Sustainability

Sustainability Enters An Age Of Divergence

Textile Insights October 9, 2026

Despite a staggering $17 trillion invested in sustainable technologies over the past decade, progress remains uneven across sectors, technologies and businesses, according to Bain & Company’s fourth edition of The Visionary CEO’s Guide to Sustainability. The global sustainability transition

Event

Patricia Urquiola Expands Design Collaboration At Heimtextil 2027

Textile Insights October 1, 2026

Patricia Urquiola will return to Heimtextil 2027 with an expanded interpretation of the event’s trend theme, presenting three sculptural elements in the Trend Space. The installation will bring the Heimtextil Trends 27/28, curated by Alcova, to life under the theme Home-Maxxing – The Performance of Everyday Living. The collaboration marks the third consecutive year of […]

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

Alfredo Ferre Appointed To Textile Exchange Governance Board

Textile Insights January 20, 2025

Alfredo Ferre, Chief Product, Innovation, and Sustainability Officer at Recover, has been appointed to the Textile Exchange Governance Board. With over 30 years of experience in the textile industry, Alfredo is recognized for his expertise in textile recycling and his dedication to advancing sustainability and innovation within the sector. In his new role, Alfredo will

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Fight Against Ghost Gear: Waterhaul Turns Ocean Pollution Into Purposeful Products

Textile Insights November 11, 2024

UK-based company Waterhaul is tackling one of the ocean’s most pressing challenges: ghost gear, or abandoned fishing nets that continue to trap marine life and pollute waters long after their useful life. These discarded nets, made from resilient plastics like nylon and polypropylene, constitute nearly half of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, as noted by […]

Corporates

MAS Holdings And Ambercycle Partner To Advance Apparel Sustainability

June 6, 2024

MAS Holdings, a global apparel manufacturing and tech conglomerate headquartered in Sri Lanka, has joined forces with Los Angeles-based materials science company Ambercycle to scale up textile-to-textile regeneration in the apparel industry. The partnership, which centers around a three-year offtake agreement, reflects demand among large brands and manufacturers for new

Fibre

Hyosung’s Backward Integration Into Raw Material For Spandex

Textile Insights April 2, 2024

Hyosung is initiating a backward integration project and is investing in producing bio-Butanediol (BDO), which is a chemical, used as a raw material for PTMG, which is used to make spandex fibre. This was announced by Hyun-Joon Cho, Chairman of Hyosung who added that the company is investing US $1 billion to establish a 200,000 […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Aditya Birla Fashion Unveils ‘Fashionabling Earth’ 3D Book At Bharat Tex 2024

March 3, 2024

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited (ABFRL) unveiled its “Fashionabling Earth,” a 3D coffee table book at Bharat Tex 2024. The book is aimed at providing an immersive and inspiring experience. Going beyond conventional reading, this book integrates interactive 3D features and captivating pop-up images to breathe life into sustainable stories. Reflecting