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Using bacteria to dye fabric cuts fashion waste
"The global fashion industry consumes trillions of gallons of water each year to make clothes, and textile dyeing is a major source of both water use and pollution. By employing bacteria to replicate ...
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March 20, 2023
Enabling Design for Environmental Good reports
"A new series of reports unveil a critical roadmap to transition Australia to a circular economy through design, to help businesses and industry make real environmental change. [...] Collaboration for ...
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March 20, 2023
Enabling design for environmental good – sub report: Textiles sector
"‘Enabling Design for Environmental Good’ is a project that deploys insights and approaches from design, innovation, and sustainability to propose a suite of actions to improve the design and specific ...
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March 20, 2023
FyberX and Toyoshima form an international strategic alliance
"FyberX, a natural fiber product innovation and technology platform company, is honored to announce that Toyoshima & Co. LTD, a global textile powerhouse, is leading its latest investment round. Fyber ...
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March 20, 2023
John Lewis staff miss out on bonus as business slides to £78m loss
"John Lewis has said it will not hand staff a bonus for only the second time since 1953 after the retail group, which also owns Waitrose, fell to a £78 million loss for the year ending 28 January 2023 ...
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March 20, 2023
Mango launches rental pilot and invests in party dress rental start-up
"Mango, the Barcelona-based global fashion giant, has made the move into rental with an investment in a Spanish party dress and accessories rental platform and the launch of a rental pilot." ...
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March 20, 2023
Lenzing: A tour of the Austrian wood pulp fibre factory
"Equipped with compulsory helmets and yellow waistcoats, badges for the security gates and gloves to bear the Austrian winter, the tour of to the 200-hectare historic Lenzing site is like walking arou ...
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March 20, 2023
Dior launches second men’s beachwear capsule with Parley for the Oceans
"Dior has teamed up with environmental organization Parley for the Oceans for the second time on its annual men’s beachwear capsule collection. Their first collaboration last year was honored with the ...
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March 20, 2023
Luxury labels to watch: 3 brands proving sustainability can be fashionable
"FashionUnited has brought together some of these fashion-forward brands making statements in the green sector, with circular production methods and thoughtful ethical strategies. Sonia Carrasco Maiso ...
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March 20, 2023
Loro Piana welcomes new era of traceability with the Aura Blockchain Consortium
"Exquisite quality has defined Loro Piana’s DNA for six generations, anchored by a commitment to vertically-integrated manufacturing. With direct control over every stage – from raw fiber to finished ...
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March 20, 2023
Fjällräven perceived as most sustainable brand for fourth year
"For the fourth year in a row, consumers in Sweden have voted Fjällräven as the country's most sustainable brand in the category, 'Clothes and Fashion Brands' in the 2023 Sustainable Brand Index. With ...
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March 20, 2023
Cellulose recycling trials launched in Europe
"Textile-to-textile recycling trials for waste cellulosic fibres have been launched across Europe by the Accelerating Circularity non-profit." ...
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March 20, 2023
Only 20% of trading companies in Norway report on sustainability
"Over the next few years, more than 1,700 Norwegian companies will have new and extensive requirements for sustainability reporting through a new directive from the EU. A number of other companies wil ...
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March 20, 2023
Keeping sustainability sustainable: The ISPO Award will now include an anti-greenwashing check conducted by the expert Louisa Smith
"The ISPO Award is to receive a new sustainable check: All applications for an ISPO Award will now be subject to an anti-greenwashing evaluation conducted by the highly respected textile and industry ...
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March 20, 2023
Royal Trinity Hospice launches ‘Sustainable 7’ store initiative for World Recycling Day
"Royal Trinity Hospice has published a report to set out the charity’s plans to embed their commitment to sustainability throughout their shops and retail operations in a scheme named “Seven steps to ...
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March 20, 2023
Kering sets goal to decouple growth from climate impact
"Kering is the first of Europe’s major luxury players to commit to climate targets that will require decoupling growth from environmental impact. The Gucci and Saint Laurent owner has set a goal to cu ...
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March 20, 2023
Protecting fashion’s DEI efforts during market disruption
"To discuss how fashion can bolster its efforts in inclusive recruitment and retention strategies, BoF Careers co-hosted a panel with The Outsiders Perspective. Its founder, Jamie Gill, was joined by ...
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March 20, 2023
Fashion, watch and jewellery sectors join forces on sustainability
"What do the fashion, watch and jewellery sectors have in common when it comes to tackling social and environmental challenges? That’s what Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) and the Watch and Jewellery Init ...
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March 20, 2023
More than 50,000 Cambodian workers laid off amid downturn in garment sector
"Government blames the Ukraine war, but experts point to partial loss of preferential trade agreements." ...
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March 20, 2023
ZDHC Study Highlights Benefits of Roadmap to Zero Programme for Industry Stakeholders
"ZDHC is pleased to announce the release of its 2022 Business Case Study, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited (PwC). The study aimed to identify the financial and non-financial benefit ...
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March 20, 2023