Intertextile Shanghai Autumn Champions Sustainable Fashion
As the textile industry deepens its commitment to sustainability, Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition (Sept 2–4, 2025) will spotlight the latest in eco-innovation, including biodegradable fibres, waterless dyeing, and globally aligned certifications. The event reaffirms its position as a critical hub for fostering sustainability across the apparel value chain.
With fashion contributing to nearly 10% of global carbon emissions, the fair provides a platform for dialogue and discovery around net-zero targets, circularity, and green technologies. One of its major features, the Econogy Hub, will return with a robust exhibitor lineup—featuring sustainability leaders like GOTS, Hohenstein, TESTEX, Bureau Veritas, and newcomers like bluesign, Itochu Corporation, and Control Union.
The Econogy Check, a stringent third-party verification tool, continues to guide buyers toward certified sustainable offerings. Verified companies, such as Lenzing (Austria), Birla Cellulose (India), Toray (Japan), and Reda (Italy), benefit from inclusion in the Econogy Finder, which simplifies sourcing of transparent and traceable solutions.
Returning exhibitor Birla Cellulose's Gunjan Tarika highlighted that today's buyers demand not just affordability and quality, but products with measurable environmental impact, particularly in carbon and water metrics. Similarly, new visitors like Ricky Osborne of Jatu Clothing valued the Econogy Check for speeding up trust-building with clients focused on verified sustainability claims.
Co-organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd, the event will run alongside Yarn Expo Autumn, CHIC, and PH Value, covering the entire apparel textile value chain under one roof.
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