Fashion industry accelerates sustainability and circularity initiatives

M&S to subsidise solar solutions for cotton farmers

Article by Edie

British retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) will subsidise on-farm and off-farm solar technologies for its cotton suppliers in India, and will also support them to restore nature on their land.

The King appoints Stella McCartney as Ambassador of the Sustainable Markets Initiative

Article by The Industry.fashion

Etsy sells second-hand fashion app Depop to eBay for $1.2bn

Article by BBC 

Depop, the second-hand clothing app that has skyrocketed in popularity among Gen Z shoppers, is being sold to eBay for $1.2bn (£890m). Etsy, the online platform, is offloading Depop just five years after it bought the business – which was founded in the UK – for $1.6bn.

Exclusive: Textile recycler circulose is restarting its recycling plant

Article by Business of fashion

The sustainable materials company, which closed its Swedish factory in 2024, is opening it again after a year of restructuring.

South Asia: Global fashion brands’ textile recycling schemes linked to labour rights risks in India and Pakistan; ARISA findings

Article by Business and Human Rights Centre

ARISA’s report examines how leading global fashion brands’ growing reliance on textile recycling and circularity initiatives has failed to address, and in some cases obscured, serious labour rights risks faced by workers in recycling facilities in India and Pakistan. While brands increasingly promote recycled fibres and take-back schemes as evidence of sustainability, the research finds that recycling operations remain largely excluded from brands’ human rights due diligence processes.