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What do these facts have in common? Fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world. It takes 1,800 gallons of water ​to create a pair of blue jeans. 20% of global industrial water pollution is from the fashion industry. The answer: they’re all false.

EU Deforestation-free Regulation bans the production of goods and commodities from deforested lands. It requires operators to know the plot-of-land origin.

Under this proposal, green claims will require companies making green claims to back up claims using a standard methodology to assess environmental impact.

The Global Fashion Agenda contributed a case study on the Circular Fashion Partnership for the TrusTrace Traceability Playbook, published in 2022. Below, learn more about this exciting circular economy initiative supported by leading industry groups like the H&M Group, Bestseller and C&A.

Welcome to the Traceability Edit, TrusTrace's curated list of news to know from the month. In April, Textile Exchange published its 8th Material Change Insights report, SAC's Andrew Martin discusses legislation, and a decade since Rana Plaza, has anything really changed for garment workers?