Economy

Lululemon Reports FY25 Impact Progress

Textile Insights September 21, 2026

Lululemon has released its FY25 Impact Report, outlining progress across its People and Planet priorities and marking the first full year of reporting against its Impact Agenda 2030. The report details performance against the company’s impact goals, key milestones achieved during FY25 and areas

Sustainability

Ralph Lauren Reports 42% Reduction In Emissions To Advance ‘Timeless By Design 2030’ Sustainability Strategy

Textile Insights September 21, 2026

Ralph Lauren Corporation has reported a 42% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its FY20 base year as the company completed the first year of its Timeless by Design 2030 global citizenship and sustainability strategy. The US fashion and lifestyle company said it made progress across four key areas – industry collaboration, natural resource […]

Sustainability

Ralph Lauren Cuts Emissions 42% As It Advances 2030 Sustainability Strategy

Textile Insights September 16, 2026

Ralph Lauren Corporation has reported a 42% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its FY20 base year as the company completed the first year of its Timeless by Design 2030 global citizenship and sustainability strategy. The US fashion and lifestyle company said it made progress across four key areas – industry collaboration, natural resource […]

Sustainability

Levi’s, H&M And Nike Lead Fashion Industry’s Carbon Progress Rankings For 2026

Textile Insights July 9, 2026

The global fashion industry is entering a new era of climate accountability, with measurable emissions reductions replacing sustainability pledges as the benchmark for corporate performance. As stricter regulations such as the European Union’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and California’s Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB

Special Report

Is Viscose The New Polyester?

Textile Insights July 9, 2026

The fibre changed. The system did not. And the industry pays every time. Before polyester, fashion’s fibres were expensive, labour-intensive and geographically constrained. Silk came from China. Wool came from farms. Cotton needed land and water. The supply chain was slow, and the product was priced accordingly. Then polyester changed the economics of the entire […]

Sustainability

Eight Global Brands Join Initiative To Cut Deforestation From Fashion And Packaging

Textile Insights November 28, 2025

Canopy announced that eight new companies have joined its flagship Pack4Good and CanopyStyle initiatives. The latest cohort includes Marc O’Polo, Victoria’s Secret & Co., Akyn, Mint Velvet, Spell, OUTnABOUT, D Ô E N, and ICICLE, all committing to eliminating the use of Ancient and Endangered Forests in their paper packaging and man-made cellulosic fibre (MMCF) […]

Sustainability

Textile Exchange Unveils 2030 Strategy – Doubling Down On Systems Change

Textile Insights July 10, 2025

Textile Exchange has announced a bold strategic shift as it aligns its operations and focus to meet the scale of transformation required for the fashion and textile industry to achieve critical climate and nature goals by 2030. The initiative, titled “Strategy to 2030: Doubling Down on Systems Change”, follows an extensive internal review launched in […]

Corporates

Circ To Build US$ 500M Polycotton Recycling Plant In France

Textile Insights May 21, 2025

U.S. based textile recycling company Circ has secured support from the French government and the European Union to establish the world’s first industrial-scale facility capable of recycling polycotton, a blend of polyester and cotton at Saint-Avold in northeastern France. The project, with a total investment of €450 million (US$ 500 million), is set to begin […]

Dyes & Chemicals

Transfer Chemicals And SHEIN Establish Joint Laboratory For Textile Innovation

Textile Insights March 2, 2025

On February 17, Transfer Chemicals and SHEIN, a global leader in online fashion and lifestyle retail, signed a cooperation framework agreement in Guangzhou, marking the official establishment of the “SHEIN & Transfer Joint Laboratory.” Wang Haoran, Vice President of Transfer Chemicals’ Textile Division, and Xinlou Qu, Head of Textile Technology

Sustainability

HUGO BOSS Introduces Eightyards For Textile Upcycling

Textile Insights February 27, 2025

Eightyards GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the HUGO BOSS Group, officially commenced business operations. Based in Metzingen, the new venture enables HUGO BOSS to repurpose its surplus materials, giving them a new lease of life. Eightyards operates across three core business areas: reselling, reusing, and re-, up-, and downcycling the Group’s surplus textiles for