Climate change needs new inventions. With this game-changing future yarn the textile industry can create unique decarbonizing and degradable elastic fabrics. Whether it is cotton, wool or synthetic polymers, global textile production has a significant environmental impact with the industry responsible for more than 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions and over 20% of wastewater … Read more
In February 2020, Burberry opened the doors to the new Burberry Centre for Manufacturing Excellence at the Castleford site in Yorkshire. Continuing Burberry’s long-lasting investment in manufacturing, the new training facility is designed to nurture talent and protect the traditional, artisanal skills that underpin Yorkshire’s textile industry. The UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) … Read more
Leading players in the fashion and textile sector are joining forces for the first time to launch an unprecedented environmental movement. 32 leading companies from the fashion and textile industry have given themselves a set of shared objectives in the form of a Fashion Pact. The coalition includes groups and brands in … Read more