Todd Miller & Ajay Pradhan on Sustainable Wool at Bharat Tex 2026 | Fibre2Fashion

How can wool support the textile and apparel industry’s transition towards greater sustainability and circularity? In this exclusive Fibre2Fashion conversation at Bharat Tex 2026, Todd Miller, Trade & Investment Commissioner for South Asia at the Australian Trade and Investment Commission, and Ajay Pradhan, Country Manager – India at The Woolmark Company, discuss wool’s sustainability, recyclability and role in the circular textile economy. Todd Miller shares insights from visits to textile manufacturing facilities and highlights the industry’s growing focus on recycling garments, reusing fibres and creating wool-blended products from recovered materials. Ajay Pradhan explains why wool is particularly suitable for circular fashion and how The Woolmark Company is preparing for evolving European sustainability requirements, including Extended Producer Responsibility and Digital Product Passports. Watch the conversation to learn about: • The growing use of recycled wool in textile manufacturing • Wool’s potential for repeated reuse and recycling • Recycling garments into new wool and blended textile products • Extended Producer Responsibility requirements • Digital Product Passports and textile traceability • Lifecycle assessment of natural fibres • Wool as a natural, renewable and biodegradable fibre • Australia’s long-standing relationship with wool • Collaboration between Australia and India’s textile industries The conversation highlights how wool’s durability, recycla