"The Italian fashion organisation, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI) is teaming up with the United Nations Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI) to launch a joint environmental, social, and corpo ...
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"The Stella Shared 3 Range features three 'next-gen' artists with shared environmental visions on sustainable fashion. Sustainable fashion designer Stella McCartney is unveiling its Winter 2021 line: ...
"Garment workers in California will be paid an hourly rate and receive other new protections under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Monday afternoon. SB 62, which faced heavy opposition from fashion bra ...
"A comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of BASF’s innovative synthetic leather solution Haptex demonstrates the significant environmental benefits compared to other conventional synthetic leather ...
"London-based sustainable textile brand Ananas Anam is looking to expand after securing a £250,000 investment that should help it add more staff and further develop its offer. [...] Ananas Anam got th ...
"It's been decades of work, but no severance pay. On Monday (27 Sep), a total of 92 employees from PT Indratek demonstrated in front of the company's gate on Raya Tirto Street. They have worked in the ...
"Garment factories in Ukraine began to lose European orders after large brands such as Hugo Boss, Asos, Esprit, Inditex (Zara), Adidas and others found cheap labour in Bangladesh, China or Vietnam. An ...
"The National Minimum Wage Council, which consists of representatives from the Royal Government, employers and unions held their final meeting on 28 September to vote for the minimum wage figure for w ...
"The result of 2022 minimum wage out today!!! #Garmentworkers and #footwear will get $194 in 2022. We can't imagine how workers can survive with this amount of wage." ...
"1.3 Jabir and others v KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH 3.3 Hamburg Consumer Protection Agency v Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG 3.5 Collectif Éthique sur l’étiquette and others v Auchan [...] European-based b ...
"From energy to food to electronics, European companies are failing to prevent appalling human rights abuses and environmental harm perpetrated overseas by their subsidiaries, suppliers and subcontrac ...
"Global Fashion Agenda, the leading non-profit for industry collaboration on sustainability in fashion, announced today that Ralph Lauren Corporation, the global, iconic leader in premium lifestyle pr ...
"Molecular technologies specialist Applied DNA Sciences (ADNAS) says it’s secured a US$1.6 million order from an unnamed “textile customer” who’ll adopt PCR-based DNA material tags. The New York-based ...
"My foot hovers nervously over the sewing machine pedal. I am cautiously working my way through a sew-it-yourself kit produced by Pattern Project, a “microfactory” startup in south London. It has pion ...
"UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned Thursday that urgent action is needed to prevent a human rights catastrophe in Myanmar. The UN Human Rights Office issued a new report d ...
"Cambodian Labor Minister Ith Samheng on Sept. 28 signed off on the new minimum wage for staff in the garments, textiles and footwear manufacturing sector, which will increase from $192 to $194 on Jan ...
"US apparel companies are again urging President Joe Biden to send vaccines to supply countries, such as Vietnam, which are struggling to cope with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brands incl ...
"The United Kingdom’s Competition & Markets Authority (“CMA”) has published its highly anticipated Green Claims Code, with the competition and consumer protection regulator providing guidance for busi ...
"Luxury fashion brand Ralph Lauren has become the latest name to join Global Fashion Agenda’s (GFA) team of strategic partners. The US firm follows in the footsteps of H&M, Bestseller, Kering, Nike, P ...
"The Garment Worker Protection Act enforces fair compensation and holds fashion brands accountable for unpaid wages. [...] The Garment Worker Protection Act, which was introduced by Senator María Elen ...