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Primark signs multi-year circ deal to bring textile-to-textile polyester to mass market

Sustainability
Primark’s first long-term offtake agreement with a textile-to-textile recycler tackles one of circular fashion’s biggest barriers: guaranteed demand for...

Pakistan’s Neela joins low-carbon denim project linking cotton genetics to cleaner finishing

Denim
The Naturalls collection combines lower-input US cotton, renewable-content LYCRA fibre and resource-saving finishing, illustrating how denim decarbonisation increasingly requires...

Levi Strauss and M&S launch renewable-energy platform for global fashion suppliers

Sustainability
The Fashion Renewable Collaborative aims to replace fragmented brand requests with a common pathway for mills and garment factories...

EU textile circularity faces a business-model problem, not just a recycling technology gap

Sustainability
New PESCO-UP research finds that Europe’s textile-recycling scale-up is constrained simultaneously by feedstock quality, economics, fragmented supply chains, uncertain...

Cascale resets 2030 strategy as industry pushes beyond sustainability measurement

Sustainability
The Higg Index steward wants its next phase to convert years of environmental and social data into investment and...

Bluesign takes greenwashing fight to consumers with new bluepass label

Environment
The certification specialist is moving from back-end factory assessments to consumer-facing proof, just as new EU rules tighten scrutiny...

RE&UP’s Next-Gen Cotton fibers power Zalando t-shirt collection crafted from recycled textiles

Cotton
RE&UP Recycling Technologies’ Next-Gen Cotton powers a new collection from Zalando’s private labels, marking a step forward in bringing...

OEKO-TEX says traceability is shifting from competitive advantage to market-access requirement

Environment
Its 2025/26 annual report shows rapid growth in traceable organic cotton and product labelling as regulation increasingly demands verifiable...

German textile and retail groups form alliance to shape incoming EPR rules

Sustainability
The new “Alliance for Textile Cycles” wants transparent fees, EU-wide harmonisation and equal treatment of non-EU online sellers as...

Hyosung starts commercial sugarcane-based Bio-BDO production in $1 Billion Spandex push

Fibres
The 50,000-tonne Vietnam plant moves bio-based elastane beyond pilot-scale sourcing, with capacity designed to expand fourfold as apparel brands...

Bangladesh makes plastic EPR mandatory with 15% collection target

Sustainability
New rules shift responsibility for post-consumer plastic to producers, importers and brand owners, introducing collection, recycling, reporting and plastic-credit...

UK-backed project to turn Pakistan’s crop waste into bio-coal for textile mills

Environment
The £1.25 million SAFER PLUS project will build a commercial-scale demonstration plant in South Punjab capable of converting 5,000...

EU clarifies packaging liability for brands ahead of PPWR start

Environment
Brand owners may carry legal responsibility for polybags, cartons and mailers even when external suppliers physically manufacture the packaging. The...

Sustainability becomes a management tool at the CHT Group

Sustainability
The 2025 Sustainability Report documents measurable progress in climate protection, transparency, and social responsibility In fiscal year 2025, the CHT...

Natural-Fibre Coalition presses EU to broaden textile ecodesign metrics

Environment
Make the Label Count warns that an excessive focus on recycled content and recyclability could unintentionally favour synthetics over...

Trusted data becomes Bangladesh apparel’s next competitive advantage

Sustainability
As buyers prepare for digital product passports, EPR and tighter sustainability claims, Bangladesh’s factories must compete not only on...

EU cuts ESRS data burden, but textile suppliers still need buyer-ready sustainability evidence

Environment
The European Commission’s simplification package reduces reporting volume for companies in scope; it does not remove the commercial need...

Basel Convention talks put textile-waste exports on notice

Sustainability
The central issue is no longer only recycling capacity: it is whether consignments marketed as reusable clothing can be...

Pakistan textile exporters urged to prepare for carbon audits and EU climate compliance

Environment
Energy efficiency is moving from a cost-saving option to a market-access requirement for Pakistan’s textile industry. Pakistan’s textile sector must...

Target expands Syre partnership to scale textile-to-textile recycled polyester

Environment
The retailer’s circularity strategy is moving from brand commitments toward material offtake, with home and apparel expected to be...
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