“The circular economy is an emerging trend in the apparel industry – and will be used to help promote a sustainable future. Consumers have shown a keen interest in brands adopting more sustainable act ...
"Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has been awarded the 2021 USGBC Leadership Award by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) for leading the way to reduce the environm ...
"Garment workers aren’t getting enough information around immunization against COVID-19 and many don’t have access to the vaccine either. According to a report from Dhaka-based research nonprofit Sout ...
On 08 June, authorities in Sangkat Chom Chao barricaded the Trapeang Po market and the area around the QMI garment factory (aka Grand Twins International). The closure comes after a total of 296 posit ...
“Today, Burberry announces its pledge to become Climate Positive by 2040, setting a new industry standard that goes further than the company’s current 2040 net-zero target. To achieve this, Burberry w ...
“French fashion house Chanel is backing a new climate adaptation fund that aims to raise $100 million by 2025 to invest in projects to promote sustainable agriculture, protect forests and support smal ...
“Deerberg has reported an increase in sales of 27% to around 54.5 million euros for 2020 ,with profit after taxes of almosst 2.7 million euros. For the current financial year, managing director Lars B ...
“There are lots of stats about fashion and water floating around in articles, reports, and even on Instagram. Doesn’t the industry consume 32 million Olympic swimming pools’ worth of it per year, and ...
“Gone are the days of simplistic clothing labels that merely share washing temperatures, dry cleaning instructions or details of a garment’s country of origin. Clothing labels are now fast becoming a ...
“The Federation de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, the organization that controls the calendar of Paris runway seasons, has unveiled two new digital devices designed to allow fashion houses participat ...
“In our last issue, we discussed the widespread problem of ‘greenwashing’ in the textile and fashion industries and how this new, dangerous culture of exaggerating sustainability claims not only blind ...
“Sri Lankan apparel manufacturer Hela Clothing, which also has factories in Kenya and Ethiopia, has been presented with the ‘Most Sustainable Factory’ award at the Asda- and Walmart-owned George brand ...
“Tegra is set to sign a deal to pay 965 workers around $600,000 in layoff and other compensation as it unwinds a key apparel factory in Managua, Nicaragua, trades union officials told Sourcing Journal ...
“A Minister has slammed problems in Leicester’s textile sector, calling reports about worker exploitation nothing short of “shocking”. Business Minister Paul Scully said new rules will make it harder ...
“Charles Darwin said in his famous book “On the Origin of the Species” that it’s not the strongest or most intelligent of the species that survives but the one that’s most adaptable to change. We may ...
“Like most things, fashion is uncompromisingly tied to the changing social and economic landscape of our modern lives. To mediate these ever-changing attitudes, trend forecasting has become the truste ...
“The US state of Nevada has recently approved measures to regulate PFAS and organohalogenated flame retardants (OFR) in a variety of consumer products. The restrictions will be implemented in phases, ...
“A landfill in Ghana is the final resting place for many of our fast fashion purchases. When author Maxine Bedat visited, it was literally on fire. One August day I found myself on top of one of the m ...
Italian brand Calzedonia has closed the Aries Textile factory in Arad, which has been in operation since 1999. Public data indicate the factory has been permanently closed and the telephone numbers in ...
In Haramidere, which starts in Esenyurt, separating Battal Gazi and Örnek Mahallesi, the colour of the water first turned dark blue and then black due to textile and shoe factory discharge. The reside ...
