3 December 202527 November 2025 Ponda Raises $2.4M to Bring BioPuff® to Market and Restore Wetlands Across Europe Every contribution reflects a growing belief that materials can help heal the planet, and that real change happens when we work together
28 November 202525 November 2025 A KAIST team develops the world’s first modular co-culture platform for the one-pot production of rainbow-colored bacterial cellulose This research offers a versatile platform for producing living materials in multiple colors, and provides new opportunities for sustainable textiles, wearable biomaterials, and functional living materials
25 November 202519 November 2025 EU and France boost circular fashion demand The EU aims to shift responsibility for sustainably managing textile waste away from the consumer and towards the producer
24 November 202520 November 2025 From Premiums To Parity: How Fashion for Good Is Rewriting the Economics of New Materials Next-gen materials hold promise for addressing complex sustainability and circularity challenges, yet their path to mainstream adoption has been severely hindered by a fundamental economic barrier: price
18 November 202512 November 2025 EU, French laws to boost circular fashion demand European laws will boost circular demand by making sustainable production more competitive
11 November 20255 November 2025 Biomaterials that go bump in the night Spiders, hagfish, semi-alive robots, and the blackest blacks: here are the spookiest biomaterials around
10 November 20257 November 2025 ANDRITZ collaborates with Tandem Repeat on solutions to produce novel sustainable fiber The two companies aim to support the textile industry’s transition toward more sustainable production and alternatives to conventional synthetic fibers
7 November 20253 November 2025 Fashion industry failing on certified cotton, increasingly dependent on synthetic materials, reveals 2025 Cotton Rankings The fashion industry is undermining the potential of sustainable cotton for farmers and the environment by relying on uncertified cotton and synthetic fibres, finds a new report published today by Solidaridad and Good On You. The 2025 Cotton Rankings, covering the cotton sourcing of the top 100 fashion brands, also reveals that the fashion industry still lacks transparency on their purchasing practices
4 November 202529 October 2025 nova Talk Premier: Next Generation Cellulose Fibre – Lyocell 2.0 Sustainability and Circularity in Innovative Textiles - Online cellulose fibre nova talk: 13 November 2025, 13:00-14:30 CEST
29 October 202524 October 2025 EREMA Group partners with Australian technology pioneer BlockTexx® The Australian pioneer has developed a process that separates polyester and cellulose from blended textiles
The LYCRA Company Previews New Denim Technologies at Kingpins Amsterdam Samples of LYCRA® VintageFX Fiber and Renewable LYCRA® EcoMade Fiber Showcased
23 October 202517 October 2025 Pangaia’s biobased circular design collection Each piece is crafted entirely from AeoniQ™, a biodegradable cellulosic filament yarn developed by HeiQ
20 October 202516 October 2025 Fashion for Good Launches “Beyond50 Denim” to Address Hemp Integration Barriers In Global Denim Production The project: Combining Cottonised Hemp and Green Chemistry will validate the synergistic integration of two innovations by accelerating the use of hemp as an alternative to conventional cotton in denim
Geno Announces New Partnership with Sojitz to Accelerate Commercialization of World’s First Plant-Based Nylon-6 Collaboration Can Enable Plant-Based Sourcing for Industry
29 September 202523 September 2025 TômTex debuts bio-based textile at New York Fashion Week The new material is engineered using proprietary biomaterials that mimic nature’s own design principles
8 September 202510 September 2025 4.2 million euros for research into textile recycling The DITF will establish a center for the development of high-performance fiber composite structures based on recycled high-performance fibers (HiPerReF) over the next two years
5 September 20251 September 2025 Eastman and Huafon Chemical to establish local cellulose acetate yarn manufacturing facility in China Eastman deepens its market presence in China by enabling a more agile supply chain in response to meet the market demand
28 August 202522 August 2025 A Billion-dollar business is brewing in textile waste – potential for hundreds of plants across Europe The Finnish Telavalue project aimed to solve the sustainability and waste challenges associated with the textile recycling industry
26 August 202520 August 2025 From food packaging to fashion How edible and biodegradable materials are shaping the future of clothing
21 August 202520 August 2025 Biotechnology brings mycelium-based materials to market With the potential to transform multiple sectors, innovative biofabrication processes produce raw fully bio-based materials made from fungi
15 August 202514 August 2025 Challenge and opportunity of developing a lignin supply chain ‘Basal lignin’, which refers to lignin that has been extracted but not further modified, varies widely in properties and therefore also in quality depending on the extraction process
6 August 202530 July 2025 Hemp Fiber Market Set to Surpass Valuation of US$ 30.13 Billion By 2033 The global hemp fiber market was valued at US$ 5.78 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach US$ 30.13 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 20.12% during the forecast period 2025–2033
31 July 202529 July 2025 BioPEtex project: Development of PE-based, spun-dyed, sustainable clothing made from bio-based raw materials The textile industry faces significant environmental challenges, particularly due to the high proportion of non-bio-based and non-recyclable raw materials, which account for over 50% of the market and have a negative impact on the environment and resource consumption
29 July 202525 July 2025 tExtended will present a workshop at the 3rd ECOSYSTEX conference about building a collaborative circular textile system In order to demonstrate and validate the steps taken so far to develop a blueprint for the optimized cycling of discarded textiles, the EU-funded project tExtended will be present at the next ECOSYSTEX conference, which will take place on September 29 – October 1 at the Jacy’z Hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden
17 July 202515 July 2025 Balena’s BioCir® Flex debuts in Stella McCartney’s S-Wave BioCir® Flex is a next-generation material that combines high-performance qualities with environmental responsibility
8 July 20253 July 2025 SK chemicals Signs Exclusive Partnership Agreement with Austria’s Durmont to Supply Sustainable Materials to Global Automotive Brands The three companies have already successfully developed yarns and finished products such as carpets and mats using SK chemicals' differentiated CR (Chemical Recycled) PET material solution
26 June 202523 June 2025 Magnera’s Sontara® brand wins INDA’s® Long-Life Achievement Award at IDEA® 25 Sontara EcoRE material, now part of the Magnera® portfolio, is certified for home composting1 and boasts exceptional strength and durability
23 June 202523 June 2025 Sun, sea, sustainability: biobased swaps for greener holidays We show you how to holiday with a lighter impact by incorporating renewable and upcycled products into your summer packing
13 June 20256 June 2025 Plantae Technologies and Zylotex enter into an exclusive joint development agreement to commercialize hemp fibre-based lyocell production Performance and Sustainability in Fashion, Sport, Composites and Geo Textiles at Core of the Global Development Goals
12 June 202510 June 2025 HH Chemical launches BIODEX® – the world’s first fully integrated bio-based materials brand tackling multi-industry challenges through innovation The BIODEX® product portfolio spans high-performance monomers, elastomers, polymer chips, fibers, functional fabrics, and customizable garments
6 June 20252 June 2025 The Fiber Year 2025 Raw cotton and polyester prices further eased and the average apparel import price into EU decreased by 7% - while the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) has more than tripled by mid-2024 compared with late 2023
3 June 202527 May 2025 Standard Textile Advances Commitment to Sustainability with Sustainability Impact Report and SBTi Pledge Over the next 24 months, the company will develop science-based emission reduction goals and submit them for validation, striving to meet global standards for emissions reduction
15 May 20259 May 2025 Turning CO₂ into essential materials US scientists Neeka and Leila Mashouf are in top 10 innovators of the Young Inventors Prize 2025
13 May 20257 May 2025 HUGO BOSS introduces NovaPoly as a yarn made from recycled textile waste Textile waste, enhanced with a natural additive that mimics the natural behaviour of fibres in the environment, becomes biodegradable
9 May 20255 May 2025 Doga PET takes PET recycling quality to next level with TOMRA Doğa PET, a new recycling venture by Doğa Holding, one of the largest conglomerates in Türkiye, is using TOMRA Recycling’s sensor-based sorting solutions to produce high-quality PET flakes and rPET granules which are suitable for food and textile applications
8 May 20255 May 2025 DePoly to launch 500-tonne-per-year Showcase Plant to give yesterday’s plastics a new purpose, as it secures $23M Swiss cleantech scale-up prepares to demonstrate industrial-scale implementation of its revolutionary technology that transforms plastic waste into virgin-quality raw materials without fossil fuels
5 May 202528 April 2025 Avantium Advances PEF-Based Spacer Fabric For Auping Mattresses With Consortium Of Textile Innovators The consortium has completed the initial proof of concept study and is now progressing towards prototype development
25 April 202522 April 2025 The LYCRA Company Previews Bio-Derived LYCRA®EcoMade Fiber at Kingpins Amsterdam Hosts Virtual Reality Experience “From Farm to Fiber”
17 April 202511 April 2025 lululemon Announces New Collaboration with ZymoChem to Advance and Scale Bio-Based Nylon Together, lululemon and ZymoChem will sustainably transform a key building block of nylon 6,6 – a foundational material used in many of lululemon’s iconic products
4 April 202531 March 2025 Toray Adopts Mass Balance Approach for TORAYLON™ Acrylic Staple Fiber Production Toray to offer high-value-added TORAYLON™ that is also environmentally-conscious
1 April 202527 March 2025 Aquafil, A Step forward Circularity: first demo plant launched for chemical separation of elastic fiber from nylon Increasingly virtuous recycling model is able to recover nylon, which is entirely destined for the ECONYL® regeneration plant, where it will be processed into new regenerated nylon
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
28 March 202531 March 2025 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), March 2025 Let's take a look at what happened in March 2025 at RCI:
Developing a master plan for textile circularity tExtended enters phase two in the development of a blueprint for optimised recovery, reuse and recycling of discarded textiles
21 March 202520 March 2025 Cellulose Fibres Conference 2025: Celebrating Innovation and Dynamic Development in the Sustainable Fibres Market The two-day hybrid event attracted around 200 participants from 22 countries, reflecting the growing global interest in sustainable textile solutions
19 March 202512 March 2025 From high school science project to $18.3M: AI-accelerated enzymes are coming for fast fashion’s plastic waste The startup Epoch Times will use the new funding to their first production facility this year, which Nathan says will be able to gobble through 150 tons per year of waste
4 March 20253 March 2025 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), February 2025 Let's take a look at what happened in February 2025 at RCI
GOZEN’s radical new biomaterial LUNAFORM™ scales up in first commercial range, making biodesign a reality in fashion and beyond Biotech startup GOZEN has launched its debut LUNAFORM biomaterial range in conjunction with a new facility in Turkey and a short film
24 February 202518 February 2025 bluesign® Driving Strategic Transformation Toward a Safer and More Sustainable Fashion Industry The bluesign® SYSTEM is setting the benchmark for safer, more sustainable practices by eliminating hazardous chemicals, optimizing resource usage, and fostering transparency across our supply chain
18 February 202513 February 2025 Innovation network gains 100 new members in less than a year As well as support for startups, IBioIC bridges the gap between industry and Scotland’s academic expertise, with research support, skills development programmes, and access to bioprocess scale-up facility