The French Senate has approved a new legislation that puts strict rules on ultra-fast fashion brands like SHEIN and Temu. This bill bans ads for brands that harm the environment and fines those that don’t follow sustainability rules. The goal is to push the fashion industry toward more eco-friendly practices with lower carbon footprint, aiming…
What will it take for low-impact textile manufacturing innovation to operationalize and scale beyond the “blah blah blah” of good intentions but lethargic action that has locked the industry in action-plan paralysis? Arvind Limited and Fashion for Good want to find out. The Indian production giant and the Amsterdam innovation platform are at the Global…
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s latest deregulatory moves could have far-reaching consequences for the fashion industry, particularly for companies committed to ambitious sustainability targets. With sweeping rollbacks across emissions, air quality and water pollution regulations, the changes could ease short-term compliance costs for some apparel businesses — but at what long-term price? The EPA…
A bigger push for battery-powered lorries and taxis is needed for Hong Kong to cut emissions more quickly as part of its wider carbon-reduction drive, a policy think tank has said. In a report released on Friday reviewing the city’s progress towards achieving its climate goals, Civic Exchange also called for ending new registrations of…
Vietnam’s electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast enters the Indian market by unveiling two premium electric SUVs, the VF6 and VF7, at the India Auto Show in New Delhi. The move marks VinFast’s strategic expansion into the world’s third-largest car market, challenging local players like Mahindra & Mahindra and China’s BYD. VinFast Asia CEO, Pham Sanh…
A lower battery-electric vehicle market share in 2025 is likely to make it much more difficult for the EU to meet its carbon emission targets as increasing the BEV market share and sales is one of the key ways car makers were planning to meet those goals. ADVERTISEMENT The outlook for the battery-electric vehicle (BEV) in…
The lithium market has entered a period of price decline, mainly because of weaker demand conditions and an oversupply of lithium carbonate in key regions. In October, seaborne lithium carbonate prices for Asia dropped by 3.8%, hovering around $10,000 per metric ton, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights analysis. The price dip reflects the seasonal…
China is often criticised for its emissions of carbon dioxide, which dwarf those of other countries. By way of defence, Chinese leaders can at least point to their official goal of having those emissions peak by 2030. But China is also the world’s biggest emitter of methane, another greenhouse gas. It produces about 14% of…
Increased use of natural gas for power generation has made the United States more dependent on fossil fuels for its electricity supply this year than China, the world’s top carbon emitter. Since June 2024, high U.S. summer electricity demand has been mostly met by increased gas-fired power generation, while a rebound in hydropower in China…