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The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol has been invited to join Cotton 2040. Convened by sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future, the Cotton 2040 coalition is a unique partnership that brings together representatives from standards, producers, brands and retailers, and existing industry initiatives specifically to build on and accelerate collective action to scale up and overcome barriers to sustainable cotton uptake across multiple standards.

“New trends will shape the future of Indian textile and apparel segment in the coming period. Businesses that can recognise the ebb and flow of the market and focus on adopting sustainability and recyclability in their business models will bounce back more strongly,” says Raj Manek.

Convened by sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future, the Cotton 2040 coalition is a unique partnership that brings together representatives from standards, producers, brands and retailers.

The virus has severely hit the global supply chain and has even more extensively hit the manufacturing sectors all around the globe. But not all businesses have been disrupted. Some business opportunities are rolling forward along with new strategies or new business model, write Kumar Vikas.

YKK has developed a line of zippers with tape treated with Polygiene’s ViralOff, so these parts are essentially self-cleaning.

Following wider corporate commitments made by the Lenzing Group in 2019 to drive sustainability and combat climate change, TENCEL, Lenzing’s flagship brand for textiles, is introducing its very first carbon-zero TENCEL branded lyocell and modal fibres to the market.

FPM experts were on hand to answer questions from visitors via live chat and participated in a virtual panel discussion on the subject of ‘Progress in biodegradable textiles’.