Ecotextile News Bulletin 16.01.2024

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Tuesday, 16th January 2024

Brands' integrity on energy rated 'shallow' BERLIN – The integrity of the renewable electricity commitments of fashion giants H&M, Zara owner Inditex, Nike, Gap and Lululemon has been found wanting by a new report from the New Climate Institute. The non-profit assessed brands' renewable electricity targets, along with those of... Read More Research team explores elastane recycling AARHUS - A research team from the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center at Aarhus University in Denmark have developed a method for separating elastane to enable recycling. Issues around the... Read More New fashion bill introduced in Washington state OLYMPIA - A new bill aimed at holding major fashion brands to account for their global environmental and human rights impacts has been introduced in the US state of Washington. Bill 2068 is... Read More Bid to combat child and forced labour in Mexico WASHINGTON DC – The US Department of Labor (DOL) has awarded up to $12.4 million in grant funding for three organisations to reduce child and forced labour in Mexico and support migrant workers. Research... Read More Kering backs biomaterials start-up INARZO - Italian biomaterials start-up Mogu - soon to be rebranded Sqim - has successfully completed an €11 million ($12m) Series A funding round, with support from French fashion giant Kering, to scale... Read More Sponsored Content The LYCRA Company and Qore® join forces to create next generation bio-derived LYCRA® fibre with QIRA® Click here to read more   Texworld to focus on 'economy and ecology' combination PARIS - Messe Frankfurt will introduce its new Texpertise network sustainability initiative at next month's Texworld Evolution Paris. Branded as Econogy, a nod to the combination of economy and ecology, the new cross-fair initiative will act as an umbrella service for information, discussion,... Read More Decathlon creates 'one material' hiking shoe LILLE – Sporting goods retailer Decathlon has created a hiking shoe made out of just one material - instead of the six it usually uses - to make recycling easier. Decathlon CEO Barbara Martin Coppola announced the development of the Quecha NH ONE shoe - based on the retailer's best-selling... Read More DEC/JAN ISSUE Next Gen nadir - a year on from opening its flagship factory, Renewcell is in trouble   ESG an overrated asset? Experts discuss what investment challenges might mean for fashion PFAS - new ruling leaves US manufacturers and importers facing gargantuan task   Rocky road for new materials - outlining the business case for sustainable textiles Decarbonisation - a full steam ahead look at how the textile industry is mobilising Woolly thinking - more on contradictory 'synthetic' vs 'natural' marketing nonsense AND MORE!  Hit the button below to get your copy Subscribe

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