"Switzerland-headquartered philanthropic organisation, the Laudes Foundation, has awarded the U.S. not for profit Biomimicry Institute (BI) €2.5 million in catalytic funding to help develop systems th ...
"More than 60 apparel companies could be sued under California Prop 65 chemical regulations after high levels of the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) was found in women’s and children’s branded s ...
"The scaling of closed-loop recycling could help reduce fashion’s environmental impact at the materials level. The technologies to make this happen are maturing, creating an opportunity for companies ...
"Our second annual industry report, based on consultations with 14 experts, scores 60 fashion companies across 6 key areas: 1. Traceability 2. Wages and Wellbeing 3. Commercial Practices 4. Raw Materi ...
"We are thrilled to announce the release of Remake’s 2021 Fashion Accountability Report. Our second annual industry report, based on consultations with 14 experts, scores 60 fashion companies across 6 ...
"Rebecca Burgess is the executive director of Fibershed, an internationally recognized nonprofit focused on transforming the clothing and textile system, the author of two books, and a vocationally tr ...
"Amongst the worst crimes associated with illicit trade is the demand it creates for forced and child labor to carry out the tasks of making counterfeits, sewing fake logos on luxury apparel, or harve ...
"Among the worst crimes associated with illicit trade is the demand it creates for forced and child labor. The TRACIT report, The Human Cost of Illicit Trade: Exposing demand for forced labor in the d ...
"Boohoo has seen Norway’s central bank become one of largest shareholders in the company Norges Bank acquired a stake worth 3.1% in Boohoo Boohoo co-founder Mahmud Kamani remains the largest single sh ...
"As fashion brands pursue closed-loop recycling, they increasingly need to engage with suppliers who can help them source ‘circular’ materials and scale these efforts. Material innovations have long b ...
"Fire broke out in a yarn factory located in the industrial of New Karachi area of Karachi in the wee hours of Tuesday, Dunya News reported. The fire spread very quickly and also engulfed the other pa ...
"The Biomimicry Institute has been awarded €2.5 million to lead a multi-year initiative called Design for Decomposition. By embracing true decomposition – the way leaves break down into soil to build ...
"The results are in on this year’s fashion accountability offenders — at least according to nonprofit Remake’s second annual accountability report. Forever 21, Ross, Global Brands Group, TJX Cos. Inc. ...
"The latest trend in the fashion industry is the rise of a handful of fast fashion brands targeted at Gen Z. Amongst these fast fashion companies, the one that has catapulted to cult status among youn ...
"The first assessments cover over 450 substances in 19 groups. For 18 of these groups, regulatory risk management measures or further data are needed. ECHA and Member States have been assessing the re ...
"The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has received the backing of international disclosure organisation, CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project), to develop a new global standard to ena ...
"Amid mounting evidence of fashion’s dramatically negative climate impact, countries, communities and companies are mobilising around protecting the planet. However, a new era of climate action will b ...
"Gal-dem investigates how the UK’s voracious consumption of fast fashion and textile waste is threatening Ghana’s second-hand trade, people and environment. [...] Kantamanto market, located in the hea ...
"The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) non-profit is accusing leading textile certification bodies of ignoring forced labour concerns in the Xinjiang region of China. ECCHR ...
"Amid the minimum wage negotiations for 2022, Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) Chair Arzu Çerkezoğlu has announced that they, as the DİSK, have decided to organize a rally wh ...
