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In July, Zero Waste Europe highlighted the emissions gap that apparel industry giants will face if no urgent action is taken by governments to prevent overproduction. The EU is yet to set concrete measures on textile waste prevention, thereby cancelling out any progress towards sustainability. The report raised questions. Theresa Mörsen, Waste & Resources Policy Officer at Zero Waste Europe, throws light on the subject.

How are DPPs going to affect the trade process? Will countries that export textiles and/or apparel to the EU see a slowdown? Or perhaps, import too. What is it that they should do? Most important, how and where do they get started? Will we see teething problems, or will those problems persist over time? There’s an urgent need for questions to be answered. texfash.com explores.

Can digital product passports or DPPs help the textiles industry meet climate goals? Some key stakeholders surmise that DPPs have a better chance of being effective if clear and cut aggressive targets are set, aligned with the 2050 climate goals.

As part of a broader objective, the EU Textiles Strategy came up with the digital product passport (DPP) for the textiles sector by introducing the concept through the proposed Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). texfash.com talks to some players in the business of solutions to get a feel of the pulse.

Pune-based deeptech startup KBCols Sciences dips into the rich biodiversity of India to tech-source microbes and cultures them in bioreactors to produce natural colours of choice, using agrowaste as feedstock. The final product—bio-colours free from microbes—are a universal drop-in-solution to dye fibres.

Investigation into Lululemon exposes major shortcomings in legislation that experts say act as window dressing.

There has been somewhat of a deluge of sustainability legislations in the US, EU and UK, all of which have a bearing on manufacturing companies in the Global South. A recent report has attempted to provide valuable insights and guidance for companies operating in the apparel value chain. A riveting conversation with members of the organisations which were behind the report.

Lifting the value of products including skins and leather, and ensuring take of kangaroos by professionals is sustainable, will help grow the kangaroo industry.

Inspired by the brilliance of nature to develop materials from living and regenerable things, a Brazil based fashtech startup is harnessing the power of seaweeds to shape the future of textiles. texfash.com talks to the Founder–CEO of Phycolabs Thamires Pontes to know more.

The Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia (KIAA) is calling out the emotive misinformation by animal activist groups harming the $200 million sector and also highlighting the need for greater awareness around the benefits of managing an overabundant species. texfash.com talks to its President, Ray Borda, to know more.