Contributions Overview

Driving Material Innovation with Eco-Engineering

There are material engineers, and then there are material eco-engineers. Polartec is the latter.

Looming water shortage for rice, cotton crops worries exporters in Pakistan

Exporters have expressed concerns over expected water shortage for rice and cotton crops during the current Kharif season.

Inditex And Jeanologia Develop Air Fiber Washer, The First Industrial Air System Designed To Reduce Microfiber Shedding In Textiles

Inditex and Jeanologia have jointly developed Air Fiber Washer, the first industrial air system designed to extract microfibers during garment fabrication and thus reduce subsequent shedding in domestic laundering.

Unspun launches 3D weaving to reduce waste in fashion

Unspun, the California startup known for making custom-fit jeans based on its 3D body scan technology, is expanding from software into hardware and is doing so with $14 million in Series A funding.

India's Invisible Workforce: Women Home-Based Workers Paid Little, Have No Legal Protection

In the absence of laws and without any bargaining power, home-based workers in India are often compelled to take up work for extremely low wages, without any social security.

Workers protest against wage theft by int’l company

LAHORE:Labour rights organisations, trade unions and Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) Pakistan organised a demonstration at Qainchi, Ferozepur Road against the alleged wage by a multi-national company.

Clothing retailers want QR codes to replace bulky tags

If the apparel industry gets its way, small labels with QR codes on them would replace the bulky clothing tags that offer washing instructions and other information.

Can resale programs make fast fashion sustainable? Zara is trying to find out

Inditex Group, the parent company of fast fashion retailer Zara, is the highest-selling apparel retailer in the world, with more than $31 billion in revenue in 2021 alone.

Kearney releases 2023 Circular Fashion Index; average CFX score across 200 global brands stymied at below 3 on a scale of 10

Today global management consulting firm Kearney released the 2023 Circular Fashion Index (CFX), its third study measuring the global fashion industry's progress toward circularity and sustainability.

Vietnam: Layoffs hit textile-garment workers hardest

Textile and garment workers make up most workers discharged in the first five months of the year due to difficult economic conditions.

BGMEA, H&M join hands to reduce carbon emission by 30%

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and H&M Group entered into a deal yesterday to attempt a transition towards a circular and climate neutral garment industry in Bangladesh by reducing carbon emissions by 30 per cent.

Sri Lanka: 5,000 garment workers set to lose jobs after the temporary closure of nearly 10 factories, amid continued decline in demand from buyers

About 5,000 employees have lost employment opportunities due to the temporary closure of nearly 10 garment factories in the past few months.

How 10 million euro EU project Cisutac aims to remove barriers to a circular textile industry

A new consortium, Cisutac, wants to remove the barriers that European fashion brands and textile suppliers face on their journey to become circular.