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In January, Sorona launched its Preferred Mill Network, a global catalogue of mills offering the full collection of sub-branded fabrics—Agile, Aura, Luxe, Profile, and Revive. Global Brand & Communications Leader Alexa Raab and Global Marketing Representative Kiki Chen talk about ease of access to sustainable fabrics throughout the value chain.

Last week, Control Union, one of the world’s largest certifiers of organic cotton, announced that it would no more certify cotton, among others. The entire certification process apparently was too much of a balancing act, Control Union sources tell texfash.com.

Researchers' recommendations for people concerned about the fashion industry’s ballooning climate impact is simple: cutting down how many new clothes we buy by as much as 75%, buying clothes designed to last, and recycling clothes at the end of their lifetime.

Researchers have found that the higher people rate on style-consciousness, the more likely they are to shop second hand. In fact, style-consciousness was a bigger predictor of second-hand shopping than being frugal or ecologically-conscious. A look at the fascinating findings.

Leather can be classified as a biomaterial, and the industry increasingly is realising that it needs to invest in fact-based communication to consumers and brands that it is one material where there is no waste, where everything can be re-used, re-cycled and ultimately be biodegradable. Debbie Burton, Marketing Head at Pittards, shares how this industry is part of the solution to create a circular society.

The latest IPCC report is clear in its message: that the time to act is now. The world can halve emissions by 2030, and all sectors—including the textiles-fashion industry—have a role to play. Textiles, in fact, figure significantly at five places in the 2913-page report.

Fashion giant Inditex has taken umbrage to a Vietnam-born entrepreneur for using the name 'Tara Sartoria' for a small artisan-driven clothing business that she had founded and was selling through the website tarasartoria.com. A texfash.com report.

The much-awaited 'EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles' has been announced. It has a broad vision, wants to clamp down on fast fashion and textile waste, and is insistent on action through a slew of measures and a host of guidelines.

In the coldest of climes the best insulation comes from down—the underside plumage of geese and ducks. A tightknit family based out of Vernon in the United States that has been in this business for over three decades, conscious of sourcing with responsibility and processing sustainably too, Allied Feather + Down has promised to debut its carbon neutral down insulation by Fall 2023. With its first sustainability report on the anvil, Creative Director Matthew Betcher shares with texfash.com the steps it has been taking to reduce its carbon footprint.

The second edition of the Imagining Sustainable Fashion award for innovative models of communication in sustainable fashion is to be announced Wednesday evening. Giusy Bettoni, CEO and Founder of CLASS, talks about the significance of fashion communications.