Established in 2018, Tandem Repeat Technologies is a Delaware Corporation co-founded by Dr Melik Demirel, Dr Gozde Senel Ayaz and Dr Benjamin Allen. Its advanced technology is used to produce sustainable natural fibres for use in the fashion industry.
The spending power of the disabled community has been largely excluded from the sustainable fashion movement. Victoria Jenkins, founder of fashion brand Unhidden, explains how she intends to empower this untapped market.
Established in 2018, Tandem Repeat Technologies is a Delaware Corporation co-founded by Dr Melik Demirel, Dr Gozde Senel Ayaz and Dr Benjamin Allen. Its advanced technology is used to produce sustainable natural fibres for use in the fashion industry.
The spending power of the disabled community has been largely excluded from the sustainable fashion movement. Victoria Jenkins, founder of fashion brand Unhidden, explains how she intends to empower this untapped market.
Renewable energy group BayWa r.e. has launched a programme with Swedish shoe manufacturer Icebug to decarbonise apparel factories by installing rooftop solar panels.
The fate of used textiles is often unclear, but recent developments including an investigation of Dow’s (NYSE:DOW) recycling programmes suggest that companies will soon face pressure to improve their transparency.
As the fashion industry struggles to come to terms with how to manage its impact on the environment and climate, Debbie Shakespeare, senior director of sustainability, compliance and core product line management at Avery Dennison RBIS, discusses how regulation could change everything.
This week saw news that fossil fuel subsidies hit $1trn in 2022. While the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis can explain that, it does point to a failure of commitment to net zero goals. Different solutions need to be found if short term concerns mean governments ignore the long term.
H&M (STO:HMB) has set up a joint venture with waste management group Remondis to sort and recycle textile waste, but campaigners said that the initiative “is greenwashing and will barely scratch the surface of this problem”.
Hydrogen Utopia International (HUI) (LSE:HUI) has partnered with the Ethical Fashion Group to transform textile waste into low-carbon hydrogen and other valuable resources.
France's Ever Dye, a deep tech company working in the dyeing industry, announced their new funding round led by Maki Ventures and Asterion Ventures.
Global chemicals producer Archroma has launched a new range of dyes that are made from upcycled textile waste.
