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Efficiency and resilience [nearshoring in Europe]

""Without China, nothing works," said Thomas Hebestreit, who has been doing business in Asia with his Royal Spirit Group for decades. "A Taiwan crisis would lead to the system failure of the entire in ...

Sun Chemical issues latest sustainability report

"Sun Chemical released its thirteenth sustainability report, demonstrating its ongoing commitment to sustainability and social responsibility in all aspects of its business." ...

Businesses encouraged to disclose plastics footprint through CDP for the first time

"While companies from all sectors will be able to use the function, CDP is urging those in some of the industries most prominent within the plastics value chain to move first. These industries include ...

Oeko-Tex Organic Cotton press release

"Verification from farm to product: OEKO-TEX® launches ORGANIC COTTON certification. Starting April 2023, the OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON certification is offering a comprehensive and objective testing s ...

Kingpins: How the earthquakes impacted Turkish manufacturers

"Turkey is one of the largest textile producers in the world. While the earthquakes that shook the south-east of the country and parts of Syria in February have affected the lives of thousands of peop ...

Raincoats made of algae could be the future of sustainable fashion

"A few years ago, she created a translucent raincoat made of a carbon-negative, algae-based plastic substitute while she was a graduate student at the Rhode Island School of Design. Called “After Anci ...

“I don’t want to waste any more time”: 6 female eco-pioneers shaking up the fashion industry from within

"Below, meet six female pioneers shaking up the industry from within. Claire Bergkamp, CEO at Textile Exchange Dounia Wone, chief sustainability and inclusion officer at Vestiaire Collective Natasha F ...

How The Iconic is driving sustainability in Australian fashion

"The Iconic has a more sustainable product assortment compared to its sister marketplaces, according to parent company Global Fashion Group (GFG)." ...

Can giant charity shops stop fast fashion in its tracks?

"Shoppers are ravenous for more: more clothes, more shoes, more bags, more things. Sensing their weakness and hungry for cash, the fast fashion industry will stop at nothing to keep up with their cons ...

Sinologist: Sustainable fashion and lifestyle are a growing trend in China

"A two-day forum on Yellow River culture kicked off on April 18 in Dongying City, east China's Shandong Province, to promote the profound culture of the Yellow River and to further spread the story of ...

Myanmar: trade unionists in the firing line

"The EU should suspend trade preferences for Myanmar and end support for projects under the military regime. [...] The European Union continues to turn a blind eye to the appalling situation facing th ...

FTC to advertisers: Back up your claims or pay up

"The Federal Trade Commission is warning advertisers to back up claims about their products. The FTC last week issued notices to 670 companies warning that they could face civil penalties if they make ...

Desigual, Maitrepierre unveil wood pulp sourced dress

"The Slim Midi Dress is created with Naia Renew, a sustainable fashion piece sourced from renewable wood pulp and recycled waste materials." ...

Lenzing debuts locally produced Tencel fibres to Chinese market

"Speciality fibre manufacturer The Lenzing Group has completed the conversion of a production line in China from generic viscose to Tencel branded modal fibres for textiles and clothing." ...

Better Cotton trials innovative traceability solutions in India

"Digital and physical traceability solutions from Retraced, TextileGenesis, Haelixa, and Tailorlux are currently being tested to determine the best way to establish greater transparency across cotton ...

Myanmar unions condemn EU garment sector initiative

"Trade unions in Myanmar condemn the EU-funded MADE in Myanmar project, which claims to support the garment manufacturing sector by replacing unions with employer-selected “workers’ representatives”." ...

Filtration as an effective and near-term solution to reduce the release of microplastics in the environment

"Sustainability has become a key theme for the European Union (EU) and an important driver for policy development. In March 2022, the European Commission released its EU strategy for Sustainable and C ...

80% of garment workers are satisfied with getting paid 'on time', claims a study

"A research report published by Dhaka University's Institute of Business Administration (IBA) claims that 80 percent of the workers in the garment sector are satisfied with getting their salary in the ...

Fashion greenwashing glossary: what do ‘circular’, ‘sustainable’ and ‘zero waste’ really mean?

"Vague, technical-sounding terms are often used in fashion to make clothing sound environmentally conscious. Here experts decode the meaning behind them." ...

It’s time for brands to be honest about sustainability

"[C]ustomers are starting to see through many companies’ claims to realize they aren’t as eco-friendly as they say. Nearly one-quarter (23%) of US adults don’t believe companies’ sustainability claims ...