a double-digit growth of 10 per cent and has become the fifth largest in the world, Rachna Shah, Secretary of Ministry of Textiles, said on Thursday.
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May 10, 2024
Textile industry must reform now - report
A new report from the Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) network says the European textile industry must reform now or risk deteriorating further into unsustainable and harmful practices. The paper emphasises the urgent need to phase out hazardous chemicals and tackle the release of...
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May 10, 2024
IGATEX PAKISTAN Mega Textile Exhibition Sets New Industry Standards
IGATEX PAKISTAN, the country’s premier Garment, Textile & Digital Printing Machinery and Accessories Exhibition, concluded on a high note at the Expo Centre Lahore.
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May 06, 2024
CITI YEG's event explores key textile & apparel industry trends
The Young Entrepreneurs Group of CITI hosted an event focused on 'Megatrends Shaping the Textile & Apparel Industry'. Arvind Singhal, chairman of Technopak Advisors, offered insights into trends such as sustainability, technological advancements, and consumer behaviour.
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May 06, 2024
How can Indian textile sector get back on top? A climate conscious world holds the key
In the 1980s, when virgin wool became unaffordable in India, textile players in Panipat started using wool waste to make clothes. It paved the way for the region to become the world's textile recycling hub. Today, an estimated 1 lakh tonnes of discarded textile is recycled here a...
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May 03, 2024
Digital transformation – optimal choice for Vietnamese garment & textile firms
Digital transformation is considered a “key” to help Vietnamese garment and textile enterprises expand while meeting sustainable development, heard a recent conference held in Ho Cho Minh City.
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May 03, 2024