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DPPs Are Coming: Is Your Brand Ready? (Webinar)

Join us for a special edition of Sustainability: No Filter. This one-hour session, in partnership with GreenStitch, will unpack our dedicated report on Digital Product Passports. We'll discuss what’s changing, what brands are missing, and how to build a DPP strategy that creates commercial value—not just compliance readiness. July 2 · 11am EDT /...

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DPP readiness: When and how brands and suppliers can get started

The Digital Product Passport (DPP), part of the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), will create a standardised system for sharing comprehensive product data, from information about durability and recyclability to recycled content and environmental footprint. “It is emerging as one of the most transformative regulatory and...

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How to do it: Brands talk about DPP implementation

The digital product passport (DPP) is currently being rolled out under the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). From 2027, it will be mandatory for priority product groups, including garments and textiles, and will apply to almost all physical goods sold in the EU, regardless of where the manufacturer is located. For...

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The story behind World Collective and its DPP-Ready Textile Library

“Our goal is to create an ecosystem, not simply a fabric marketplace,” Jeanine Ballone, co-founder and CEO of World Collective explains when asked what her mission is. Ballone launched the digital sourcing platform in 2022 after years of working across what she described as a fragmented and relatively outdated global supply chain. To address...

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Navigating DPP implementation: Renoon CEO on challenges and gains

Operational questions are causing a bottleneck when it comes to DPP implementation rather than its requirements. Who owns this data internally? Which budget covers it? Which suppliers need to be onboarded first? On what timeline? These are some of the questions that DPP provider Renoon faced. The company started as an app for sustainable fashion...

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AAFA publishes apparel traceability glossary in DPP era

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) published its first Global Apparel, Footwear & Accessories Glossary of Traceability Terms on 3 June 2026 — a voluntary, open-source reference that defines the vocabulary of supply chain traceability, from "chain of custody" to "forensic tracing." For brand owners navigating the EU's Digital...

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First DPP-ready textile library goes live

Brands and retailers that are currently preparing for the EU’s Digital Product Passport (DPP) regulation can start by sourcing verified, compliance-ready textiles directly from a structured, supplier-level data library, which went live on 21st May. The library is the brainchild of World Collective who connects brands with next-generation...

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Europe is forcing the fashion industry to change - and Amsterdam is taking center stage

At a pivotal moment for Europe’s textile and fashion industry, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS/HvA) will host the international Textile ETP Conference from 26 to 28 May 2026, Europe’s leading platform for future-proof fashion and textiles. Researchers and the industry will join forces to make transformation possible, as new...

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Ireland launches national circular economy strategy for textile industry

The Irish government has launched a new strategy to overhaul the national textile industry, with the mission of shifting from a linear “take-make-waste” model to a circular economy. With the unveiling of the Whole of Government Economy Strategy 2026-2028 and the first-ever National Policy Statement and Roadmap on Circular Textiles, Ireland is...

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Lotta Ludwigson x Remei: digital product passport in action

On Thursday, March 19, 2026, Berlin-based slow fashion label Lotta Ludwigson and sustainable Swiss textile producer Remei launched a joint t-shirt collection. The Luma t-shirts are 100 percent traceable via the my-trace app, not only from the organic cotton raw material to the finished product but starting from the seed itself. The t-shirt is...

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24h circular fashion: sector calls for centralized direction and collaboration

The apparel industry has reached a critical tipping point where ambition must transition into collective execution. Last month, the Dutch branch of the international data standardisation organization GS1 and technology firm WAIR hosted the ‘24h Circular Fashion journey’ in Amsterdam, bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders to address...

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Interloop: Supply chain truth begins in the cotton field

During the GS1 - WAIR 24h Circular Fashion Journey, Pascal Betten, managing director of Interloop Europe, presented an in-depth vision on supply chain transparency. The Pakistani textile giant produces nearly one billion pairs of socks annually for retailers like Nike, Adidas and H&M. The company emphasised that a reliable Digital Product...