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Selfridges launches Worn Again campaign with series of in-store experiences
"As part of its ongoing circular Reselfridges initiative, luxury retailer Selfridges has launched a new season-long campaign designed to explore new forms of retail experiences related to secondhand a ...
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April 24, 2023
Shein investing $150 million to ‘localize’ Brazil apparel production
"Shein will be partnering with 2,000 garment factories in Brazil, creating 100,000 new jobs over the next three years as part of a plan to help the South American nation become a manufacturing and exp ...
Kyna Intel
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April 24, 2023
One-fifth of water pollution comes from textile dyes. But a shellfish-inspired solution could clean it up
"Every year, the textile industry uses 1.3 trillion gallons of water to dye garments – enough to fill 2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools. Most of this water, loaded with harmful chemicals and dyes ...
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April 24, 2023
Why biodegradability isn't always the answer
"The promotion of biodegradation and biodegradability is being used to assuage consumer guilt associated with over-production and the ‘buy-use-dump model’ for both chemicals and clothing." ...
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April 24, 2023
Generation Z and Millennials can’t buy sustainably
"A study shows that the cost of living is directly impacting Gen Z and Millennial U.K. consumers from sustainable purchasing. New research by Untold Insights, a U.K.-based digital customer research an ...
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April 24, 2023
Why is fashion still dragging its feet on sustainability?
"But is fashion actually doing enough to address its impact on the climate? A new report from UN Climate Change and CDP suggested that only 45 per cent of Fashion Charter signatories have actually set ...
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April 24, 2023
Secondhand fashion has a looming PFAS problem
"A number of US states are banning PFAS in clothing, but the crackdowns leave a loophole for heaps of toxic clothes to keep circulating through resale markets." ...
Kyna Intel
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April 24, 2023
Why aren’t we all wearing American-grown hemp?
"We were promised hemp fashion. Since the 1990s, we’ve been told that soon we will all be wearing sustainable, local, American-grown hemp fabrics. That it would replace king cotton and become the new ...
Kyna Intel
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April 24, 2023
Activism, photography and workers’ collective leadership: A conversation with Taslima Akhter
"April 24th, 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, which killed more than a thousand garment workers in Bangladesh. With one of the lowest average wages in the world and the lead ...
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April 24, 2023
Analysis finds most wool knitwear is blended with plastic: Processing, blending undermine sustainability claims of wool
"More than half of wool knitwear is blended with synthetic fibers derived from fossil fuels, a new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity and Collective Fashion Justice has found. Too Hot for ...
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April 22, 2023
Too hot for knitwear: climate crisis, biodiversity and fashion brands using wool and synthetics
"Executive Summary Wool and synthetic fibers are responsible for serious harms to the planet, particularly the climate and biodiversity, yet they continue to be widely used in the fashion industry. Wh ...
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April 22, 2023
‘Better’ materials aren’t enough to dent fashion’s climate impact
"The sector’s greenhouse gas footprint rose to 13.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2021, up 5 percent year-on-year, though still down from pre-pandemic levels, according to Textile Exc ...
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April 22, 2023
Accelerating Circularity: Project Europe Update Spring 2023
"The goal of our Accelerating Circularity Project Europe (ACPE) pilots is to pressure test a circular textile-to-textile system in light of our mission line that Textiles are Too Good to Waste™. Under ...
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April 22, 2023
Best&Less refuse to sign key accord for workers’ safety on 10-year anniversary of factory collapse
"Clothing brand Best&Less have refused to sign the International Accord, an industry standard workplace safety mechanism covering garment workers in Bangladesh. This is despite the imminent 10-year an ...
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April 24, 2023
New fire safety costs exceed construction price tag: businesses
"Businesses find the cost of meeting new fire safety standards exceed that of building a new factory since many of the prescribed materials have to be imported. Tran Van Hung, the chairman of Tan Than ...
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April 24, 2023
Fire in Rajasthan textile factory, two workers injured
"A fire broke out in a textile factory located on ITI Road in the second phase of the city's industrial area on Saturday evening due to unknown reasons. This has caused a loss of lakhs of rupees. With ...
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April 24, 2023
9 in 10 Australians prioritize garment worker safety in clothing purchases, 10 years after Rana Plaza tragedy
"Oxfam Australia is marking the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy by calling on Australian brands to do more to protect the rights of garment workers; as a new Oxfam survey found 9 in 10 (88% ...
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April 24, 2023
Opportunities for trends, innovations in fashion and textiles
"The report shows that adopting data analytics, AI, IoT and 3D technologies has redefined clothing production, with 3D printing technology gaining ground to minimise waste and bolster sustainability. ...
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April 22, 2023
Unions call on brands to sign the Accord
"Global trade unions IndustriAll and UNI are calling on garment and textile brands to sign the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry to safeguard workers." ...
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April 22, 2023
Better Cotton updates criteria
"The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), which bills itself as the world’s leading sustainability initiative for cotton, will take a more local, farmer-centric approach, according to the new updates it ha ...
Kyna Intel
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April 22, 2023