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The adoption of a proposal by the European Commission for a directive on corporate sustainability and due diligence will have far reaching effects. A report.

The Circular Fashion Partnership (CFP) project that took place in Bangladesh from October 2020 to December 2021 presents a compelling business case to scale domestic textile recycling, with demand for recycled materials from global brands and to secure consistent access to high quality traceable post-industrial feedstock from local manufacturers.

Traceability all the way to the cotton farm remains a challenge. Yet, cotton is a critical raw material for the garment and footwear sector and its cultivation may involve negative human rights impacts. In this context, how should brands implement due diligence when it comes to cotton? Can sustainability standards play a role? The second in a series.

Cotton cultivation takes place in a rural context and the agricultural sector is quite remote from the realities of the fashion industry and on which brands often feel that they have limited influence. The cotton value chain is a long and complex one. How can one ensure that due diligence regulations will not inadvertently exclude smallholder cotton farmers from global value chains? The first in a series.

The only true way to guarantee traceability and transparency is by connecting the physical traced fibre with the digital (blockchain). And, it is being done!

Impetus Portugal - Texteis SA is one of the leading manufacturers, suppliers and producers of a wide range of apparel in Portugal. Ricardo Figueiredo, Administrator at Impetus Group, talks about the ways in which the Group has been trying to emerge out of the COVID-19 pandemic.