"Rebag has raised $33 million in funding in a Series E round, bringing the 6-year-old resale company’s total funding to $101 million. “Following a strong year driven by technological advances and cate ...
"A pilot line has been created in Finland to produce a new sustainable cellulose-based fibre called Ioncell which turns wood-based materials and textile waste into high quality fibres. It has been set ...
"US president Joe Biden will sign off the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act which would ban all imports made with forced labour in the Xinjiang region of China, the White House has confirmed for the ...
"The US House of Representatives passed a final version of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bans the importation of goods made with forced labour in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Reg ...
"The President welcomes the agreement by Congress on the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. We agree with Congress that action can and must be taken to hold the People’s Republic of China ...
"Twelve innovative solutions for addressing plastic microfibre pollution have been selected as finalists with a chance of winning a share of US$650,000 as part of the Conservation X Labs’ (CXL) Microf ...
"Textile innovator Ecovative has launched a sustainable fashion cooperative with Bestseller and PVH Corp – which owns Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein – with the view to co-developing mycelium-based ma ...
"Myanmar has been an ACT priority country since 2018. In December 2021, members took the difficult decision to cease ACT’s operations in Myanmar. This is a consequence of the withdrawal of IndustriALL ...
"Workers' rights campaigners are urging more US and Australian brands and retailers to sign up to the new International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry. The agreement ...
"Maxine Bédat is the founder and director of New Standard Institute, a think-and-do tank dedicated to turning industry into a force for good. She is a former lawyer and the cofounder of ethical fashio ...
"Abstract The effective enrichment of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in sea spray aerosols (SSA) demonstrated in previous laboratory studies suggests that SSA is a potential source of PFAAs to the atmos ...
"Many of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that end up in the ocean boomerang back to shore after they are re-emitted into air with the crashing of waves, according to a study by research ...
"Today a coalition of labor unions and allied groups filed a petition calling on the US government to withdraw special trade preferences granted to the Philippines due to the Duterte government’s perv ...
"Jeyasre Kathiravel was a 21-year-old member of my union, the Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU). She worked 10-hour shifts as a garment worker every day at Eastman Exports, from late e ...
"When it comes to creating a more just, sustainable fashion industry, small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) are leading the way. As our 2021 Fashion Accountability Report has shown, SMEs scored 37 p ...
"The COVID-19 pandemic plunged the fashion industry into turmoil, as supply chain disruptions and store closures threatened the profits of the world’s biggest brands. The response of the fashion indus ...
"When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the fashion industry in early 2020, international brands were confronted with supply chain distributions and store closures, prompting brands to cancel and delay orders ...
"Abstract Working in hot and potentially humid conditions creates health and well-being risks that will increase as the planet warms. It has been proposed that workers could adapt to increasing temper ...
"A new study shows India is amongst the most affected countries showing the largest heat exposure impacts on heavy labour, mostly agricultural and construction workers. Midday heat exposure causes pro ...
"Amazon’s plastic packaging waste soared by almost a third, to 270,000 tonnes, during the pandemic last year, according to a report from marine conservation group Oceana. Oceana estimates up to 10,700 ...
