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Circular innovation takes center stage in Selected capsule collection
"Organic cotton, recycled cotton and undyed materials are among the ingredients in Selected’s new circular capsule collection. The designs were born from parent company Bestseller’s Circular Design Ch ...
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March 21, 2023
Vermont bill would ban 'forever chemicals' in menstrual products, textiles, turf
"Senate lawmakers met a key deadline Friday to advance a bill that bans a suite of chemicals from personal care products, textiles and athletic turf. The bill includes a phased ban on PFAS in most tex ...
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March 21, 2023
New sub-decree tightens regulations on garment industry sub-contractors
"Cambodia will prepare a sub-decree improving existing labour mechanisms by adding detailed procedures, permanent management mechanisms, responsibilities for relevant companies, especially sub-subcont ...
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March 21, 2023
Tom Ford names Plastic Innovation Prize winners
"Material science competition the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize, created by the fashion designer in partnership with Lonely Whale, has named three winners who will receive investment from its 1.2 ...
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March 21, 2023
Firefighters work to control blaze at textile factory in Mansfield
"Firefighters with the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) worked to control a fire that engulfed an industrial location on Forest Road in Mansfield, England, on March 18. According to Nott ...
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March 21, 2023
Kering targets 40 percent cut in GHG emissions
"Kering is pledging to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent. The parent of Balenciaga, Gucci, Saint Laurent and other luxury brands aims to make those cuts in absolute terms by 2035, using 2 ...
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March 20, 2023
Kate Spade New York adds two global change-makers to its Social Impact Council
"Kate Spade has enlisted actress and entertainer Sofia Wylie and founding principal of Showa Women’s University Career College Mika Kumahira to its Social Impact Council." ...
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March 20, 2023
The RSN carries out first YESS assessments
"The Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) non-profit has carried out the first third party due diligence assessments of its YESS (Yarn Ethically and Sustainably Sourced) project to eliminate forced labo ...
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March 20, 2023
Sustainable Apparel Coalition launches new membership category to encourage more across the industry to set and achieve positive environmental and social impacts
"The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), has launched a new membership model for companies with a revenue of over $100 million to encourage more in the industry to work towards including sustainabili ...
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March 20, 2023
Stella McCartney revolutionizes fashion with world’s first sustainable BioSequins material
"Stella McCartney has debuted an exclusive and pioneering creation on the cover of the April 2023 edition of Vogue magazine. The jumpsuit worn by model, eco-activist and House friend Cara Delevingne i ...
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March 20, 2023
Where is the fast fashion backlash?
"Independent analyst Veronica Bates Kassatly says any progress on this front is hard to stand up against fast fashion’s simultaneous growth. “There’s a lot of talk about these younger people wanting t ...
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March 20, 2023
Using bacteria to dye fabric cuts fashion waste
"The global fashion industry consumes trillions of gallons of water each year to make clothes, and textile dyeing is a major source of both water use and pollution. By employing bacteria to replicate ...
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March 20, 2023
Enabling Design for Environmental Good reports
"A new series of reports unveil a critical roadmap to transition Australia to a circular economy through design, to help businesses and industry make real environmental change. [...] Collaboration for ...
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March 20, 2023
Enabling design for environmental good – sub report: Textiles sector
"‘Enabling Design for Environmental Good’ is a project that deploys insights and approaches from design, innovation, and sustainability to propose a suite of actions to improve the design and specific ...
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March 20, 2023
FyberX and Toyoshima form an international strategic alliance
"FyberX, a natural fiber product innovation and technology platform company, is honored to announce that Toyoshima & Co. LTD, a global textile powerhouse, is leading its latest investment round. Fyber ...
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March 20, 2023
John Lewis staff miss out on bonus as business slides to £78m loss
"John Lewis has said it will not hand staff a bonus for only the second time since 1953 after the retail group, which also owns Waitrose, fell to a £78 million loss for the year ending 28 January 2023 ...
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March 20, 2023
Mango launches rental pilot and invests in party dress rental start-up
"Mango, the Barcelona-based global fashion giant, has made the move into rental with an investment in a Spanish party dress and accessories rental platform and the launch of a rental pilot." ...
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March 20, 2023
Lenzing: A tour of the Austrian wood pulp fibre factory
"Equipped with compulsory helmets and yellow waistcoats, badges for the security gates and gloves to bear the Austrian winter, the tour of to the 200-hectare historic Lenzing site is like walking arou ...
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March 20, 2023
Dior launches second men’s beachwear capsule with Parley for the Oceans
"Dior has teamed up with environmental organization Parley for the Oceans for the second time on its annual men’s beachwear capsule collection. Their first collaboration last year was honored with the ...
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March 20, 2023
Luxury labels to watch: 3 brands proving sustainability can be fashionable
"FashionUnited has brought together some of these fashion-forward brands making statements in the green sector, with circular production methods and thoughtful ethical strategies. Sonia Carrasco Maiso ...
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March 20, 2023