IMARC Group, a leading market research company, has recently releases report titled “ India Textile Recycling Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2023-2028 , ” The study provides a detailed analysis of the textile recycling industry in India , including the market share, size, trends, and growth forecasts. The report also includes competitor and regional analysis and highlights the latest advances in the marke
On Wednesday, Akter was in downtown Manhattan attending the unveiling of a new memorial for the victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, one of the worst disasters in New York City history and a galvanizing moment for the American labor rights movement.
For organisations that have operations overseas, these responsibilities can sometimes become blurred, as companies outsource their labour to third parties, or exist in areas where labour laws are less strict or non-existent.
The readymade garment (RMG) makers are planning to propose Tk 9,000 monthly wages for grade 7 workers to the Minimum Wages Board, despite the workers’ demand for Tk 23,000 per month.
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has issued guidelines for garment factories to prevent occupational hazards from happening during flash floods.
Millions of tonnes of T-shirts and dresses are dumped or burned every year. Turning old clothes into new ones is possible – the question is whether it is a realistic solution
RREUSE, along with 10 other NGOs and progressive business associations, urges EU lawmakers to incorporate waste prevention and local re-use as guiding principles into future EPR schemes for mandatory textile separate collection.
In 2020, the Transformers Foundation released a report on the unethical behavior of brands and retailers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, it was deemed essential for the industry's viability to establish a commercial compliance rider that outlined ethical supply chain practices and increased accountability for brands and retailers. Three years later, we are exploring what has changed and what hasn't.
Students of Fashion and Apparel Studies at the University of Delaware share their views on sustainable apparel sourcing, what affects Generation Z’s shopping decisions, and what they make of fashion brands and retailers’ sustainability efforts.
During a meeting with Tolga Ilter, Chairman of Orkim Chemicals, at the BGMEA office in Uttara in Dhaka, BGMEA President Faruque Hassan emphasised Bangladesh apparel industry’s growing focus on sustainable manufacturing.
Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association MGMA announced that more than 250 garment manufacturers who failed to pay their membership fees have been suspended from their membership.
The Joint Apparel Association (JAAF) has observed a growing pattern within Sri Lanka's apparel manufacturing industry, with an increasing number of companies opting to adopt the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS).
New Report from BCG, Textile Exchange, and Quantis Finds That Fashion and Apparel Brands Can Seize an Average 6% Net Profit Increase by Closing the Raw-Materials Gap.
Andrew Martin, the executive vice president of the global, multi-stakeholder non-profit Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) talks about Responsible Purchasing Practice being the "thread and glue" holding together all other pieces in the apparel industry and bringing clarity and alignment in the face of a regulatory storm.
How many items in your wardrobe do you treasure? Are you emotionally attached enough to a jacket that you would bother to get it repaired? When did you last reach for the sewing kit? The British Fashion Council’s Institute of Positive Fashion recently published a game-changing report titled Empowering citizens for garment longevity (July 2023). The report spotlights an imperative shift in the fashion narrative: the transition from a disposable mindset, to a culture of cherishable, highly-valued, long-lasting fashion.
Fashion and lifestyle retailer White Stuff has launched a new partnership with resale platform Thrift+, offering conscious customers a way to donate and resell their unwanted garments by filling up a co-branded bag with pre-loved fashion.
On the 1st November the Minimum Wage Board in Bangladesh will make its once every five year decision on setting a new minimum wage for garment workers.
The Clean Energy Procurement Academy launched to equip companies with the skills and knowledge required to access clean energy with foundational support from Apple, Amazon, Meta, Nike, PepsiCo, and REI Co-op.
With the industry - and the world - moving inexorably in the right direction towards using cleaner, more renewable energy, fashion is simultaneously clouding the road to responsible use of AI.
The focus in reducing fashion’s outsize environmental footprint is primarily downstream, but an alarming amount of fabric is also discarded during the design and development process. How can fashion rethink what constitutes waste?
