August 2, 2022 HIGG: “Goal isn’t to advocate for one material over another.”
The outdoor industry’s leading tool for measuring its environmental impacts is under fire. Higg's Senior VP of Market Impact, Del Hudson, responds to the recent controversy and critique surrounding the Higg Materials Sustainability Index (MSI)....
June 27, 2022 REPORT: Decouple Growth From Resource Extraction NOW
Textile Exchange’s Material Change Insights Report shows glimpses of progress in sustainable sourcing, but emphasizes that dematerialization is crucial right away....
June 8, 2022 Keeping Polyester in the Loop
PET bottles can’t fuel the circular apparel economy alone. Closing the loop means we need to recycle apparel – and lots of it. Demeto might be part of the answer....
June 8, 2022 Solar Solutions in Vietnam
Wouldn’t it be great if a group of Western brands sharing the same manufacturers in Vietnam would say: “Hey, let’s collaborate to switch out fossil energy and invest in solar power on the rooftops of the Vietnamese facilities!” Good news:...
June 8, 2022 The Re-Factory
Renewcell bases its solution on the Swedish forest industry and cutting-edge research, and it already has customers lining up for when the company starts producing recycled textiles in a repurposed paper mill this summer....
May 27, 2022 Sympatex: Let’s Collaborate
As pressure towards circularity rises from legislation and consumer demand, Sympatex makes the case for working together to make circularity a reality....
February 3, 2022 Amazonian Leather
Two recent reports have made a compelling case that Outdoor brands are complicit in the number one cause of Amazon deforestation. Textile Exchange responds that it's past time to clean up leather supply chains....
January 24, 2022 Gore Goes Recycled
Gore Fabrics Division announces Global Recycled Standard (GRS) Certification....