It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Updates

Climate Action / SAC Guide

7 March 2023

3 minutes

Excavation work at a coal mine in Germany. Industry needs to move away from coal, among other things, if it wants to decarbonise itself.

SAC Launches Guide on Developing Action Plans to Deliver Individual Targets

In a step to help the global textiles and apparel industry ramp up its efforts on facilitating collective action across the industry to deliver the 45% reduction needed by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5°C, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has launched a Decarbonization Guide for its members.

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Investments / Kenyan Industry

6 March 2023

4 minutes

The textiles and apparel sector is a key driver of economic growth in Kenya. The country is a net importer, and export-oriented industries like textiles and apparel manufacturing play a critical and central role in improving its trade balance.

Kenya Gets $39 million to Take on Asia; Norfund to Invest in Balaji and Hela

Two Kenyan textile manufacturers have received big-ticket investments with the aim to create jobs and improve lives through investing in sustainable businesses.

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Cotton Crisis / Australia Project

6 March 2023

2 minutes

A cotton farm in New South Wales, Australia. Cotton Australia and ACSA received ATMAC funding from the Australian Government to invest in a number of activities and programs focused on Market Diversification & Supply Chain Expansion & Education.

Australian Stakeholders Come Together to Develop Strategic Roadmap for Cotton Industry

In a bid to reposition itself in a changing global environment, the Australian cotton industry is rallying together to chart out a strategic roadmap that would align the industry to the increasingly aware customer needs.

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Collaborations / IAF-AAFA

6 March 2023

2 minutes

The understanding marks the "start of a closer and more frequent collaboration" to the benefit of both organisations and their members.

IAF and AAF Sign MoU on Closer and More Frequent Collaboration

The International Apparel Federation (IAF) and the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) have signed an MoU, underlining a renewed commitment to bring industry players together across the global supply chain.

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Going Circular / Texaid Project

6 March 2023

2 minutes

Textile waste is a problem in Europe. Out of 7–7.5 million tonnes of textiles discarded every year, only 30–35% are collected separately – and of that quantity, only 15–20% are sorted by medium and larger sorting facilities within the EU.

Texaid Looks at Sorting 4.0 with Project to Transform Textile Waste into Feedstock

A new project addressing the technology-capacity gap in sorting for reuse and recycling to ensure that high-quality raw materials from non-wearable textile waste can be made available on a large scale, is in the works.

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Brand & Retailers / Higg Update

3 March 2023

4 minutes

Brands and retailers can use the Higg BRM to understand their performance in these areas: Environment: climate, water, waste, biodiversity and chemicals; Social: workers, employees, consumers and communities; Governance: structure and management, ethics and behaviour.

SAC, Higg Reorganise Module for Brands and Retailers; Add Biodiversity as Impact Area

The updated Higg Brand & Retail Module is now available for brands and retailers to measure and report on their ESG impacts to understand their progress and identify areas for improvement with clarity and transparency.

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Traceability / Leather Initiative

2 March 2023

3 minutes

The first to sign the initiative on Leather Traceability Schemes led by the Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community (COTANCE), are the Leather Working Group, ICEC-The Certification Institute for the leather sector, and the Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF).

Leather Industry Organisations Start Work on Alignment of Leather Traceability Schemes

European trade body COTANCE has formed the Leather Traceability Cluster to align leather traceability schemes in a bid to reduce audit fatigue in tanneries and avoid unproductive costs for the leather value chain.

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Going Circular / Investments

2 March 2023

1 minute

Circ developed the revolutionary technology system that returns clothes to the raw materials from which they were made.

Circ Raises Another $25 Millionin Series B Extension Funding, Ready to Scale up

Circular fashion company Circ has raised $25 million in Series B extension funding.

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Denim Tech / Indigo Dyeing

28 February 2023

3 minutes

PureDenim and Sonovia have been working closely for the past 12 months on the development and scale-up of the D(y)ENIM technology and are targeting to rope in the world's leading mid-market and luxury brands to become users of the technology in 2024.

World's Greenest & “Revolutionary” Indigo Dyeing Technology to be Installed Later This Year

Israel’s Sonovia is ready to install the revolutionary 100% reusable and hydrosulfite free dyeing technology at the industrial indigo dyeing line of Italy’s PureDenim.

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Textile Waste / Europe Markets

27 February 2023

2 minutes

According to analysed data from the United Nations, EU exports of textiles have increased and shifted from mainly African destinations to both Africa and Asia.

Used Textiles Exported from EU Tripled in Past 2 Decades

Discarded textiles in Europe, including used clothing and footwear, are an increasing waste and export problem. A European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing shows that Europe faces a challenge in how to handle its own used textiles.

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