Environmental sustainability is of growing importance within the global fibre, textile and apparel industries, and pressures on companies to improve their sustainability credentials have prompted several of them to develop innovative new products. This report provides information on the latest product developments in relation to environmental sustainability with a particular focus on: base layer garments and knitwear made using recycled materials; denim jeans and dyeing technologies which have a low impact on the environment; flame resistant (FR) fabrics and upholstery fabrics which are free from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs); raw materials made using renewable feedstock; bio-based stretch fibres; and towels made using yarn derived from recycled materials. Furthermore, the report includes information and insight relating to the following innovative brands, companies and other organisations: Archroma; BASF; Cone Denim; Dairen Chemical Corporation (DCC); DePoly; Exponent Envirotech; Gebrüder Otto; iinouiio; Jeanologia; Kipaş Denim; Lenzing Group; Milliken & Company; Odlo; Oubas; Qore; Recycling Atelier; Superlove Merino; The Lycra Company; and Ultrafabrics.
- SUMMARY
- BASE LAYER GARMENTS CONTAINING RECYCLED MATERIALS
- Sportswear brand Odlo is collaborating with recycling pioneer DePoly in the development of a prototype base layer garment containing recycled polyester
- DENIM WHICH HAS A LOW IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
- Speciality chemicals manufacturer Archroma, Kipaº Denim, and garment finishing machinery company Jeanologia have collaborated in the development of a denim jeans collection which has a low impact on the environment
- DYEING TECHNOLOGIES WHICH HAVE A LOW IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
- Cone Denim has developed a range of denim fabrics which are coloured using COLOURizd’s novel
- QuantumCOLOUR technology which has a low impact on the environment
- Lenzing Group (Lenzing) and Exponent Envirotech have collaborated in the development of a waterless dyeing technology called ECOHUES
- FLAME RESISTANT (FR) FABRICS WHICH ARE FREE FROM PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFASS)
- Milliken & Company has developed a flame resistant fabric which is free from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) for use in the manufacture of turnout gear
- KNITWEAR MADE USING RECYCLED MATERIALS
- iinouiio, Oubas and Superlove Merino have collaborated in the development of a knitwear collection which is made using recycled merino wool yarn
- RAW MATERIALS MADE USING RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCK
- BASF has expanded its range of raw materials for producing synthetic fibres to include chemical intermediates which are made using feedstock derived from renewable resources
- BIO-BASED STRETCH FIBRES
- The Lycra Company, Dairen Chemical Corporation (DCC) and Qore have collaborated in the development of a bio-based lycra fibre
- TOWELS MADE USING YARN DERIVED FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS
- Gebrüder Otto and Recycling Atelier are collaborating in the development of a cotton towel which is made using yarn derived from recycled materials
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