"At the end of a dismal 2020 came optimism, courtesy of a newly launched research facility to “stimulate innovation and economic growth in UK textile manufacturing”. The Textiles Circularity Centre (T ...
"High Commissioner of Canada in Bangladesh, H.E. Benoit Préfontaine paid a courtesy call on BGMEA President Faruque Hassan at BGMEA’s office in Gulshan, Dhaka on 20 October. BGMEA Vice President Shahi ...
"Ethiopian unions fear that millions of jobs will be lost if the United States withdraws the country’s eligibility for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which gives duty-free access to th ...
"As Leicester Garment and Textile Workers Trust launches with a £1m donation from Boohoo Group, chair Kevin McKeever talks through the aims and aspirations of the trust. On 15 October, the Leicester G ...
"Myanmar's economy, which was hit hard by COVID-19, has been hit hard since the military coup. This includes the Myanmar garment industry, which employs about 500,000 workers. More than 30 percent of ...
"A massive fire broke out at around 4 am in a sandal factory located at Arjun International, Manjeet Nagar, Basti Sheikh in Jalandhar. The cause of the fire is said to be short-circuit. Workers were i ...
"Nylon brand Nilit has partnered with The Ocean Foundation on its Blue Resilience Initiative. Joining The Ocean Foundation’s Blue Resilience Initiative, the collaboration aims to protect essential oce ...
"This Friday, organizations like Fridays for Future invite you to a nationwide climate strike. The fashion industry is also considered to be a major cause of environmental pollution. Figures from the ...
"In this episode of Smart Creation, president of Paris Good Fashion and founder of consulting agency La Dame a la Licorne, Sylvie Bénard discussed her dedication to sustainability, and how working tog ...
"Footwear has been a polluter of the fashion industry since the sneaker revolution of the 80s. Once modern shoe styles were introduced to society, fashion met the demand at the cost of the environment ...
"Being environmentally-friendly is now the most important brand value overall to consumers around the world, according to a new survey of more than 15,000 people in 16 countries. The Global Consumer B ...
"Foundationwear brand Heist has launched four new sustainable tights for its AW21 collection. Each style has been sustainably made using recycled Polyamide and recycled Elastane to maintain the brand' ...
"With less than one per cent of all garments recycled, collaboration across a plethora of skillsets is key to a bright future for responsible and sustainable fashion, says the curator of an innovation ...
"The fourth edition of "Bangladesh Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2021" was launched yesterday to recognise outstanding individuals and organisations for their exceptional contributions in advancing s ...
"Concentration of both capital-intensive and labour-intensive investments in one place, creating excessive capacity, and mismanagement in running factories are deemed by industry insiders as the major ...
"A fire broke out in a chunri dyeing factory in Saraiya, Varanasi on Sunday morning due to a short circuit. The fire brigade struggled to control the raging fire due to textiles and chemicals. Factory ...
"Trash bags stuffed full of used medical gloves, some visibly soiled, some even blood-stained, litter the floor of a warehouse on the outskirts of Bangkok. Nearby is a plastic bowl, filled with blue d ...
"The Morning Star publishes the testimony of an employee who has worked for Clarks for 34 years as part of the workforce now confronting the threat of fire-and-rehire. “I have been a 100 per cent loya ...
"Dave Chapple explains why workers at Clarks in Somerset have been driven to take strike action in the face of a devastating ‘fire and rehire’ threat. Workers at Clarks boot and shoe warehouse in Stre ...
"Plastics are not just smothering our lands and oceans, they are also in the air we breathe. Microscopic pieces of plastic get swept up from the Earth’s surface into the atmosphere and spiral around t ...
