"Given the rapid growth of e-commerce, packaging is one of the big bugbears for consumers trying to live more sustainable lives and brands and retailers are responding to this. Now Scotch & Soda has a ...
"A cotton godown was reduced to ashes in the area of Jhang Bazaar police station. Police spokesman said Monday that fire erupted in the warehouse of a local cotton factory situated at Insaf Road durin ...
"Pakistan’s human rights minister said on Monday that the government has decided to review the country’s National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorism in the wake of the lynching of a Sri Lankan nation ...
"Mapped in Bangladesh, an initiative of Brac University, has found 3,485 export-oriented readymade garment factories with around 27 lakh [2.7 million] of workers in the country. The MiB, a project by ...
"A Sri Lankan man accused of blasphemy was lynched and his body set ablaze by workers he oversaw at a factory in the city of Sialkot in northeastern Pakistan. Priyantha Diyawadanage, 48, the general m ...
"Fashion Industry: A Status Quo Between Unconducive and Partly Conducive 11 Key Themes, and a View to Risks and Opportunities 15 Evidence Gaps and Weak Signals Revealed by the Literature Review 16 [.. ...
"In this episode, Edited: Inside Retail has interviewed sustainability manager at Clarks, Lisa Ly, on the brand's commitment to reducing its environmental footprint" (27:52-minute podcast). ...
"A survey by VoucherCodes has found that two thirds of British people are intending to use clothing rental companies during the party season. The survey also saw 33 percent of shoppers say that it hel ...
"The US has confirmed that it will not send any diplomats or officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics, as a protest against human rights abuses, a move that China has vowed to greet with "firm counter ...
"The Armani Group, which owns brands including Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, EA7, and Armani Exchange, has announced that it has banned the use of angora wool in future products. The decision follow ...
"- initial findings of Egyptian cotton sampling presented to textile executives, advances use of genomics for end-to-end supply chain traceability - - company files provisional patent application with ...
"Sateri has become the first lyocell producer in China to be awarded Oeko-Tex's Sustainable Textile Production (STeP) certification for responsible production. The company's lyocell facility in Rizhao ...
"The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the BRAC NGO on the prevention of gender-based violence and workplace harass ...
"The Chinese government may be forcing large numbers of the Uyghur population in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to work in cotton and garment production. 1 While Western fashion brands’ sup ...
"The Chinese government may be forcing large numbers of the Uyghur population in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) to work in cotton and garment production facilities. The European ...
"The demand for animal-free fashion is rapidly growing, and concern by consumers over animal welfare have only heightened since the COVID-19 pandemic. And while more brands are prioritising animal wel ...
"A large-scale protest was held on Wednesday (1) against the alleged unfair dismissal of 16 workers at ATG Gloves Knitting (Pvt.) Ltd. in the Wathupitiwala Free Trade Zone (FTZ), in August 2021. “In A ...
"In December 2021, we published our first-ever Impact Report. In this year’s report, which is an evolution from previous ‘Farmer Results’ reports, we share the latest field-level data (from the 2019-2 ...
"At Better Cotton, we want to be absolutely sure that we’re making a difference. That’s why besides supporting and training millions of farmers and farm workers around the world to grow cotton more su ...
"The Better Cotton initiative is working with brands and retailers on a new chain of custody system and digital platform that would offer full physical traceability of its cotton from farm to garment. ...
