General

The Textiles Ecosystem Transition Pathway was published on 6 June 2023. The policy report includes some 50 specific actions to support the twin transitions and the long-term resilience and competitiveness of the textiles ecosystem. The actions are divided into eight building blocks, each representing 1 key aspect of the transition.

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Behavioural insights from a workshop with the expert group on public administration and governance. This report summarises the findings of a workshop session organised by the EU Policy Lab of the Joint Research Centre in the context of the 8th High-level meeting of the Expert Group on Public Administration and Governance of the European Commission to explore barriers to implementing EU green policies, with a particular focus on behavioural dimensions.

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World Textile Information Network (WTiN) welcomes a new special guest from the textile & apparel industry every two weeks.

Discusses Better Cotton’s traceability strategy launched in 2023, and how to trace cotton back to its country of origin. Valuable for natural fibres; often chemicals are applied during processing, so tracing fibre origin helps with tracing upstream chemical inputs.

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World Textile Information Network (WTiN) welcomes a new special guest from the textile & apparel industry every two weeks.

Interview with MeiLin Wan (founder/CEO of GenuTrace). They discuss how to build supply chain integrity via forensic testing, digital tools, proof‑points (e.g. stable isotopes for origin claims), product passports, etc.

Good for understanding how traceability is being operationalised, including chemical / origin proofs.

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The Upstream Circularity Playbook – exploring the technical innovations, systemic shifts, and real-world solutions shaping the future of textile recycling.

Deep dive into textile waste segregation and traceability. Explore the hidden complexities of textile waste management, from the challenges of tracking waste streams to the opportunities of digital traceability. 

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No Ordinary Cloth delve into the cutting-edge developments and innovations that redefine the very fabric of fashion and textiles.

Focus on tech (AI & ML) in factories to reduce waste and enhance traceability and sustainability. Helps see how digital/AI tools can support traceability (including chemical tracking, though maybe indirect).

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Traceability Journey is a project by The ID Factory. Their mission is to raise awareness about the importance of traceability for sustainable value chains. They are doing this by engaging with ESG consultants and sharing best practices from the fashion supply chain.

Deborah Taylor, CEO at Sustainable Leather Foundation and Consultant at United Nation Economic Commission for Europe, questioned how brands can concretely implement a sustainability change in fashion through traceability and transparency.

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Deep-dive discussions and technology insights for fashion professionals, hosted by The Interline's Editor-in-Chief, Ben Hanson.

Discuss how technology can help in addressing some of the world's most pressing issues such as advancing sustainability, circularity, transparency, and much more.

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Innovation Forum hosts a weekly podcast along with regular interviews with business leaders in sustainability

Explains how fashion companies can become ESPR compliant, outlining the main requirements of the Eco Design for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and its timelines, starting with the latest developments, and offers practical tips to help companies get started today.

World Textile Information Network (WTiN) welcomes a new special guest from the textile & apparel industry every two weeks.

Discusses Better Cotton’s traceability strategy launched in 2023, and how to trace cotton back to its country of origin. Valuable for natural fibres; often chemicals are applied during processing, so tracing fibre origin helps with tracing upstream chemical inputs.

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Scandinavian MIND is a magazine and a platform covering the intersection of lifestyle and technology.

Looks at one of the pilot projects called Trace4Value in textiles, and discusses what has been learned so far in terms of data collection, stakeholder roles (manufacturers, brands, standard bodies), and challenges.

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Scandinavian MIND is a magazine and a platform covering the intersection of lifestyle and technology.

Exploring how fashion brands/retailers can get ready, especially in light of forthcoming EU regulation. Data sharing, technology infrastructure, those kinds of practical readiness topics.

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4TheRecord is a consultancy agency that is offering strategy consulting in the area of digital product passports and help your company collecting DPP verifiable information, e.g. the environmental footprint of a product.

In this series, there are episodes featuring practitioners & experts (e.g. Decathlon, RAIN Alliance) talking about implementing digital product passports in the textile / retail space: how data flows work, what identifiers are used, how interoperability and regulation are shaping what needs to be done.

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This episode provides a crash course to various circular economy assessment tools and a deep dive into Digital Product Passport.

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Spherity is building decentralized identity-management solutions to power the 4th Industrial Revolution, bringing secure identities (“Digital Twins”) to humans, companies, products, or machines.

Focus on pioneers in the field: standards, how to define what DPPs should include, the use of digital IDs/standards in fashion/circular fashion. A good “vision + early practice” mix.

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Looks at EU regulation making DPPs mandatory for many goods and how this will affect retailers, brands, consumers. While not exclusively textiles, it gives a solid overview of what businesses in EU need to prepare for.

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4TheRecord is a DPP consultancy agency.

This podcast provides insights into the regulation, standardization, technical implementation, and industry adoption of digital product passports. This episode hosts Carolynn Bernier, Research Engineer at CEA (The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) and lead coordinator of the EU-funded CIRPASS Projects.

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