News and Announcements

Kering, the French luxury conglomerate, has launched the fashion industry’s first comprehensive water strategy, aiming to become “water positive” by 2050. This initiative focuses on three pillars: adopting regenerative agriculture for raw materials, establishing water resilience labs in 10 global…

The European Union has agreed on new regulations to reduce textile and food waste, making “Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)” mandatory. Under the new rules, within 30 months, producers selling textile products will be held accountable for collecting, sorting, and recycling…

IFS Calibration Training held at Mercure Altunizade Hotel on 15-16 April 2025 was successfully completed. Our Food and Agriculture Certification Manager Derya Büyükyıldırım and Food and Consumer Products Programmes Manager Fulya Kılınçoğlu also took part in the training.   This training,…

As USB Certification Food and Agriculture Certification Directorate, our BRCGS Consumer Products scope extension audit was carried out by DAkkS Accreditation Agency on 15-16 April 2025 at Bony Tekstil İşletmeleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. facilities. The audit was conducted with…

The 2024-2025 cotton season will be an important milestone for OCA (Organic Cotton Accelerator). OCA is trying to contribute to the global scale-up of organic cotton by involving more than 100,000 farmers in the Farm Program. In the 2023-2024 season,…

Agricultural frost, which was effective in 36 provinces of Turkey in April, caused great damage to important agricultural products such as apricots, grapes, figs, apples, plums, cherries and hazelnuts. Cold weather conditions and snowfall caused damage in many agricultural regions,…

BRCGS has announced the BRCGS Connect Americas 2025 conference to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina on 22-23 September 2025. The event will allow industry professionals to come together to discuss the latest developments in food and product safety.  The…

The European Council has approved a proposal to delay the implementation of key sustainability reporting and due diligence rules. This includes the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Why the Delay? The EU…

The apparel, leather, textile, and footwear industries have long struggled with inefficiencies in sustainability efforts due to fragmented initiatives and audits. A collaborative effort to overcome these challenges saw Cascale, Apparel Impact Institute (Aii), and ZDHC introducing groundbreaking initiatives: the…

Dates: October 13–17, 2025Location: Lisbon, Portugal 2025 marks the year of one of the most significant events in the textile industry: the 19th Textile Exchange Conference! This prestigious event will bring together all stakeholders in the textile sector for extensive…