For Manufacturers/ Producers

by Holden Hao created 2021-05-17T20:49:37+07:00

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Driving Material Innovation with Eco-Engineering

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

Be prepared: Experts dissect EU sustainability due diligence legislation at Denim PV

The European Union is cracking down on disposable fashion with mandatory corporate sustainability due diligence legislation that could be finalized by this time next year.

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.

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.

One in four RMG workers suffers from gastrointestinal problems: study

One out of four garment workers visiting doctors suffers from gastrointestinal problems while 18.5 per cent suffer musculoskeletal and 15 per cent ENT infection and the rest from health complexity, a study revealed on Saturday.

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...

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.

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.

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.

Road Safety Policy shows positive results

Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP) is enjoying success with its “Road Safety Policy” projects.

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?

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...

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.

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.