Sustainability

Circular Design Challenge Presented By RIL’s R|Elan At COP28

Textile Insights December 27, 2023

The Circular Design Challenge (CDC) presented by R|Elan, a leading advocate for sustainable practice from Reliance Industries made a significant impact at COP28 in Dubai. R|Elan Fabric 2.0 is a next-generation fabric range made from specially engineered fibres and filaments from the product

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Walmart Foundation Grants $1.2mn To Boost Circular Textiles

Textile Insights December 8, 2023

The Walmart Foundation has granted US $1.2 million to support Goodwill Industries International and Accelerating Circularity to transform unsellable textile donations into recycling feedstock. The partnership with Goodwill is intended to develop skills, systems, and infrastructure at local Goodwill organisations to transform unsellable textile donations into recycling

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EU Parliament Revises Timeline On Textile Labeling Regulation

Textile Insights December 8, 2023

The European Union Parliament has revised the timeline for the textile labeling regulation, which was originally planned for fourth quarter of 2023, but has now been rescheduled for fourth quarter of 2024. The European Union Commission had earlier presented an EU strategy in March 2022 for sustainable and circular textiles as part of the circular […]

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Puma To Use Re:Fibre Technology In All Replica Jerseys

Textile Insights December 6, 2023

German sports company Puma has scaled up its textile recycling innovation, Re:Fibre and will be replacing recycled polyester with Re:Fibre in all Puma football Club and federation replica jerseys 2024 onwards. Since the launch of the pilot project in 2022, which saw Puma produce recycled training jerseys for their sponsored football clubs, Re:Fibre technology has […]

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TAI Hosting Conference On Sustainability & Circularity

Textile Insights November 11, 2023

The Textile Association (India), Mumbai Unit is organising an international conference titled ‘Sustainability and Circularity – The New Challenges for The Textile Value Chain’ on January 31, 2024, at The Lalit hotel, Mumbai. TAI (Mumbai) has planned this international conference in order to appraise the Indian textile fraternity including designers and fashion

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Textile Recycling Innovator SaXcell Signs MoU with Birla Cellulose

November 1, 2023

SaXcell, a pioneer in textile recycling, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Birla Cellulose, a part of the Aditya Birla Group and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of man-made cellulosic fiber. This MoU marks the beginning of an extended collaboration between the two companies aimed at producing recycled man-made cellulosic fibers. […]

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TAI Organising Conference On Sustainability and Circularity

Textile Insights October 12, 2023

The Textile Association (India), Mumbai Unit is organising an international conference on ‘Sustainability and Circularity – The New Challenges for the Textile Value Chain’ on January 31, 2024 at Hotel Lalit in Mumbai. TAI has planned this conference to appraise the Indian textile fraternity including designers and fashion schools about new circular sustainable

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BGMEA Partners On Creating Circular Textile Economy

Textile Insights September 5, 2023

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the Circle Economy are collaborating to help Bangladesh’s textile and garment sector’s transition towards a circular economy. The partnership will result in better coordination for sharing expertise, disseminating knowledge and sharing expertise, which will be benefit BGMEA members and help them

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Fifth Edition Of Indorama Ventures’ ‘Circular Innovation Challenge’

Textile Insights September 4, 2023

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a global sustainable chemical company announced its support for the ‘Circular Innovation Challenge 2023’ for the third consecutive year. “The five-week hackathon aims to inspire and engage young people across Southeast Asia to create solutions to address sustainability challenges and the circular economy in Southeast Asia and

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1.5 million Jeans Meet Circular Textile Guidelines

Textile Insights July 27, 2023

Between 2021 and 2023, 1.5 million pairs of jeans were redesigned or confirmed to circular textile norms by brands to meet the guidelines of circular textiles. One-in-nine brands have redesigned at least 40 percent of their jeans portfolio and more than a third of participants, have applied the principles of circular design beyond jeans also […]