Sustainability

Beyond Production: A Deep-Dive Webinar on Use-Phase & End-of-Life Impact is almost here

A Deep-Dive Webinar l Tue, 21 Apr, 2026 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm (UTC+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi.

Beyond Production: Why Use-Phase & End-of-Life Hold the Real Sustainability Key

As sustainability conversations evolve, the spotlight is rapidly shifting beyond manufacturing to what truly defines a product’s environmental footprint—its use-phase and end-of-life impact. A compelling new webinar, “Beyond Production: A Deep-Dive on Use-Phase & End-of-Life Impact,” brings this critical discussion to the forefront, urging industries to rethink lifecycle accountability.

The R|Elan™ Circular Design Challenge 2026, in collaboration with Startup India, is a premier platform aimed at identifying and empowering innovators who are redefining the future of fashion through sustainability and circular design.
We are pleased to inform you that the application deadline has been extended to 26 April 2026, giving you additional time to submit your innovative solutions.
The initiative focuses on enabling solutions that address critical environmental and social challenges within the textile and fashion industry by promoting circularity across the entire value chain.
Program Highlights:
Promotes innovative solutions incorporating circularity in design, production, and post-consumer stages
Encourages the use of recycled materials, alternative dyes, and resource-efficient processes

Textile Recycling: quo vadis? Just a hype or the next big thing? 

12 May 2026
13:00–14:30, CET
Online

Textile Recycling: quo vadis?
Just a hype or the next big thing?

Textile Recycling: quo vadis? Just a hype or the next big thing? 

Texcare Asia International Trade Fair 2026, taking place 21–23 September 2026 in Shanghai, China.

B2B sourcing platform
Why Indian Companies Should Exhibit at Texcare Asia 2026

Access China + Asia-Pacific Growth Markets
China and the wider Asia-Pacific region continue to drive growth in commercial laundry, hospitality, healthcare textiles, industrial cleaning and smart automation. This event gives Indian companies direct access to buyers, distributors, importers and industrial users from across the region.

NISTI Webinar on New Age Fibres – Future of Sustainable Textiles

Date: 2nd May 2026
Time: 4:00 PM
Mode: Online

Speaker:
Ajay Pandit
Additional Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India.

Beyond Production: A Deep-Dive Webinar on Use-Phase & End-of-Life Impact

Tue, 21 Apr, 2026 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm (UTC+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi.
GreenStory
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Fashion for Good launches Project FAE (Feedstock Activation Europe) to develop the sorting and pre-processing infrastructure needed to channel non-rewearable post-consumer textiles into textile-to-textile (T2T) recycling at scale. The project is a practical response to one of the most pressing problems in textile circularity: making post-consumer waste a viable, commercially competitive raw material for recyclers.

Led by Fashion for Good, the project unites brand partners adidas, BESTSELLER and Inditex, alongside a wide network of sorters, recyclers, and ecosystem partners working together to turn findings into lasting infrastructure change.

The Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI), in collaboration with SU.RE, successfully hosted the first edition of the ECO-STITCH Sustainability Conclave on April 3, 2026, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, alongside FAB Show 2026.

The conclave was inaugurated by Smt. Vrunda Desai, Textile Commissioner – Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. Speaking at the inauguration, she expressed, “I am really very happy that we have a day -long conclave, where all industry leaders and stakeholders would be putting in ideas of how to make strides for a more sustainable and ecological environment and how to make India more Atmanirbhar.

Sustainability Isn't a Cost. Its a Filter.

Most textile businesses still treat sustainability as a line item, something to budget
for, report on, and manage down. That framing is the problem.
Global buyers aren't asking suppliers to be sustainable out of goodwill. They're using
sustainability performance as a sourcing filter.
According to a 2025 OECD study, over 80% of garment and footwear brands now require sustainability certifications from suppliers, with regulatory compliance cited as a key driver alongside risk and traceability.

Textile Sustainability: A Structural Metamorphosis Underway
A quick fact sheet
The textile and fashion industry is widely recognized as one of the world's largest polluters, frequently cited in reports as the second most polluting industry after oil, and a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, often ranked behind energy and agriculture. Citation: Down To Earth
Sustainability in the global textile industry is no longer incremental (being no more a choice rather necessity)—it is undergoing a structural metamorphosis/shift driven by regulation push/consumer pull, investor pressure (Investments are been seen from ESG lens), and shifting consumer expectations against a background of changing lifestyle landscape. 

ReHubs will be hosting a virtual press event on Monday 23rd March, 11am-12pm CET to coincide with the launch of the new ReHubs x BCG report and we would like to warmly invite you to join us. 

This press event will provide an overview of the new report, ‘Advancing Textile Circularity – Europe’s textile waste challenge: Scaling Textile-to-Textile requires enabling mechanisms’, why we developed it and key insights. As well as offer space for questions and discussion with ReHubs leadership.
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Salil Chawla, Director of DFU Publications, covered the Bharat Tex 2026 launch on March 11, 2026, featuring excerpts from H'ble Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh, Government of India.
Advocacy for trans-seasonal clothing approach to scale up volumes and in turn improve/shore up India’s apparel exports market share.
Scale holds the key for success; India must move towards higher scale, higher value and 12-month garment manufacturing to achieve a $350 billion textile economy and $100 billion exports by 2030-31, textiles minister Giriraj Singh alluded to Wednesday while addressing on Bharat Tex 2023 inauguration ceremony.