"Converting food waste into sustainable leather, cotton and paper substitutes through the powers of bread-eating fungi. [...] Setting out to resolve the whole suite of issues in one fell swoop, lead i ...
"The fish leather tannery and studio use bark tanning on rescued fish skins. These are those about to be thrown into the trash can but are instead transformed into fish leather. The processed fish lea ...
"Primark customers would stuff their baskets with as much cheap clothing as they can carry. Ten pairs of shoes, mountains of dresses that will be worn on a night out once, multiple pairs of jeans that ...
"The Vietnam Textile and Garment Union has proposed investments in construction, supporting policies, creating conditions for employees to have access to various types of social housing, and funding s ...
"Ho Sy Tan, Chairman of the Trade Union of Vinakad - an enterprise specializing in textiles and garments exporting to the US in Hoa Khanh Industrial Park (Da Nang) - said he supported the extension of ...
"The northern company Induo has developed a technology for recycling textile waste that does not require sorting by color or composition, or removing buttons, fasteners, etc." ...
"A 2017 study of Ukraine’s garment industry published in the Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Europe, noted that the Kiev government has introduced the following measures in response to the de ...
"The median household income in Ukraine is around $4,400 a year, about on par with that of Iran, whose economy has been operating under crushing sanctions for years. The average wage in Ukraine is est ...
"Kristina Wyatt left the SEC just last month to join Persefoni, a climate management and accounting platform, as its deputy general counsel and senior vice president for global regulatory climate disc ...
"Around 15 percent of every production run isn’t used. And this means that every year, $120 billion in unused textiles is either sent to the landfill, incinerated, or simply left sitting in the wareho ...
"REBRANDED is a new sustainable clothing line out of Los Angeles. Launched in February 2022, REBRANDED wants to revolutionize the way we view fashion. Inhabitat sat down with founder and CEO Tricia Ho ...
"But even as the city celebrates the return to normalcy, the lasting impact of the pandemic and the three consequent lockdowns, continue to take a heavy toll on the readymade garment manufacturing sec ...
"The certifications and standards widely used to lend credibility to big brands’ sustainability claims are coming under fire, as environmental campaigners seek to influence new policy initiatives. ...
"While geopolitical events have disrupted retail, retail has also been a chief contributor to geopolitical disruption, writes Doug Stephens. [...] In essence, our addiction to cheap goods has put us i ...
"Hong Kong-headquartered Crystal International Group Limited has stepped up a long-term commitment – Crystal Net Zero 2050 Vision, in line with the climate science to keep global warming below 1.5oC. ...
"The World’s Worst Countries for Workers: How Commonwealth countries performed in the 2021 ITUC Global Rights Index (GRI) catalogues the persistent disregard and repression of workers by Commonwealth ...
"A fruit company has partnered with a social enterprise to turn agricultural banana waste into fibres which are woven into textiles by prison inmates." ...
"SAE-A Trading, one of the world’s largest apparel manufacturers, is to adopt Coats Digital’s GSDCost solution to establish supply chain oversight and streamline its operations." [Ed's note: see entry ...
"Chemicals group ICI Pakistan has partnered with traceability solutions provider FibreTrace to authenticate the sustainability credentials of its 100 per cent recycled polyester staple fibre brand, Te ...
"Microplastic pollution has been found in human blood for the first time by scientists who say the discovery shows the tiny particles can travel around the body and may even lodge in organs." ...
