11th- 15th March 2024
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We’re back with our Ecotextile News Weekly Briefing, the one-stop shop for getting you up to date on the most important news of the week. You can find all of our stories by visiting https://www.ecotextile.com/news/ but for now, sit back, relax and let us catch you up?????
Monday
??To begin the week, we reported that Polish fashion group LPP is expanding its used clothing collection programme to include some of its international retail sites.
??We also reported that textile traceability specialist Trimco Group , recycling and sorting firm Tomra and software supplier Kezzler have joined forces to develop a new platform to help support sustainability in the fashion industry and the transition to circularity.
Known as Fashion360, the new platform aims to create a global community of fashion industry professionals to share knowledge and expertise through a series of collaborative workshops.
Tuesday
??On Tuesday we broke the news that legislation which would require companies to justify the environmental claims made for their products had been overwhelmingly backed by the European Parliament.
A full plenary session of parliament voted to adopt the European Union's proposed Green Claims Directive with 467 votes in favour, with 65 against and 74 abstentions.
??We also reminded our readers that the Scandinavian Textile Initiative for Climate Action (STICA) next week hosts its Climate Action Week for Fashion and Apparel to highlight the “daunting” challenges facing the industry in meeting its carbon targets.
Experts from across the industry will discuss a range of climate-related issues during a week of webinars that will highlight the challenges and potential solutions for the apparel industry from 18th–22nd March.
Wednesday
??On Wednesday we disclosed that The Global Fashion Agenda has partnered with PDS Ventures , the innovation and investment arm of apparel manufacturer PDS, to launch a new Trailblazer programme.
The new initiative will work to identify early-stage innovators in the fashion sector and support them on their journey to scale-up their businesses with one applicant receiving a $200,000 investment to help accelerate its growth.
??We also revealed that more than 40 fashion retailers and textile and clothing manufacturers have had their Science Based Targets initiative net-zero commitments removed after it emerged that previously agreed scope 3 reduction targets were considered too difficult to meet.
The list struggling with scope 3 emissions, which refers to emissions in the supply chain such as energy usage by product manufacturing and supply chain partners, includes high profile retailers such as Gap, M&S, Prada, New Look, Mulberry and s.Oliver.
Thursday
??On Thursday, it was revealed that Scandinavian textile fibre innovator SPINNOVA? has launched a cost-cutting review and shaken up its management team on the back of disappointing financial results for 2023 which saw revenues plummet and losses soar.
??We also shared that sportswear giant PUMA Group has achieved its first science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets seven years ahead of schedule, according to its latest sustainability report
The report, ‘Play faster. Forever Play’, shows that Puma achieved a 24% reduction in GHG in 2023 compared to the previous year, giving it an overall reduction of 85% of its own emissions and a 65% reduction of supply chain emissions relative to sales compared to a 2017 baseline, hitting its first milestone well ahead of its target year of 2030.
Friday
??Joining our breaking news of the week, today a bill which would impose an environmental surcharge of up to €10 ($11) per garment on ultra-fast fashion companies, such as China-owned Shein, has been approved by France's National Assembly.
All voting lawmakers in the lower house of the French Parliament unanimously approved the bill which will need the approval of the upper house, the Senate, to become law.
??Finally, European proposals to make companies responsible for human rights and environmental issues in their global supply chains have finally been approved - albeit with significant concessions.
The European Union's landmark Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) had looked in danger of falling at the last hurdle before today's backing by the European Council.
And that’s a wrap on this weeks briefing!
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