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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.
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June 06, 2023
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.
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June 06, 2023
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.
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June 06, 2023
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.
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June 06, 2023
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.
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June 10, 2023
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.
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June 10, 2023
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.
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June 12, 2023
Waste water bottles boosting technical textile business in Surat
We just throw away water bottles, but this waste bottle is giving a new height to Surat’s textile industry.
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June 13, 2023
A fifth of European textile waste could become new garments – but how do we get there?
At least one-fifth of Europe’s textile waste could be reworked into new clothing, reports a McKinsey study, which also estimates that a circular economy for textiles could become profitable and create 15,000 new jobs in Europe by 2030.
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June 13, 2023
Sustainable Apparel Coalition announces partnership with Apparel Impact Institute at Planet Textiles
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which outlines a new strategic partnership with the Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) on an initiative geared towards supporting efforts to accelerate and scale decarbonization...
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June 19, 2023
Fashion retailer's green credentials 'meaningless' without better supply chain engagement, says new report
New report from Planet Tracker analyses 3,900 companies across the textile supply chain, arguing retailers need to be more actively engaging with suppliers and manufacturers to help them as they work to reduce emissions.
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June 19, 2023
A Day in the Life of a Fast Fashion Worker
Worker in fashion’s supply chain are reeling from widespread layoffs and incidents of wage theft. One worker employed by a garment factory in Malaysia breaks down the hour-by-hour reality of producing ever more stock for profit-hungry brands.
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June 19, 2023
Training increases earnings of women by 40% Says IFC and ILO study report
A study report said that training support for women in supervisory roles leads to increased earnings of women by 40 per cent and increased productivity in the readymade garment (RMG) factories in the country.
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June 19, 2023
Road Safety Policy shows positive results
Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP) is enjoying success with its “Road Safety Policy” projects.
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June 19, 2023
The High Street Climate Factor: Igniting Urgency In Fashion
Extreme, unpredictable weather is becoming the norm, creating spikes in consumer demand that forecasting and long product lifecycles can’t touch. Will this help drive much-needed change faster than regulations are able to?
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June 20, 2023
King’s College London’s New Research Compares Workplace-Residence Systems In China And India
The study, conducted by Drs. Charlotte Goodburn and Soumya Mishra from King’s College London, compares the ‘dormitory labour regime’ in China with two examples from India, the migrant colonies system in the garment sector in North India and the factory hostel system in the...
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June 20, 2023
Union Leader Arrested by Myanmar Junta After Wage Protest at ‘Zara’ Factory
A labor union leader at a Chinese-owned garment factory in Yangon that supplies global brand Zara was arrested by the junta on Wednesday after calling on the factory’s management to raise wages for workers by 800 kyats (about 38 US cents) a day.
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June 20, 2023
Big garment companies survive clinging to tiny orders
Vietnam’s largest garment manufacturers, with staff in the thousands, are accepting orders as mall as several hundred units to survive through tough times never seen before, an industry insider says.
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June 23, 2023
Respecting human rights: Why the CSDDD needs to go beyond social auditing
Despite the longstanding and well-documented failure of social audits, certifications and related initiatives, the approach has so far largely evaded legal accountability. In the context of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), their role has come under...
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June 27, 2023
UNEP and UN Climate Change provide fashion communicators with practical guide to contribute to sustainable change
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Climate-Change-convened Fashion Charter today launched the Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook, a guide for consumer-facing communicators in the global fashion industry to align efforts to sustainability targets,...
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July 03, 2023