Month: July 2025

Deloitte Global and Global Fashion Agenda publish Fashion Impact Toolkit to help build resilience across textile sector’s value chain

Stuart Mitchell

The textile industry continues to face growing regulatory and market pressures to shift toward more sustainable and inclusive production models. Launched at the June Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2025, the Fashion Impact Toolkit provides an impact inventory and framework to help textile companies navigate sustainability  challenges. This interactive resource is designed for companies across the complex textile value chain, from raw material producers and retailers to recyclers and remanufacturers, and is applicable across major sub-sectors, including high-street fashion, luxury, footwear, sportswear, and textile manufacturing. It can serve as a…

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Fairtrade adds Türkiye to its list of producer countries

Stuart Mitchell

Fairtrade is pleased to announce that Türkiye is now a Fairtrade producer country, which means it has been added to the list of countries where raw materials for certified products can be sourced in Western Asia.    In March 2025, the Fairtrade International Board of Directors approved the expansion of the Fairtrade Geographical Scope Policy of Producer Certification to include Türkiye following numerous requests from member organisations to source hazelnuts.   To begin the process, Fairtrade Germany conducted a thorough analysis, in which they  evaluated Türkiye’s income per capita using data from…

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New study shows aligning renewable energy targets with supportive policies would lift 193 million people out of extreme poverty

Stuart Mitchell

A new study published today shows that coupling renewable energy targets with supportive development policies and investments would have major financial benefits. Such a shift would unlock US$20 trillion in cumulative savings in the energy sector, increase GDP by 21 percent, and increase average per capita GDP by $6,000 by 2060, compared to a business-as-usual scenario. The study, conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), University of Denver’s Pardee Institute and Octopus Energy, set up to explore how time-bound renewable energy targets, backed by coherent policies and financing mechanisms,…

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Carbon Clean accelerates carbon capture with launch of Global Innovation Centre in India

Stuart Mitchell

Carbon Clean, a global leader in revolutionising carbon capture solutions, today announced the official opening of its new Global Innovation Centre (GIC) in Navi Mumbai, India. The GIC will be one of the world’s largest dedicated carbon capture research facilities, spanning 77,121 square feet and housing two carbon capture plants alongside state-of-the-art laboratories for solvent development, analysis, and testing. It will serve as a hub for research, innovation, and technology demonstration. Carbon Clean has invested in the development of the GIC, which will house its latest technologies and an expert…

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RepTrak Previews Compass — A Global Strategic Reputation Intelligence Platform that is More Than a Score

Stuart Mitchell

The RepTrak Company™, the global leader in reputation intelligence for over 20 years, unveils RepTrak Compass™, its most advanced and globally scalable platform to date.    Launching this July, Compass empowers Chief Communications Officers and C-suite leaders to not just monitor stakeholder reputation, but to actively shape it with speed, precision, and confidence.   More than a score, Compass is the only truly integrated global solution for reputation intelligence — combining RepTrak’s world-class Global Advisory expertise with AI-enabled navigation. Designed for today’s dynamic stakeholder environment, Compass enables leaders to shift from measuring…

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