31 March 202525 March 2025 Future demand: opportunities for chemicals to capture growth Global research indicates that more than half of consumers are motivated to purchase eco-friendly products and are increasingly willing to pay a premium price for them
21 October 202415 October 2024 Lenzing and TreeToTextile join forces for next-generation cellulose fibers Joining forces with H&M Group, Inter IKEA Group, Stora Enso and LSCS Invest, united by the strong belief that sustainably produced fibers will have the power to change the textile industry to the better
Lenzing und TreeToTextile bündeln ihre Kräfte für Cellulosefasern der nächsten Generation Zusammenarbeit mit H&M Group, Inter IKEA Group, Stora Enso und LSCS Invest, die überzeugt sind, dass nachhaltig produzierte Fasern die Textilindustrie zum Besseren verändern können
6 March 20241 March 2024 Re:NewCell decides to file for bankruptcy The Board of Directors of Re:NewCell AB (publ) (“Re:NewCell”) has today decided to file for bankruptcy of Re:NewCell AB (publ). The bankruptcy application will be filed at the Stockholm District Court
17 October 202311 October 2023 New tech makes bio-based leather from leather waste The research project reProLeather has resulted in a new technology to separate the chromium VI from the shredded leather fibres and create a bio-based alternative to PU and PVC binders
10 February 20237 February 2023 Fashion for Good Sorting for Circularity Advances into the US Market Project expands to the North-American market to drive fibre-to-fibre recycling
8 February 20237 February 2023 Outstanding start in January: Heimtextil 2023 showed great internationality and set the course for sustainable transformation The Green Village with its Green Lectures paved the way for discussing with certifiers, industry experts and NGOs about solutions, best practices and challenges around sustainability in the contract business
Kraftvoll zurück im Januar: Heimtextil 2023 endete mit geballter Internationalität und stellte die Weichen für nachhaltige Transformation Das Green Village gab mit seinen Green Lectures Zertifizierern, Branchenexpert*innen und NGOs Gelegenheit, über Lösungen, Best Practices und Herausforderungen rund um Nachhaltigkeit zu diskutieren
19 July 202214 July 2022 Auch Hennes & Mauritz investiert: Biogarn-Hersteller AlgiKnit sammelt 13 Millionen US-Dollar ein Die Wachstumsambitionen des Unternehmens wurden mit der Eröffnung einer neuen Produktionsstätte im US-Bundesstaat North Carolina in diesem Monat unterstrichen
H&M Group joins funding for seaweed yarn maker Algiknit Algiknit, which makes yarn from kelp seaweed, closes its US$13m Series A funding with help from H&M CO:Lab, the investment arm of H&M Group and announces a new US-based manufacturing facility
24 March 202221 March 2022 Textilwirtschaft verantwortet 20% der weltweiten Wasserverschmutzung 80% der Verschmutzung gelangt über Flüsse und Wasserstraßen in die Ozeane. Unternehmen aus verschiedenen Branchen haben dies als Chance begriffen und Technologien zur Verringerung der Verschmutzung entwickelt, erklärt Isabelle Juillard Thompsen, Co-Portfolio Managerin des DNB Fonds Future Waves bei DNB Asset Management, in ihrem Kommentar anlässlich des UN Weltwassertages am 22 März
2 February 202226 January 2022 Levi’s Most Iconic Jeans Get A Sustainable Makeover Levi’s has been working to make its offering more sustainable, with its iconic 501s the latest design to receive an eco-friendly overhaul
15 December 20219 December 2021 Pangaia Elevates Its Environmental Credentials With Colorifix Bacteria-Based Dyes Collection The Colorifix development works by copying DNA codes of naturally occurring pigments. The replicated code is introduced to engineered microbes and from there, unique colours are evolved
12 November 202112 November 2021 Top fashion CEOs called out for being ‘woven in’ with fossil fuels Synthetics Anonymous report by Changing Markets Foundation found out that some brands have reported almost 90 percent of their collection as being produced from fossil fuels
14 October 202112 October 2021 Made of Air, a maker of ‘carbon negative’ thermoplastics, locks in $5.8M MoA is intending this carbon sequestration product to offer an alternative to fossil-based thermoplastics for use cases
1 July 202130 June 2021 Startup Biomason Makes Biocement Tiles, Retailer H&M Group Plans To Outfit Its Stores’ Floors With Them The Swedish retailer has some 5,000 stores across eight brands, which makes its joint development agreement with Biomason to produce bio-based flooring a big deal for the startup
27 April 20219 September 2021 Presenting Good News x H&M: A unisex collection with a smaller environmental footprint This is H&M’s first ever shoe collaboration featuring innovative materials like Bananatex® — fibre from banana plants — and the vegan grape leather Vegea™
5 March 20218 March 2023 Spinnova and Suzano to open commercial scale factory in 2022 Partners to invest 50% each, H&M Group joins Spinnova’s partners
15 December 20209 September 2021 Consumer Trend: Food Waste Among Materials Harvested in H&M’s Latest Collection New level of waste-upcycling with a line of clothing and accessories created from materials, including food waste, that had been destined for the trash bin
10 December 20207 December 2020 Could This Innovation Be An Answer To Fashion’s Plastic Problem? How does the use of plants instead of oil to produce plastic weigh up against plastic polluting our environment?
3 March 202028 February 2020 Take Five: Bio-based businesses aiming to stimulate positive environmental change via successful partnerships More and more companies are increasingly working together to develop renewable and circular solutions
9 April 20194 April 2019 H&M’s New Sustainable Collection Uses Fabric Made From Fruit and Algae Well known popular brand has established one of the most extensive and ambitious sustainability programs in the fast-fashion market
11 January 20198 January 2019 Stora Enso partners with H&M group and Inter IKEA group to industrialize TreeToTextile TreeToTextile JV aims to use renewable forest raw material and regenerates the cellulose into a textile fiber
11 January 20189 January 2018 A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning fashion’s future Download the report, infographics
13 November 201713 November 2017 Circular clothing: the next step in sustainable fashion Metabolic communications intern Hanna Dijkstra looks at the dirty secret of the fashion industry
4 November 201530 October 2015 Cutting Out Textile Pollution Cleaning up one of the world’s dirtiest industries will require new technology and more