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Tersus Solutions, founded in 2009, supports a wide variety of needs by leveraging its proprietary CO2 platform that preserves water and electricity, sanitises or sterilises, captures contaminates and microfibres, and ultimately extends the life of textiles. Steve Madsen, Founder and CTO, and Peter Whitcomb, CEO, speak at length about how the future lies in technology.

Pili has a mission—it produces decarbonised alternatives based on renewable resources for sustainable industrial applications. Pili President Jérémie Blache explains how Pili uses hybrid processes combining industrial fermentation and organic chemistry to manufacture sustainable, high-performance colour ranges for the textiles industry.

Taiwan-headquartered Creative Tech Textile Co Ltd has pioneered the transformation of discarded oyster shells into advanced sustainable textile solutions leading to its signature brands—Seawool and Smawarm. Founder Yeh-Shun Wang (Eddie Wang) shares how through decadal inspirations and learnings his company is doing its bit to shape a greener and more sustainable future for the textiles industry.

US-based deeptech innovator Tandem Repeat, a climate-positive smart textiles company, has developed Procell, a revolutionary patented fermentation microbial process that transforms proteins into valuable products, including fibres and nonwovens which are a less toxic alternative to plastics. Leading inventor and Penn State Huck Endowed Chair of Biomaterials Professor Melik Demirel simplifies the tech and his plans for the future.

A new research report explores how UK fashion and textile companies are developing sustainable and circular practices, including their response to regulatory change associated with green growth and the transition to net zero. The study urged on the need to forge the business case for firms to invest in gathering detailed supply chain data to obtain product-level carbon footprints, as well as launch new circular business models.

A new report identifies likely scenarios for Bangladesh’s industrial sectors, and opportunities to accelerate just industry transitions both through direct grant-making and multistakeholder collaboration.

Forum for the Future’s Enabling Systemic Circularity in Fashion or ESCF project, running from 2023-24, brought 12 brands/retailers and manufacturers/ suppliers across the fashion industry to examine its limited progress made towards circularity, and identified key insights that are critical for the industry’s transformation.

EURATEX has published its trade policy priorities for 2024–29, outlining the key steps needed to secure a resilient and competitive future for the European textile and clothing industry. The ‘position paper’ addresses critical challenges such as market access, regulatory compliance, and the alignment of trade, industrial, and energy policies.

Research, experimentation, and countless iterations. Persistence, collaboration, and innovation, and then 2020 where it all began. The priority at the next-gen material science company, Balena, that develops high-performance biopolymer materials, is to continue disrupting the materials industry by innovating and developing cutting-edge circular materials to replace hazardous, non-compostable plastics currently used in various industries. Chief Executive Officer David Roubach talks products and the journey this far.

Clothing functions as daily infrastructure for participation, yet the garment industry treats adaptive design as specialty retail rather than access technology. Research published since 2022 documents how dressing barriers affect employment and social engagement for disabled people. The systematic evidence now exists to reframe adaptive apparel as essential infrastructure requiring outcome-based testing.