The Price Parity Toolkit separates next-gen price premiums early in the supply chain. Credit: siripornt/Shutterstock.com. Fashion for Good’s Price Parity Toolkit was developed with support from Laudes Foundation, Canopy and Finance Earth and uses an innovative financing approach (premium decoupling) to remove price premiums. Fashion for Good explains that price is the main barrier for next-gen…
YKK will provide educational sessions and showcase how fastening items, including zippers, snaps, and buttons, function. Credit: Victoria OM/Shutterstock.com. The joint YKK and Fashion Frontier Program, which is endorsed by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment, aims to discover and nurture upcoming fashion designers with a focus on sustainable design utilising fastening products such as snaps,…
Knitted fabrics using yarn made of mechanically opened cotton fibres from post-consumer denim. Credit: Susanna Raiskio at VTT. The public Telavalue research project at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland sees textile recycling as a massive opportunity for the whole of Europe. It explains recycling technology is advancing rapidly, but a lack of regulation and…
The Fashion Impact Toolkit will help companies navigate the impact landscape by aligning with evolving regulatory standards. Credit: Nomad_Soul/Shutterstock. GFA and Deloitte’s Fashion Impact Toolkit serves as an interactive guide for businesses to pinpoint critical sustainability issues within the textile value chain and ensure compliance with changing regulations. It emphasises key environmental, social, and governance…
Guwahati: In a step toward sustainability, a group of women from the Geeta Nagar locality has come together to tackle textile waste by repurposing discarded fabrics into reusable, redecorated items. What began as a personal concern for environmental impact has evolved — under the guidance of resident Jubee Baruwa — into a full-fledged community initiative…