June 3, 2026 What if sustainability isn’t the answer?
A provocative question for the textile industry: can an industry built on growth ever truly become sustainable?...
May 4, 2026 From innovation to adoption: closing the toxic chemistry gap
The solutions to fashion's toxic chemistry problem exist – so why is adoption still lagging? The Mills Fabrica maps the gap....
April 7, 2026 Digital Product Passport: from complexity anxiety to action
Digital Product Passport requirements create complexity. A practical approach shows how companies can start structuring product data....
November 6, 2025 What’s holding back textile-to-textile recycling?
Circular textile pilots are working – but without demand and systemic alignment, scaling remains out of reach....
February 28, 2024 LCA – Long Complicated Algorithms? Or Lovely Creative Adventures?
Could the well-established LCA methodology be the missing catalyst needed to empower both business and consumers to make more sustainable decisions? Textiles expert Bowie Miles thinks so, but we just need to do one thing first....
September 6, 2023 Most people won’t climb K2, why do we keep overengineering gear as if they will?
Most people won't climb K2. What are the environmental and inclusivity implications of over-engineering gear as if they will?...
May 2, 2023 ETH: From Sustainability to Regeneration
The ETH Zurich executive study program in Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems (DRRS) offers a novel approach to impact-studying while integrating new skills and cultures into the outdoor industry, amongst other economic sectors....
March 3, 2023 Tracking the Elusive Product Climate Footprint
We’ve calculated global and national carbon emissions, and businesses have increasingly measured carbon footprints from Scopes 1-3. But somehow, an accurate carbon footprint for a single product continues to thwart us. Until now?...
October 24, 2022 Hohenstein Performance Index
Buying outdoor clothing that proves to be unsuitable for the outdoors is not sustainable. The Hohenstein Performance Index enables an objective assessment of the suitability of textiles for their planned use even before buying them....
October 3, 2022 “Strong will to put an end to ‘Forever Chemicals'”
Hazardous highly fluorinated substances or PFAS, are being phased out, but it's proving to be a job easier said than done. Lisa Skedung, co-editor of the recently released PFAS Substitution Guide, shares how to put an end to them....