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Accelerating Circularity: Project Europe Update Spring 2023 - Kyna Intel, 2023-04-24T12:34:31+07:00

"The goal of our Accelerating Circularity Project Europe (ACPE) pilots is to pressure test a circular textile-to-textile system in light of our mission line ...

‘Better’ materials aren’t enough to dent fashion’s climate impact - Kyna Intel, 2023-04-24T12:34:31+07:00

"The sector’s greenhouse gas footprint rose to 13.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2021, up 5 percent year-on-year, though still down from ...

Too hot for knitwear: climate crisis, biodiversity and fashion brands using wool and synthetics - Kyna Intel, 2023-04-24T12:34:31+07:00

"Executive Summary Wool and synthetic fibers are responsible for serious harms to the planet, particularly the climate and biodiversity, yet they continue to ...

Analysis finds most wool knitwear is blended with plastic: Processing, blending undermine sustainability claims of wool - Kyna Intel, 2023-04-24T12:34:31+07:00

"More than half of wool knitwear is blended with synthetic fibers derived from fossil fuels, a new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity and ...

Activism, photography and workers’ collective leadership: A conversation with Taslima Akhter - Kyna Intel, 2023-04-24T12:34:31+07:00

"April 24th, 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, which killed more than a thousand garment workers in Bangladesh. With one of the ...

Why aren’t we all wearing American-grown hemp? - Kyna Intel, 2023-04-24T12:34:31+07:00

"We were promised hemp fashion. Since the 1990s, we’ve been told that soon we will all be wearing sustainable, local, American-grown hemp fabrics. That it ...

Secondhand fashion has a looming PFAS problem - Kyna Intel, 2023-04-24T12:34:31+07:00

"A number of US states are banning PFAS in clothing, but the crackdowns leave a loophole for heaps of toxic clothes to keep circulating through resale ...

Why is fashion still dragging its feet on sustainability? - Kyna Intel, 2023-04-24T12:34:31+07:00

"But is fashion actually doing enough to address its impact on the climate? A new report from UN Climate Change and CDP suggested that only 45 per cent of ...

Generation Z and Millennials can’t buy sustainably - Kyna Intel, 2023-04-24T12:34:31+07:00

"A study shows that the cost of living is directly impacting Gen Z and Millennial U.K. consumers from sustainable purchasing. New research by Untold Insights, ...

Why biodegradability isn't always the answer - Kyna Intel, 2023-04-24T12:34:31+07:00

"The promotion of biodegradation and biodegradability is being used to assuage consumer guilt associated with over-production and the ‘buy-use-dump model’ for ...