"Alibaba said that nearly 400 brands, including Apple Inc and L’Oréal SA, have raked in more than $15 million in sales each during its Singles Day extravaganza, as the toned-down event headed into its ...
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"Mandatory due diligence in supply chains shows once more how interconnected supply chains are. These requirements coming from Europe and America though the intermediaries of the brands impact the cur ...
"The U.S. far outpaces other countries in sending used clothing to Africa and Asia – with adverse environmental consequences. The fast fashion industry has boomed tremendously in recent years – with W ...
"US textile finishing specialist Green Theme Technologies (GTT) has added a PFC-free and water-free stain release treatment to its range of Empel-branded ‘sustainable’ solutions. The new stain release ...
"Scientists in Brazil are looking into the feasibility of converting waste sludge from textiles production into a raw material for the traditional ceramic industry. Researchers at the State University ...
"Amina Razvi, executive director of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), called for a new kind of leadership to reduce the industry's impact, at the opening of the organisation's annual meeting. T ...
"Gildan is pleased to share that it is once again a recipient of the CSR Seal by the Fundación Hondureña de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial, better known as FUNDAHRSE, for its 2020 work in Honduras ...
"Following the inception of the Green Deal and the Chemicals Strategy, Europe has experienced a surge in technical terms that are supposed to act as guiding principles for the EU’s path towards a gree ...
"Alexander McQueen has announced its partnership with A Team Arts Education, a community organisation based in Tower Hamlets in London’s east End, where the brand’s founder Lee McQueen grew up. By sup ...
"Zurich-based MyClimate is a non-profit foundation that was founded in 2006 to support companies on their way to carbon neutrality. MyClimate calculates the CO2 emissions of companies and their produc ...
"Another industry-led sustainability tool has entered the mix. Meet “Impact Index,” a product framework launched Thursday vying to be “the solution” for sustainability information. Eventually, the fra ...
"A project backed by Ralph Lauren to support long-term, sustainable cotton production in the United States, while also tackling climate change, has been selected as an Agriculture Innovation Mission f ...
"All of the employees in the knitwear production factory, which started production 6 months ago, are women… 170 women work in the factory that produces knitwear in Batman Organized Industrial Zone. Fa ...
"A new study tells us that ethical criteria are much less important than price, quality or fit in the eyes of Europeans. Who would've believed it? While many reports place eco-responsibility and ethic ...
"At the time of the revival of made in France, the northern city, with its textile past, is teeming with initiatives to become a benchmark in eco-responsible and innovative fashion. "A beer and a pair ...
"Child laborers in Bangladesh are involved in about 348 types of economic activities. The Bangladesh government has already identified 42 types of work as risky and 13 types of work as extremely risky ...
"Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh have been complaining about not getting a fair price for readymade garments for a long time. According to them, buyers do not want to pay the same price as other countries ...
"A fire broke out at a nearby garment factory after an explosion at a chemical factory in Gazipur's Konabari BSCIC area. A chemical drum exploded in the godown of Dysin-Chem Limited at around 12:15 pm ...
"The Textile Industries Chamber has confirmed the textile and garment sector is suffering greatly during the current period as a result of the significant rises in the prices of imported raw materials ...
"Staff at shoe retailer's warehouse in Street have walked out over a controversial 'fire and rehire' policy - union says it will 'continue to act in accordance with the law' during strike. Clarks has ...