"U.S. trade with sub-Saharan Africa has declined in recent years, prompting analysts to question the effectiveness of a preferential trade program for the region. [...] Many experts say the program ha ...
"A sudden fire broke out in a shoe manufacturing factory in the industrial area of Narela area of Delhi today, resulting in a huge loss. It was learned by a fire station official that, in the process ...
"Despite today’s deadline, 8,629 factories built illegally on farmland had not been registered as of March 13, a senior Executive Yuan official said yesterday. [...] If factories fail to register in t ...
"Human rights advocate and filmmaker Christopher Patz has co-directed with Ammar Aziz an eye opening film about the true cost of our clothes. Discount Workers documents the fight for justice following ...
"A major fire incident was reported in a yarn mill known as Shivalya Textile in the Dhadhari area on Sunday evening." ...
"For many, the label “Made in Europe” has been synonymous with very high ethical standards. But a series of investigative reports (with the latest in 2020) by the Clean Clothes Campaign found “an imme ...
"Around the world, consumers buy 80 billion new clothing items per year. Of American buyers’ total yearly clothing consumption, 85 percent of the clothing purchased ends up as waste in landfills. The ...
"Whether it’s brands piloting shiny new technologies or launching their own take-back schemes, there has been a lot of talk about recycling within the fashion industry of late. But how much of our clo ...
"Louis Vuitton is one of the world’s most recognised luxury fashion brands thanks to its distinctive monogrammed accessories and clothing. Unfortunately, the brand isn’t doing enough when it comes to ...
"Some environmentalists have criticised Penneys for “greenwashing” in its claim to be caring for the environment by making clothes from recycled plastic, arguing that the practice is not as sustainabl ...
"New Zealand’s fashion and textile industry is taking a significant step forward, addressing climate change and improving how clothes are brought to market and managed at end-of-use, by implementing a ...
"When she shifted to Houston in 2008, Chennai-born Lakshmi Sathyanarayanan was determined to keep her passion for eco-friendly saris alive. One of the ways she ensured this was by sourcing ethically p ...
"Long-term work in building union power in Morocco has resulted in two new national unions in the textile-garment and metal industries, the FNTSIME-UMT and the FNTTCCL-UMT. ...
"Rental subscription model provides unique opportunity to address apparel overproduction; company aims to displace the need for new production of 500,000 garments by 2026. Rent the Runway, Inc. (“Rent ...
"Conservation X Labs (CXL) has announced the five winners of its Microfiber Innovation Challenge, who’ll share a prize of US$650,000 to help scale their solutions to widespread pollution." ...
"Over 5,000 workers from 15 factories in the textile and garment sector braved the rains to present a petition on living wages to the department of labour in Nhlangano on 15 March. However, the police ...
"The U.S. securities regulator on Monday proposed requiring U.S.-listed companies to disclose a range of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions, part of President Joe Biden's push to join ...
"Goods worth lakhs of rupees were burnt to ashes due to a fire in a jacket factory in Chandpur. The cause of the fire is said to be short circuit." ...
"A major fire broke out in a textile unit at Dhandari on Sunday evening. Goods worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in the fire. However, there was no loss of life in the incident." ...
"In episode 264, Kestrel welcomes George Harding-Rolls (the Campaigns Advisor at Changing Markets Foundation) and Amy Nguyen (a strategist, researcher and writer focused on the nexus between sustainab ...
