Originating in the Istrancalar (Yıldız) Mountains of Thrace, the Ergene River turns black with factory waste in just 10 kilometers as it passes through the Velimeşe Organized Industrial Zone. A video ...
“Fifty-year-old T Kumar and his wife K Saroja have been weaving handloom saris for the past 25 years. Though the income is limited, they stuck to the ancestral trade, making do with what they earned b ...
“Some might use the term ‘multi-functional’, others prefer ‘convertible’ or ‘adaptable’. The semantics may vary but, conceptually speaking, modular fashion translates into a garment, shoe or accessory ...
“How to Find PFAS-Free Outdoor Gear Now, this can get pretty confusing, so let me translate some of the industry jargon for you. Many brands still use the term PFC to indicate the broad class of forev ...
“Protesting against the government’s failure to review the minimum wage for two consecutive years, 38,000 of roughly 40,000 workers in Lesotho’s garment industry have downed tools since May 14. The st ...
“New study by The Nature Conservancy and Bain & Company provides the first look into the scope of microplastics emissions from textile manufacturing. For every 500 shirts manufactured, one t-shirt’s w ...
“Schuh’s parent company, Genesco, has announced it will ban the use of alpaca fleece following an exposé by PETA, revealing the inhumane treatment the animals face during shearing. Genesco has agreed ...
“Textile manufacturer Ventile, the brand known for its performance textiles worn by explorers such as Ranulph Fiennes and Sir Edmund Hillary, is launching two new fabrics this summer as part of its gr ...
“Working from home changed outfits across the globe, and more than 50 percent of consumers intend to make long term changes to their fashion consumption, aiming to buy less and make their clothing las ...
“Armed with extensive patent portfolios, Bolt Threads, Modern Meadow, MycoWorks, Natural Fiber Welding and others are targeting luxury brands with alternative materials. After issuing sustainability c ...
“Sourcing sustainable materials has always been an essential part of our sustainability work. Over the years, we've been doing pretty well in Textile Exchange’s Material Change Index, and for the seco ...
"It’s no secret that the planet is in hot water, environmentally. It is for precisely this reason that Tide has spent years researching and developing a product that will give customers a superior cle ...
“The parties agree to the following joint public statement, and to make no other comment on what has been an eight-year priority case for IndustriALL and its affiliates, including a wide range of acti ...
“The UK began a push to define what constitutes sustainable investing in a bid to clamp down on so-called greenwashing. A new panel — the Green Technical Advisory Group — will oversee delivery of a “G ...
“The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has dropped Chinese sportswear maker Li-Ning as its official kit partner citing public sentiment in the country, saying its athletes will wear unbranded apparel a ...
“The report provides a comprehensive picture of the work of the train-the-trainer program that six non-governmental organizations (three labor, one women’s rights, and two public health organizations) ...
“This is part two of our conversation with Marzia Lanfranchi and Andrew Olah. Both of them wear many different hats… and it’s their work at Transformers Foundation that brings them together. Transform ...
“86 workers working in 4 textile factories in the Kahta district of Adıyaman were hospitalised on suspicion of poisoning from food they ate. [...] It was learned that the workers who were taken to Kah ...
“In Turkmenistan, 2,100 tons of silkworm cocoons were produced – a valuable high-quality raw material for the textile industry. Deputy Prime Minister Esenmyrat Orazgeldiev reported to the President of ...
Shakib Mia, 20, a worker at Nice Cotton in Gazipur, died at around 2:00am on Tuesday after being treated for burns at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital for four days. Shakib – a boiler operator (help ...
