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Over 62.5 billion global Digital Product Passports expected to be created by 2030

The imminent introduction of Digital Product Passports (DPPs) has been long awaited, with the European Union (EU) one of the central drivers behind the concept, striving for the mission of establishing a comprehensive product data platform. While DPPs are being planned for almost all consumer sectors, apparel has particularly been gaining...

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What is the Digital Product Passport in fashion?

The fashion industry is about to experience a significant shift with the introduction of Digital Product Passports (DPP). This passport per product, requiring brands to create a digital file for each product, will provide comprehensive data on a product's entire lifecycle, highlighting its sustainability, environmental impact, recyclability,...

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What is the upcoming Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) legislation? What does it mean for the fashion industry, and what can you do to prepare?

Good news from Brussel. ‘A victory for people and the environment.’ Lara Wolters on X, tweet from March 15, 2024: “Due Diligence passed in Council! People and planet prevailed over cynicism. Thanks so much to the Belgian Presidency for all its efforts!” On Friday, March 15, the EU voted in favor of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...

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What to Expect from the EU’s efforts to Revise the Textile Labelling Regulation

Brussels - Selected for their practical qualities and their visual appeal, textiles play a vital role in the daily lives of every citizen. Enhancing the efficiency, comfort, and appeal of various objects, textiles are essential components to various products such as furniture, clothing, or others, such as cars, and protective and medical gear....

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How AI-driven Product Data Standardization is Optimizing the Fashion Industry

As fashion retailers gear up for each new season, the time-consuming task of entering or copy-pasting product data often looms large before launching products online. Fortunately, AI technology can handle this repetitive work flawlessly, freeing up human resources for more engaging and creative tasks. Enriching product data can pose significant...

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What to know about the EU’s upcoming Digital Product Passport

For many regions, it is now a race against the clock in an attempt to reverse environmental damages caused by various industries. Such efforts have become increasingly apparent within the European Union (EU), which has been drastically scraping together an array of legislations over the past year to tackle eco-issues in a bid to right the wrongs...

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European parliament outlines measures to ‘drive fast fashion out of fashion’

The European parliament’s Environment Committee has outlined a series of recommendations and measures that hope to encourage countries in the European Union to produce circular, sustainable and socially responsible textiles. Members of European Parliament (MEPs) stated that products sold in the region “should be more durable, easier to use,...

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circular.fashion joins CIRPASS to lay the ground for the deployment of European Digital Passport Products

circular.fashion joins the CIRPASS consortium, bringing together a core network of leading organisations in building the European vision for a unified Digital Product Passport (DPP) approach across multiple value chains. Funded by the European Commission under the Digital Europe Programme, CIRPASS aims to prepare the ground for the gradual...

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Making circularity a reality with circularity.ID®

In a circular fashion system, garments need to be designed not only for recycling but also to be used longer and more intensively. But the product’s design is just the starting point. To be able to circulate, essential product data needs to be accessible to all stakeholders along the value chain for them to optimize decision-making on use,...

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Europe to crackdown on fast fashion

The European Union wants to slow down the pace of fashion. By laying down a sustainable textile strategy the EU aims to tackle fashion’s environmental impact and labour abuses. The move was plainly summed up by Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, in a speech last year: “Fast fashion is poison for our planet,” The strategy...

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Game changing legislations looming over the apparel and footwear industry

In 2020 the EU Commission has launched a Circular Economy Action plan1, aiming at making sustainable products the norm in the EU, support the 2050 carbon neutrality target of the EU, and to push for sustainable growth. The textile sector has been singled out by the EU commission, together with four others, as one with the highest environmental...