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H&M foundation turns textile decarbonisation map into an industry action tool

Sustainability
The new open-access toolkit aims to turn broad sustainability ambition into coordinated system-level action across fashion’s fragmented value chain. The...

Mushroom waste coating points to a cleaner future for textile printing

Sustainability
The project shows how overlooked bio-waste can become a functional textile input, though commercial success will depend on matching...

Recycled cotton in denim is holding up, but caution still rules

Denim
Circular denim is proving more resilient than other innovations, though quality limits and weak market sentiment are keeping ambitions...

Norwegian activewear brand Stateofmind deepens sustainability push with Fulgar yarn

Apparel
The partnership shows how Scandinavian activewear brands are using material choices to align minimalist design with measurable sustainability claims. Northern...

Renasens raises €10m to test whether textile recycling can finally handle blended waste

Recycling
The Swedish startup’s significance lies less in the fundraise itself than in its attempt to solve the hardest commercial...

Textilfabrik 7.0 turns Mönchengladbach into a test bed for circular, low-carbon textile manufacturing

Environment
The project matters because it treats sustainable textile production not as a lab exercise, but as an industrial system...

Europe’s textile recycling will not scale without a market intervention

Recycling
Europe can build a textile-to-textile recycling industry, but only if policymakers and brands help create the economic conditions for...

Engineered enzyme breakthrough targets polyester recycling bottleneck

Recycling
A new “plastic-eating” enzyme could accelerate textile-to-textile recycling, but scaling it remains the real challenge. Researchers have developed an advanced...

organIQ seek: Smart alternative to potassium permanganate

Chemicals
LAB 102 – the blue veins of CHT – brings the Denim Industry closer to permanganate-free bleaching through new...

Milliken’s 20-Year Ethics Streak shows integrity has become a strategic asset

Sustainability
In an era of rising scrutiny over governance and supply chains, Milliken’s repeated recognition suggests that ethical discipline can...

Denim 2.0: AI, laser and waterless finishing redefine the industry

Technology
Denim finishing is shifting from water-intensive craft to digitally controlled precision, as brands seek speed, consistency and lower environmental...

Södra’s OnceMore uses TextileGenesis to turn circular MMCF traceability into infrastructure

Sustainability
As regulation tightens and recycled-content claims face greater scrutiny, traceability is becoming a commercial necessity, not a branding extra. OnceMore®,...

CiCLO gains traction as brands tackle microplastic pollution in synthetics

Fibres
Intrinsic Advanced Materials (IAM) says adoption of its CiCLO® technology is expanding across performance apparel, workwear and mass-market clothing,...

Recycled fashion rises; but cotton still dominates the fibre economy

Cotton
Despite rapid growth in recycled materials, cotton remains structurally entrenched at the core of global apparel supply. Recycled fashion is...

Regen-tech uses Tencel–wool knits to chase the premium sustainability market

Sustainability
At Intertextile Shanghai, the message was clear: in premium knits, fibre origin matters—but fabric engineering matters more. At Intertextile Shanghai...

Circulose plugs into Spinnova to accelerate textile circularity

Recycling
The deal marries scarce circular feedstock with a chemical-light spinning route—an attempt to make textile-to-textile recycling scalable, not symbolic. Spinnova,...

Marks & Spencer turns “better cotton” into “better farming”

Sustainability
After cleaning up its fibre claims, M&S is now trying to clean up cotton’s infrastructure—energy, habitats and resilience—in the...

Elastane is fashion’s tiny contaminant—and circularity’s big problem

Fashion
Fashion for Good’s “Stretching Circularity” tries to make the 1–5% everyone ignores finally recyclable. Most garments are not “non-circular” because...

Cotton claims now need lab proof, not logos

Fibres
With forced-labour enforcement in the US and anti-greenwashing rules in Europe, brands are shifting from “we source responsibly” to...

Global household textile products market to reach USD 170 billion by 2031, driven by home décor, sustainability and smart textiles

Business
The global Household Textile Products market within the Consumer Goods & Retail sector is projected to grow steadily, reaching...
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