2021

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Fire in Bursa textile factory
by Kyna Intel — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:49 PM

"The fire that broke out in the chimney of a textile factory in Bursa was extinguished with the intervention of firefighters. The fire occurred in a textile factory operating in the central Nilüfer di ...

SBTi launches world-first net-zero corporate standard
by Kyna Intel — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:49 PM

"SBTi’s science-based Net-Zero Standard launches today to provide a credible and independent assessment of corporate net-zero target setting and enable companies to align their near- and long-term cli ...

At Guy Cotten, employment involves in-house training
by Kyna Intel — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:49 PM

"Always looking for staff, Guy Cotten, in Trégunc, has been offering “Operational preparation for collective employment” since 2014; a system to train employees who, for the most part, discover the wo ...

Filthy fashion’s climate pollution laid bare
by Kyna Intel — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:49 PM

"For an industry considered creative and cutting-edge, fashion is woefully late to the party when it comes to cleaning up its global climate pollution. Fashion contributes 5% to 8% of all global emiss ...

Fast fashion & climate change
by Kyna Intel — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:46 PM

"To tackle the critical issue of fast fashion at COP26, Associate Professor Helen Powell from LSBU has called for: Greater transparency by clothing brands, potentially enforced by government, about th ...

Fast fashion & climate change
by Kyna Intel — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:46 PM

"Watch my interview with Associate Professor Helen Powell from London South Bank University (LSBU) about fashion fashion and climate change. She defends a new approach is urgently needed to tackle the ...

The Net-Zero Standard
by Kyna Intel — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:46 PM

""The Net-Zero Standard gives companies a clear blueprint on how to bring their net-zero plans in line with the science, which is non-negotiable in this decisive decade for climate action. Because we ...

Fashion and COP26: Inaction on the climate emergency
by Kyna Intel — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:46 PM

"Fashion lacks urgency when it comes to the climate emergency, according to newly revealed data on 2,500 brands’ environmental track records. Key stats based on Good On You’s brand ratings—published h ...

Wool: designed by nature, designed for life
by Kyna Intel — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:46 PM

"In order to change the end result, it’s best to start at the very beginning. There’s no doubt the fashion and textile industry is one of the world’s greatest polluters. Time and time again we see sta ...

Patagonia stops all paid advertising on Facebook
by Kyna Intel — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:46 PM

"Patagonia stopped all paid advertising on Facebook platforms in June 2020 because they spread hate speech and misinformation about climate change and our democracy. We continue to stand by that boyco ...

HKRITA's G2G recycling system lauded for innovation
by Kyna Intel — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:46 PM

"The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) has announced its Garment-to-Garment Recycle System research project (G2G) has won the Gold Award of the 2020 Hong Kong Green Innovat ...

Worker Diaries update through September 2021
by Kyna Intel — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:46 PM

"For this week’s blog, we will provide an update on the core data from our respondents in Bangladesh. We continued to keep up with the garment workers’ lives as they go to work, earn money, use that m ...

Interview with Sheng Lu
by Kyna Intel — last modified Nov 01, 2021 03:20 PM

"Do you see a rise in nearshoring for the apparel/fashion industry as a result of the pandemic? Is Latin America benefitting out of it? Amid COVID-19, shipping crisis, and US-China tariff war, US fash ...