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Tech won't save fashion
“There is one innovation which doesn’t require technology that we haven’t tried: treating each other as equals.” I have always loved this quote from my old boss and mending hero Orsola de Castro, because its simplicity reminds me of how much time we all spend intellectualising...
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November 14, 2023
How to be like Patagonia: 3 lessons in responsible business
Key takeaways from Patagonia's first 50 years in operation, including insights from Vincent Stanley, director of Patagonia philosophy.
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November 14, 2023
Fair Labor: 2022 Annual Public Report
In 2022, the world began to emerge from the chaos of a global pandemic that wreaked havoc on farm and factory workers worldwide. During this transition to “the new normal,” one core question remained: How could FLA members and staff continue to translate uncertainty and change...
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November 09, 2023
Australia's fashion waste is a growing problem, but these scientists say they have an answer
It looks and feels like children's playdough, but this colourful clay being made in a lab at Deakin University in Geelong, is actually old clothing. For the past five years, scientists at the university's Institute for Frontier Materials have been trialling different methods to...
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November 09, 2023
Source Fashion 2024 to debut three new sourcing countries
UK responsible sourcing show Source Fashion expects to double in size in 2024 with more than 320 exhibitors from around the world, including three new sourcing destinations.
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November 09, 2023
Sustainable alternatives key to combating fast fashion's environmental toll, study finds
For the last three decades, the advent of "fast fashion" has disrupted the traditional fashion cycles by capitalizing on retailers' and consumers' responsiveness to the novelty of new fashion trends. Some fast fashion retailers go as far as delivering new apparel designs every...
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November 09, 2023
Agreement On International Accord Framework For Health And Safety Programs
Global brands and trade unions have renewed the International Accord to enhance health and safety in supply chains in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and other countries in the future.
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November 09, 2023
New partnership to scale up India's textile recycling
Textile waste management specialist Reverse Resources (RR) and the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) have launched a programme to scale up textile-to-textile recycling in India. Established primarily to address the issue of a poorly performing waste-handling sector in the...
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November 06, 2023
Thousands of Bangladesh’s garment factory workers take to the streets demanding better wages
Thousands of garment factory workers took to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and the industrial district of Gazipur on Tuesday to demand better wages.
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November 06, 2023
Reviving economy: a comprehensive strategy
The strategic location at the crossroads of South Asia and close proximity to the Gulf countries make Pakistan a promising regional market. In order to take advantage of this, Government of Pakistan recently unveiled an elaborated Economic Revival Plan to tackle the economic...
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November 02, 2023
Workers' wages will be higher than factory owners' proposal: Labour minister
The minimum wage for ready-made garments workers would be set higher than that proposed by the factory owners, State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian said today.
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November 02, 2023
Where And Why Fabric Waste Originates
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?
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November 02, 2023
Fashion Starts To Clean Up Its Energy Act, But Muddies The Waters Around AI
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.
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November 02, 2023
A Global Turning Point: Unprecedented Industry Collaboration Paves Way for Decarbonization of Supply Chains
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.
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November 02, 2023
Bangladeshi garment workers fight for a living wage
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.
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October 30, 2023
White Stuff teams up with Thrift+ for new resale service
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.
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October 30, 2023
Wear And Care: DPPs Will Help Consumers Maintain Their Garments For Longer
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...
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October 30, 2023
Responsible purchasing practices regulations, initiatives must align for fashion’s transformation
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...
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October 30, 2023
Demand for Sustainable Raw Materials Could Exceed Supply by as Much as 133 Million Tons by 2030
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.
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October 30, 2023
Sri Lanka’s eco-friendly apparel manufacturing surges with GOTS certification uptick
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).
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October 25, 2023