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Bluesign launches Bluepass, bringing verified textile data to shoppers

Bluepass puts verified chemistry, process and facility data behind a QR code, a shift that could make textile claims harder to fake and easier to audit.

Claire Beaumont•2 min read•08:23 PM

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Reformation cuts product carbon intensity 29 percent, faces fashion decarbonization tradeoffs

Reformation says it cut product carbon intensity 29 percent and hit its Scope 3 target, but it still leans on materials swaps and carbon removals.

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Industry

ACT report finds progress on purchasing, but wage gaps persist

Brands showed “positive momentum” on buying practices, but feedback from 1,055 suppliers still points to wage gaps across 18 signatory labels.

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Gulf blockade drives up textile dye costs, deepening supply-chain strain

Hormuz turmoil is pushing up dye and auxiliary costs, and the squeeze is now reaching synthetic fibres, compliance choices and brand claims.

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Sustainability

California Textile EPR Needs Funding to Make Reuse Work at Scale

California’s textile EPR law is real, but reuse will only scale if the state funds the gritty middle: collection, sorting, grading, logistics, and end markets.

Mia Chen6m read

Sustainability

Reuse First: Fashion’s Recycling Fix Is Still Years Away

Recycling is still years from scale, while reuse is already moving clothes through the system. The fashion fix the industry keeps overlooking is the one that works now.

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Sustainability

Recover and Prosperity Textile bring recycled cotton to core denim lines

Recycled cotton is moving out of capsule territory and into the denim supply chain, with Recover and Prosperity Textile showing fabric and garments built for volume, not novelty.

Mia Chen2m read

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EU Launches €10 Million Push for Circular Textile Collection Systems

Brussels put €10 million behind the unglamorous backbone of circular fashion: collection, sorting, reuse and repair systems cities can actually run.

Sofia Martinez2m read

Sustainability

Study Finds Recycled Cotton and Polyester Often Outperform Virgin Fibers

Recycled cotton and polyester usually beat virgin fibers, but sorting, disposal routes and energy mix can flip the score.

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Sustainability

Chile’s Used-Clothing Boom Fuels Atacama Desert Textile Waste

Used clothes are not a waste fix by default. In Chile, 123,000 tonnes a year flow through Iquique, and a brutal share ends up in the Atacama Desert.

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Sustainability

Imperial backs frontier tech to make UK sustainable fashion leader

Imperial’s White City showcase put 11 frontier-material innovators in the frame, but the real test is whether the UK can manufacture them at scale.

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Industry

Bangladesh loosens union rules, reshaping garment labor rights for millions

Roughly four million garment workers could gain real leverage as Bangladesh cuts union hurdles. The question now is whether brands feel it in their supply chains.

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Sustainability

Polartec and Santini launch cycling jersey made from captured CO2

Captured industrial CO2 is now in a race jersey. Polartec and Santini’s Aero Race turns emissions into recycled polyester and claims a 66% cut in CO2 by weight.

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Sustainability

Good On You updates guide to ethical dresses by region and rating

Good On You’s new dress guide turns ethical shopping into a trust test, pairing brand ratings with organic cotton, Fairtrade and regional sourcing.

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Industry

CETI and Security Matters launch audit-proof fiber traceability for fashion

A chemical marker woven into fibers could give brands audit-proof proof of what a garment is made of, and where it has been, from mill to resale.

Sofia Martinez2m read

Sustainability

India’s sustainable fashion shift turns to recycled PET and circular textiles

India’s Earth Day sustainability talk is moving past recycled-fabric hype. The real test is whether collection, sorting and fibre-to-fibre recycling can finally scale.

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Culture

Iseyin weavers keep aso-oke alive as global demand surges

In Iseyin, handwoven aso-oke is becoming more valuable because it resists speed: diaspora demand and young apprentices are reviving the cloth’s slow rhythm.

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Sustainability

Safia Minney returns with Indilisi, championing craft over fashion overproduction

Safia Minney's new label Indilisi bets on 100% organic cotton and Fair Trade craft, but her real argument is harsher: fashion must produce far less to survive.

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Sustainability

Soko Chimica’s Hydrogel slashes denim wash water use by 85 percent

Soko Chimica says Hydrogel can finish denim in one bath, cutting water use by up to 85 percent and using about four liters per piece instead of 30-plus.

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Sustainability

UNEP warns outdated permits stall circular fashion transition globally

Outdated permits are stalling cleaner dyeing and recycling in China, India, Bangladesh and Türkiye, even as textiles drives up to 8% of global emissions.

Sofia Martinez2m read

Sustainability

New dyeing method reveals hidden microfiber pollution in textiles

A fluorescent dye exposed up to 280% more microfibres than standard tests, suggesting textile pollution has been badly undercounted.

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Sustainability

Reformation Uses New Silk Data to Shift Toward Organic Alternatives

Reformation’s new silk data shows the fabric’s biggest emissions hit starts in mulberry fields, not the finish line, pushing the brand toward organic silk and Eco Satin.

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Sustainability

Ireland sets 2026-2028 textiles roadmap to cut waste, boost reuse

Ireland’s textiles plan makes brands help pay by April 2028, as 110,000 tonnes of clothing and fabric are still tossed each year.

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Sustainability

H&M Stella McCartney board draws backlash over missing worker voices

H&M’s Stella McCartney-linked board debuted with fashion names and sustainability experts, but no worker seat, triggering a sharp labor backlash.

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Sustainability

New Water Cleanup Method Removes 98 Percent of PFAS, Fashion Faces Pressure

A Flinders University cleanup method trapped up to 98 percent of PFAS, but fashion’s reliance on short-chain chemicals keeps the pressure on.

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Sustainability

Italy tightens greenwashing rules, curbing vague eco-claims in fashion

Italy has started policing fashion’s soft-focus green claims, and words like eco-friendly and carbon neutral will need hard proof.

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Sustainability

Cambridge spinout Sparxell raises €4.2 million for plant-based dyes

Sparxell just raised about €4.2 million to turn plant-based colour into an industrial business, targeting dyes that shed synthetic chemicals and microplastics.

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Sustainability

Texas AG probes Lululemon over possible PFAS in activewear

Texas’s probe turns PFAS in leggings from a lab issue into a mainstream retail risk, putting Lululemon’s wellness image under legal pressure.

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Sustainability

Sustainable Sunglasses Pair Style With UV Protection and Lower-Impact Materials

The best shades do two jobs at once: protect your eyes and expose how much waste is hiding in the frame, lens, and finish. STYLE only counts when the materials story holds up.

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Sustainability

Biofabricated Fashion Turns Toward Reality as Scaling Challenges Mount

Biofabrication is leaving the mood board behind. The real test now is whether factories, contracts and demand can catch up with the science.

Sofia Martinez2m read