As the fashion industry looks to scale circularity, one of the key areas to address is post-industrial waste. Compared to post-consumer waste streams, recovering materials from production offers an easier path to closed-loop systems since the content of the textiles is known. Global Fashion Agenda’s Global...
As Transformers Foundation aims to create a more sustainable denim industry, one of its key pillars of action is educational outreach. The organization’s Transformers ED series, launched in 2018, has brought educational events to institutions such as colleges in global destinations ranging from Mexico and Brazil...
The "Lenzing Talks Series," held since 2023 to raise environmental awareness in the textile sector, will continue to shape the future of the sector with diverse cities and topics. The series recently continued for the seventh time in Istanbul, Türkiye after editions in Brazil, Mexico...
The industry is constantly unleashing new projects, innovations and collaborations designed to improve sustainability and reuse. Each month, we’ll bring you the latest in sustainability and circularity news so you can stay up to date on developments. CIRCULARITY NEWS Less than 1 percent of the 15.4 million...
Sourcing Journal held its second annual LA Sustainability Summit last week, bringing together multiple tiers of the fashion supply chain to discuss how to move production and product development in a lower impact direction. Themed “A New Way of Thinking,” the event focused on innovations ranging...
Benchmarking across the industry is a valuable instrument in pushing sustainability ahead, since it allows companies to see where they stack up. In two recent sets of rankings from Canopy and EcoVadis, Lenzing Group received top marks, reflecting the work being done in areas such as...
Mud Jeans has made a name for itself in circularity. The Netherlands-based denim brand incorporates post-consumer recycled cotton into its fabrics, takes back its customers’ jeans and pioneered concepts like a jean leasing program that offers an alternative to ownership. Now, Mud Jeans is teaming up...
Synthetic materials make a number of contributions to performance textiles: They are durable, they can add stretch and they are easy to care for. However, conventional synthetics come with a major environmental challenge: they don’t biodegrade. OceanSafe is changing this with its naNea co-polyester that will...
Overall fiber production is on the rise, from around 125 million in 2023 to 132 million tonnes in 2024, according to Textile Exchange’s Materials Market Report. Although much of the growth in the fiber market is coming from virgin synthetics like polyester, man-made cellulosic fibers—which includes...
The industry is constantly unleashing new projects, innovations and collaborations designed to improve sustainability and reuse. Each month, we'll bring you the latest in sustainability and circularity news so you can stay up to date on developments. Circularity News Textile-to-textile recycling is progressing steadily, with several...
DCIM\100MEDIA\DJI_0567.JPG As Lenzing Group works toward our target of net-zero emissions by 2050, one of the key investment areas is renewable energy. We are increasingly powering our regenerated cellulose fiber facilities with energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass. Building on these efforts, the company is...
On July 22, Lenzing presented an exciting new exhibition and series of events curated by the art institution Cittadellarte, the Fondazione Pistoletto, Accademia Unidee and Fashion B.E.S.T. at the Castello Gamba, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Châtillon, northern Italy. The exhibition explores the...