DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award 2022

For the six time since 2017, the Discover National Fibre Initiative is once again inviting entries for its now coveted ‘DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award’. The aim of the …

DNFI Steering Committee Meeting 2022

(Updated: January 26 2022) An exciting year lies behind us. The second year with a global pandemic and the direct and indirect consequences for international cultivation and trade in natural …

DNFI – Founding member of – Make the Label Count

(Update: February 3rd 2023) “Make the Label Count” brings together an international coalition of organisations who want to ensure clothing sustainability claims in the EU and globaly are credible. The …

Microplastic pollution is a global challenge

Microplastic pollution is a global challenge across many industries and sectors – one of critical importance being textiles. A 2021 study by the California Ocean Science Trust and a group …

World Cotton Day 2021

For this year’s World Cotton Day on October 7, 2021, the global cotton community is once again drawing attention to the importance of cotton as a raw material with numerous …

The Great Green Washing Machine Part 1+2

(Updated: March 15 2022) In the first of what will be a series of reports by Veronica Bates-Kassatly, together with Dorothee Baumann-Pauly, she questions the sustainability efforts of fast fashion …