"Four organisations representing the global leather industry have issued a joint statement in which they challenge the growing use of 'sustainable' alternatives to leather. The International Council o ...
"Wage labourers in Bangladesh passed a gruelling year as their income growth dropped to a six-year low in the last fiscal year, whereas living expenses went up amid rising inflation, official figures ...
"Environmental non-profit Ocean Wise has detailed the findings of a new study into textile microfibre emissions, which suggests a combination of solutions at home, at the manufacturing stage and durin ...
"A groundbreaking new study by Ocean Wise, “Domestic laundry and microfiber pollution: Exploring fiber shedding from consumer apparel textiles”, published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, finds it ...
"A quarter of a million garment workers in Myanmar have lost their jobs following the military coup in February, according to a new study by the International Labour Organization (ILO)." The ILO says ...
"With an economy already weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic, a rapid assessment by the ILO reveals a deep employment crisis following the military takeover in Myanmar. Estimates released by the Interna ...
"In Honduras, where union leaders are targeted with violence and even murdered for trying to form unions and improve workers’ lives, Darlin Oviedo, president of the apparel union SITRAJASPER (the Unio ...
"When we talk about the ethics of wearing leather, wool, cashmere, silk, and other animal-derived materials, usually, we think of the animals those materials are made of—as we should. However, humans ...
"Discrimination and under-representation continues to pervade the UK fashion industry – a new report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Textiles and Fashion (T&F APPG) reveals. Almost 90% of peo ...
"Guess, a global lifestyle fashion brand, has released “Vision Guess” - its fourth sustainability report covering fiscal years 2020 and 2021, written in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative ...
"The Renaissance project is all about second chances. The French nonprofit organization provides training for job seekers through a workshop that repurposes designer clothes to give them a second life ...
"Today, fashion brand Madewell announced the next step within its company-wide sustainability efforts by partnering with Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS) provider thredUP for a new program: Madewell Forever ...
"Researchers in Finland analyzed the life cycle of a pair of jeans. They discovered that out of five options, including discarding and recycling, renting clothes contributed the most carbon emissions. ...
"China plans to initiate several steps to improve recycling and resource utilisation, enhance efficiency and introduce clean production in key industries, including petrochemicals, by 2025 to nurture ...
"Reda, the Italian wool weaver, has been hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis. But according to CEO Ercole Botto Poala, things are looking up again in the USA and China, but not yet in Germany. He says all ...
"Women make up almost half the country’s population. But they form a very small part of the workforce with Pakistan ranking second to last for them in leadership roles. Women’s participation in the la ...
"Grasim Industries Limited, a flagship company of India-headquartered global conglomerate Aditya Birla Group and a leading global producer of viscose staple fibre (VSF), has initiated water management ...
"Workers in dozens of workplaces where laws have been violated welcomed the holiday with resistance. Workers whose collective bargaining demands are not accepted, who are dismissed because they become ...
"On 20 July, more than 800 workers working at Tinh Loi Garment Co., Ltd [aka, Regent Garment Factory] in Lai Vu Industrial Park, Kim Thanh District, Hai Duong were forced to take leave to return home ...
"A case in point is in Tuol Sangke, Phnom Penh: women garment workers contracted Covid-19 in April and later recovered. Following the doctor's instructions, they self-isolated for 14 days after receiv ...
