"In the first half of 2021 the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) welcomed more than 180 new members across its membership categories. BCI works with members across the cotton supply chain and beyond to e ...
In recent years, there has been increasing public awareness of the issue of single-use plastics, which has led to a collective shift of consciousness towards sustainable plastics consumption, bringing ...
"The Better Buying Roundtable is a new forum enabling suppliers to come together in a safe space to co-create solutions to the challenges caused by poor purchasing practices. Participation is sought f ...
"Better Buying Institute has published a Deep Dive, and a number of accompanying resources, on the issue of Monthly Order Variability. Monthly Order Variability (MOV) reflects the changes to the total ...
"Monthly Order Variability (MOV) reflects the changes to the total number of pieces or pairs a supplier ships to its customer from month to month, including the peaks and valleys across the year and e ...
"Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA), the Chair and Cochair, respectively, of the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China, released tod ...
"July is Disability Pride Month. It’s also the start of back-to-school shopping for many families. In other words, it’s the perfect time for JCPenney to introduce Thereabouts, an apparel line featurin ...
"Thieves forced entry and took machines, garments, and other essential goods for the operation of the factory. The victims were women who have been running their own factory - Traful Newen Textile Wor ...
"Garment enterprises have too many expenses and have been accepting orders on which they make a loss in order to maintain relationships with clients and jobs for employees. However, if the risk of sup ...
"A conversation with Do Quynh Chi, director of the Labour Relations Research Center, assessing the impact of the pandemic in 2021 (which is very different compared to 2020), both in terms of supply ch ...
"When the price range is so wide it is difficult to know what is the right price. [...] Right now, white t-shirts are being sold at Zara and Balenciaga. Five euros and more than 600. And they are neit ...
A trade union leader says only a small number of garment and shoe factory workers have been infected with Covid-19, and when returning to work have faced no discrimination. Pav Sina, the president of ...
"Mae Sot, a town on the Thai-Burmese border in Thailand's Tak province, was once bustling with traders, but is now as quiet with the hospital full of patients, according to Thai media. Since the mass ...
"On the one hand, some factories are operating secretly with a small number of workers. On the other hand, owners continue to lobby to open factories all over the country. The owners are all united in ...
"Salma Akhter, an employee of a garment factory in Gazipur, went to her village home in Rangpur with her children to celebrate Eid. Then on Saturday, a supervisor from the factory called on his mobile ...
"Dutch denim brand G-Star Raw is attempting to keep pairs of jeans in rotation for longer with a pilot program called G-Star Raw Certified Tailors. After selecting six tailors around the Netherlands a ...
"BMW just announced that the luxury car company is supporting vegan leather for the future of the auto industry. The venture capital of the BMW Group, BWM i Ventures, recently invested in the sustaina ...
"The Eileen Fisher company achieves audacious sustainability goals through a transformational process they put in place years ago. And this successful approach to sustainable change can be adapted by ...
"Chinese apparel brand HOdo said it has produced and exported the country's first batch of clothing certified as carbon neutral, contributing to the creation of a sustainable clothing ecosystem. The c ...
"One of the main goals of the growing ethical fashion movement has been to make ethical fashion look like ‘regular’ fashion. Desperate to wash off an “earthy” label, sustainable fashion brands are awa ...
