"New developments in technology, robotics, automation and digitisation are something all garment manufacturers need to be mindful of. Knowledge, as they say, is power. There are two ways of looking at ...
2022
"British underwear brand Nudea has become the latest company to attain B Corp certification." ...
"The Changing Markets Foundation is urging the European Union (EU) to charge fashion retailers a fee for every item they sell to deal with the sector's growing waste problem." ...
"One year on, we are pleased that Directors’ Duty of Care and Oversight of mandatory due diligence are in the European Commission’s Due Diligence proposal issued last month, in Articles 25 and 26 resp ...
"Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) has published the latest version of its National Wool Declaration (NWD V9.3) following extensive stakeholder consultations." ...
"US traceability solutions provider Sourcemap has secured US$10 million which it’ll use to fund a new European subsidiary as it looks to move into markets across the Atlantic Ocean." ...
"Traceability is one of the latest buzzwords in fashion. Understanding what it means is essential for holding brands accountable. What is traceability, and why does it matter? Ever tried to separate a ...
"What does gender equality in the workplace mean? Not just for women, but for men? Mohammed Faruk has several female supervisors in his factory, so this is a familiar question. Female supervisors, he ...
"Ivan Dychka, a.k.a. lugangstore, a seller on Grailed, says sales have grown since Russia's invasion. Ukraine is renowned for its second-hand and vintage clothing markets, a national point of pride th ...
"Achieving social dialogue in garment supply chains presents many challenges. Those regions where the downstream parts of the global supply chains are often located may lack both a tradition of social ...
"South African Sustainable Designers In South Africa we too have designers and clothing manufacturers who are passionate about sustainable clothing and the eco-friendly movement. Listed below are five ...
"I want to turn a bit to the actual intimates items. They are made of GOTS certified organic cotton and French lace. And I was just wondering if you could tell me why you chose those two materials. I ...
"The insights from the solution, called TrusTrace Certified Material Compliance, will help Adidas "create even more transparency of our sustainability efforts," said Katja Schreiber, Senior Vice Presi ...
"Focus areas for the application process include digital fashion, Web3, size and fit, beauty tech, sustainability and social commerce, with companies to be centred around B2B solution capabilities at ...
"The Spanish company Jeanologia, specialized in sustainable textile solutions, has presented a new technology for dyeing garments that is more respectful of the environment, and that also reduces the ...
"In our latest Ecotextile Talks podcast, we’re joined by Alisia Mätz, product manager of Oekotex’s STeP certification program to discuss the company’s new ‘Impact Calculator’ tool and how it can help ...
"French recycling specialist Carbios has announced that it has succeeded in producing a 100 per cent enzymatically-recycled white PET fibre from coloured textile waste for the first time." ...
"FashionUnited covered the release of an MIT Sloan Management Review study in January that pointed to unpredictable schedules as one of the main contributors to the mass exodus of retail employees fro ...
"Investors stepped up pressure on corporate climate lobbying on Monday, launching a new 14-point action plan for companies to stick to or risk having their actions put to a shareholder vote. The Globa ...
"Major UK businesses are lining up to offer jobs to Ukrainian refugees when they start to arrive in the UK. A group of more than 45 large businesses is pressing the government to make it easier for th ...