Ecotextile Talks
Episodes
Can fashion brands profit from their own second hand clothes?
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is presented in association with Techtextil North America, the premier trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, taking place fr...
Can Cleaner Chemistry Save Fashion – and Nature?
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ecotextile Talks, host Philip Berman talks to Frank Michel, CEO of the ZDHC Foundation, about why he thinks cleaner chemistry is becoming a hard ESG r...
Welcome to the World of Textile Technology - Singapore ITMA
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with the British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA), host Philip Berman takes listeners on a virtual journey to ITMA ASIA + CITME in ...
Trump, Tariffs and US Textiles
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Philip Berman talks to Kim Glas, President and CEO of the National Council of Textile Organizations, about the impact of Trump's tariffs on US t...
Are environmentalists to blame for cotton's declining share of the textile fibre market?
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did environmental campaigners really contribute to a decline in cotton's global share of fibre production? Well, according to a rather punchy opinio...
From Goats To Garments: Textile Exchange and the Responsible Mohair Journey
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition, made possible with the support of Textile Exchange, host Philip Berman is joined by its Chief Strategy Officer, Ashle...
'Fossil fuels subsidies and polyester taxation,' with Shivam Gusain
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While on his travels in Indonesia, our correspondent Shivam Gusain speaks to Philip Berman about his latest Ecotextile News article on decarbonising...
Data: the 'daddy' of all issues at this week's ZDHC event in Amsterdam
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh off a flight from the ZDHC Impact Day in The Netherlands, John Mowbray gives a quick overview of the talking points at this week's Amsterdam eve...
Chemical Textile Recycling Won't Help Save Fashion, Until We Learn to Fail Better
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Ecotextile Talks our host, Philip Berman, is joined by Shivam Gusain a former innovation analyst at Fashion For Good, and now an in...
Beyond The Spin - What Circular Fashion Gets Wrong (And What We're Missing)
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode host Philip Berman sits down with Dr Talia Hussain whose recent academic paper on circular fashion sparked lively debate across ...
Beyond the Report: unpacking Lenzing's sustainability journey
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In light of their 2024 Annual and Sustainability Report, Philip Berman catches up with Krishna Manda, Lenzing's VP corporate sustainability, and Th...
California Dreamin' about new fashion laws with Maxine Bédat
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Philip Berman talks to Maxine Bedat, Executive Director at New Standard Institute, the official sponsor of the Fashion Environmental Accountabi...
What's the way to Net Zero? With the Apparel Impact Institute
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's the best way to Net Zero? In this episode of Ecotextile Talks, host Philip Berman explores the pathway to net zero in the textile industry with...
How big is fashion's plastic footprint?
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Philip Berman discusses the findings of a groundbreaking 2024 study on the problem of plastic leakage in the textile industry with one of its co-...
Storing the future: cotton's hidden climate benefits
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Philip Berman explores the fascinating world of biogenic carbon storage in cotton garments with Dr. Richard Venditti, from North Carolina State U...
Fashion brands falling short on climate action
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Philip Berman sits down with Michael Schragger, Founder & Executive Director of the Sustainable Fashion Academy, to discuss the ...
What a waste! European textile reuse and recycling on brink of collapse
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our host Philip Berman sits down with Marie-Jeanne Gaertner, project and policy officer at RREUSE (Reuse and Recycling European Union Social Enterpris...
Inside the legal case against 'Shein's £50 billion IPO'
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Ecotextile Talks explores the legal challenge facing fast fashion company Shein as it considers listing on the London Stock Exchange...
Navigating new regulations: The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive explained
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Ecotextile Talks, we explore the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD). This significant new European law entere...
Monitoring organic cotton from space
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our host Philip Berman sits down with Claudia Kersten, managing director of the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) to discuss a cotton monitoring ...
Can we trust textile factory audits in China?
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh from his high-profile appearance at a recent US Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing, Scott Nova, Executive Director of the Work...
How to come together to decarbonise with Cascale and 'About You'
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the final edition of our four-part podcast series, produced in partnership with Cascale, formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, we discuss the...
Taking the carbon out of clothing, with Cascale
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with Sean Cady, vice president of global sustainability, responsibility and trade for VF Corporation and also elected board director for C...
Are you ready for the new EU laws on sustainability?
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of a four part podcast series in partnership with Cascale, formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, we look at the potential...
Measuring for impact, with Cascale
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a new four part podcast series in partnership with Cascale, formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, about the big challenges f...
Ep 2: Cash for Climate Solutions - figuring out fashion's CO2 emissions
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of this podcast series, produced in partnership with the Apparel Impact Institute about its Climate Solutions Portfolio (CSP), ...
Ep 1: Cash for climate solutions, with the Apparel Impact Institute
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with the Apparel Impact Institute, Philip Berman takes an in-depth look at its new The Climate Solutions Portfolio which aims to find,...
TRAIL: How to win cash for climate solutions
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with the Apparel Impact Institute, host Philip Berman takes an in-depth look at its new The Climate Solutions Portfolio which aims t...
Threaded Together: How the US Climate Smart Cotton program is helping to reduce the carbon footprint of textiles
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To coincide with the week of World Soil Day 2023, our third and final episode of our Threaded Together: cotton and sustainability podcast series, sp...
Threaded Together: How best to measure cotton's environmental impact
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of this three-part podcast series: 'Threaded Together' about cotton sustainability, host Philip Berman talks to Dr Jesse Daystar, from ...
Has Renewcell been let down by fashion brands?
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many fashion brands and retailers talk a good game on circularity, but will they ever consistently pay a premium for materials made using 100% textile...
Threaded Together: Cotton and Sustainability
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a new three-part sponsored series entitled, Threaded Together, podcast host Philip Berman looks at Cotton Incorporated's role in improving the sust...
How far can fashion resale drive decarbonisation?
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Following a report outlining the potential benefits for fashion brands looking to integrate resale into their business model, Ecotextile Talks hears f...
Bridging the influence gap between apparel manufacturers and brands
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a formal partnership between the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and International Apparel Federation (IAF) is signed, a key figure involved in...
Fashioning a better response to natural disasters
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an extended episode of Ecotextile Talks, the way in which the apparel sector responds to natural disasters is placed under the microscope. Podcast ...
Should QR codes replace clothing labels?
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The latest instalment of the Ecotextile Talks podcast series explores the motivations behind a campaign calling on the fashion industry to move away f...
'Viscose Voyages' - uncovering Lenzing's plans in Indonesia
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this summer host Phil Berman sat down with Carolina Ledl, Lenzing's head of product and application management, to discuss the company's ambi...
Why organic cotton monitoring is out of this world
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of Ecotextile Talks, Jeffrey Thimm from Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) discusses an initiative exploring the potential ...
Time fashion gets tough on Turkmen forced labour?
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The latest report from Cotton Campaign insists the time has come for the fashion industry to act conclusively on forced labour in Turkmen cotton field...
Australia trials voluntary textile circularity levy
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As an apparent global push to include extended producer responsibility (EPR) frameworks in legislation gathers pace, podcast host David Styles catches...
The DNA detectives: a look at Hohenstein's new test for organic cotton
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest Ecotextile Talks podcast, Philip Berman catches up with John Murphy, Hohenstein's technical director for Europe, for an update on the co...
Ten years since Rana Plaza: What lessons learned?
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition of Ecotextile Talks to commemorate the ten year anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, host David Styles is joined by a range of...
Inside the minds of sustainable shoppers
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Phil Berman sits down with Eva McGeorge, Lenzing's Head of Marketing and Communications, to discuss the company's recent global survey on consume...
A new due diligence approach to apparel supply chains
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Philip Berman talks to Oeko-Tex's Melanie Teutberg about Responsible Business - a new tool launched by the global certification company in a bid ...
How Timberland and Lenzing tackled traceability
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's edition host, Philip Berman, talks to Dr. Krishna Manda, Vice President of Corporate Sustainability at the Lenzing Group, and Roberta Verno...
Editor's Picks - 2 September 2022
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the third edition of Editor's picks. Each week the Editor of Ecotextile News selects a few key stories from the magazine that he thinks you...
Editor's Picks - 26 August 2022
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the third edition of Editor's picks. Each week the Editor of Ecotextile News selects a few key stories from the magazine that he thinks you...
Editor's Picks - Episode Two
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second episode of Editor's picks. Each week the Editor of Ecotextile News will select a few key stories from the magazine that he think...
Unpicking the problem of organic cotton fraud
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest Ecotextile Talks podcast, cotton expert Simon Ferrigno gives his own views to host Phil Berman on why he'd like to see a parliamentary-s...
Editor's Picks from Ecotextile News
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of Editor's picks. Each week the Editor of Ecotextile News will select a few key stories from the magazine that he thinks...
What are the biggest ESG risks in fashion today?
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Randy Rankin, Eurofins Consumer Products Assurance Global Client Development Director for North America discusses the current key environmental, socia...
Why 'a-maizing' bio-polymers make textiles more than a just 'corny' story
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alexa Raab, the global brand and communications manager for bio-materials with US chemicals giant DuPont, explains how the company's partially *bio-b...
How Higg is helping a major cycling apparel brand become more sustainable
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is brought to you by Higg, the technology platform that helps companies measure, manage, and share their social and environmental sustain...
Figuring out your carbon emissions and water impact
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Philip Berman talks to Alisia Mätz, from OEKO-TEX®, about the launch of their new tool to help facilities measure and manage their carbon emiss...
Re-thinking the rules of fashion
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Pucker discusses why 25 years of corporate social responsibility has done little to curb carbon emissions from the textile industry, and why we u...
How Lenzing has its sights set on a zero carbon target
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Philip Berman talks to Caroline Ledl, Head of Product Management Textiles for the Lenzing Group, about how her company plans to halve its CO2 emi...
How Lycra is expanding its eco horizons
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest Ecotextile Talks podcast, host Philip Berman speaks with the Lycra Company's sustainability director, Jean Hegedus, about how its eponym...
From No More to Once More: Brands and Consumers
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode in our five-part documentary series, we get to hear two brands' views on the future of textile to textile recycling and talk to s...
From No More to Once More: Making the producers more responsible
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The fourth episode in our new five-part audio documentary looks at the potential impact of the 2025 Waste Directive on the reuse and recycling of text...
From No More to Once More: Time to sort it all out?
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The third episode in our new five-part audio documentary examines the challenges of sourcing enough of the right feedstock for chemical textile-to-tex...
From No More to Once More: The Södra Way
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To coincide with this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, we're bringing to you part two of a new five-part podcast se...
From No More To Once More: How did we get here?
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, we're bringing to you part one of a new five-part podcast series, in...
Why Lenzing is big on biodegradability
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To coincide with the release of a new scientific study from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, in San Diego, Florian Heubrandner, VP of Global T...
Detecting fraud in the organic cotton chain
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ecotextile Talks host, Philip Berman, talks to Harald Notz-Lajtke from Hohenstein, about how their laboratories can now use a form of PCR testing to d...
How Zalando uses Higg data to drive sustainability
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host Philip Berman talks to Kate Heiny, Zalando's Director of Sustainability about how the company is helping brand partners improve their sustainabil...
How Higg data helps the H&M Group
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The third of our series of podcasts supported by Higg - the technology platform that helps companies manage, measure, and share their environmental an...
A passport to cleaner and greener textile chemistry
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John Frazier, senior technical director at the Hohenstein Institute America, talks about why the fashion sector needs to up its game on chemical manag...
How the Higg MSI can scale textile sustainability
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of Ecotextile Talks, supported by the technology company Higg, listeners hear from Jeremy Lardeau, Vice President, Higg Index a...
The Higg Index: Inside the 10-year Journey to standardize sustainability measurement
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of EcoTextile Talks brought to you by Higg, producer Phil Berman explores how the global apparel industry can effectively meas...
Textile fibre traceability: is blockchain the answer?
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Former BBC producer Phil Berman hosts our Radio Show to find out if blockchain can be an important new tool for clothing retailers to provide real-tim...
Fashion and forced labour in China
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Journalists from Ecotextile News magazine discuss the situation of forced labour in Xinjiang, China, which supplies 22 per cent of the world's cotton ...
How can textile trade shows respond to the Coronavirus?
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A behind the news conversation between the journalists at Ecotextile News on what lies ahead for global textile events in the wake of the current pand...
Ecotextile Talks Behind The News
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this pilot episode, we introduce some of the journalists who work on Ecotextile News, and discuss how lock-down has changed our way of working, and...