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The fashion industry has a water blind spot

Water is widely recognised as fashion’s single largest environmental impact, yet it remains structurally overlooked in sourcing decisions, audit systems and sustainability reporting. At a time when 2.2 billion people globally lack access to safely managed drinking water, according to the United Nations, the fashion industry continues to consume...

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Woolmark and Colourizd introduce new dry colouring method for wool

Wool industry certifier Woolmark and dry textile colouring specialist Colourizd have introduced a new method to colour wool and wool blends that significantly reduces resource consumption and costs. Colourizd’s QuantumColour is a reduced resource-intense colouration process that requires only the wetting agent and a Bluesign-certified pigment...

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Kering Material Innovation Lab, Vienna Textile Lab and Albini_next join forces to support more sustainable dyeing

Supported by Kering Material Innovation Lab, Albini_next, the think tank of Italian shirting fabrics manufacturer, the Albini Group, and Vienna Textile Lab have announced a collaboration project in which they will explore the possibility of employing microbial colours for dyeing applications on cotton and other natural fibres. The objective is...

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Fashion for Good initiates project with brands and innovators to shift textile processing from wet to dry

The global sustainable initiative Fashion for Good has launched a new consortium project called the D(r)ye Factory of the Future. Its aim is to accelerate the shift from wet to mostly dry processing as textile processing is responsible for the highest greenhouse gas emissions, significant water and chemical use in the fashion value chain. Thus,...

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Lee Jeans announces new water-saving dye technique

Lee Jeans has announced a new water-saving dye technique called ‘Crystal Clear’ as part of its efforts to use lower impact dye processes across its ranges. The Kontoor Brands-owned label said the new technique “drastically” reduces the amount of chemicals needed to dye denim, making it easier to recycle the water from the dye process. While...

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Ralph Lauren unveils scalable zero-wastewater cotton dyeing system

Ralph Lauren Corporation has launched Color on Demand, a “revolutionary” dyeing platform that aims to transform the way the fashion industry colors cotton. The multi-phased system dyes cotton more sustainably, more effectively and faster than other methods, according to the brand, and aims to eventually deliver “the world’s first scalable zero...