Sustainability

Surat Textile Industry Focuses On Sustainability At Workshop On Green Manufacturing

Textile Insights June 17, 2026

As global markets increasingly shift toward cleaner and more responsible production systems, Surat’s textile industry has intensified its focus on sustainability, energy efficiency, and green technologies across the manufacturing value chain. A sector-focused awareness workshop titled

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SBTi Unveils Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0 To Drive Climate Action

Textile Insights June 12, 2026

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has launched the Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2.0, a major update to its flagship framework aimed at helping companies accelerate decarbonization while addressing the practical challenges of achieving net-zero emissions. The revised standard introduces greater flexibility in target-setting, allowing businesses to adopt

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lululemon Invests In Renewable Energy Fund To Decarbonize Supply Chain

Textile Insights June 12, 2026

Canadian athletic apparel brand lululemon has invested in a renewable energy fund aimed at accelerating supply chain decarbonization and supporting its 2030 climate targets. The initiative focuses on expanding renewable electricity capacity in China, a key manufacturing hub for the company. Managed by Schroders Capital’s Infrastructure team, the fund invests in late-stage

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Weaving A Circular Future For India’s Textile Waste

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

For decades, the textile industry has been a cornerstone of craftsmanship, employment and economic growth. Yet alongside this progress, textile waste has emerged as one of the sector’s most pressing environmental challenges. Globally, an estimated 92 million tonnes of textile waste is generated annually, while less than 1% of used clothing is recycled back into […]

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‘Recycling Was Always Last. Someone Moved It To The Front’

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

In this incisive and insightful article penned exclusively for Textile Insights, Mansi Bihani writes that the carbon footprint of recycling is not zero, it is simply lower than producing virgin material from scratch, which is a meaningful difference but not the same as being without cost. On World Environment Day, it is worth asking what […]

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Indorama Ventures Showcases Scalable Circular Textile Solutions At Textiles Recycling Expo

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

Indorama Ventures, a global leader in recycled polyester staple fibers and filament yarns, will participate in the Textiles Recycling Expo in Brussels on June 24–25, highlighting its capabilities in enabling brands and manufacturers to build traceable and scalable circular textile supply chains. The company will demonstrate how its global network of recycling, fiber and

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Belize Initiative Explores Sargassum Seaweed As Sustainable Textile Raw Material

Textile Insights June 4, 2026

A new partnership between marine scientists and textile innovators is seeking to transform invasive sargassum seaweed from an environmental challenge into a sustainable resource for the textile industry. The collaboration brings together Black in Marine Science (BIMS), an international network of marine scientists, and the Black Fiber & Textile Network (BFTN), a

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ReFiber Launches Mumbai Textile Recycling Initiative

Textile Insights June 4, 2026

ReFiber, powered by OterRi, will launch a city-wide post-consumer textile waste collection and upcycling initiative in Mumbai on World Environment Day, June 5, 2026. The programme aims to establish a structured ecosystem for collecting, sorting, recovering and repurposing discarded textiles while generating environmental and social benefits. The initiative will be

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Lindex And BASF Bring Textile-To-Textile Recycled Polyamide To Lingerie

Textile Insights June 1, 2026

Lindex has partnered with BASF to introduce textile-to-textile recycled polyamide into the lingerie segment, marking a significant step towards circular material innovation in fashion. Through the collaboration, Lindex will integrate BASF’s loopamid, a recycled polyamide 6 produced entirely from textile waste, into selected lingerie products scheduled for launch in early

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Delhi Government To Launch Clothing Recycling Programme At 10 Metro Stations

Textile Insights May 27, 2026

The Delhi government will soon roll out a clothing recycling programme across 10 major Delhi Metro stations, enabling commuters to deposit old and unused garments for recycling and reuse, according to an official release. The initiative, being launched under the direction of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, will involve the installation of dedicated collection boxes by […]