"Euromonitor’s annual report defines the trends motivating consumer behavior and challenging business strategies in the year ahead. [...] Climate Changers: Eco-anxiety and the climate emergency drive ...
2022
"Despite Omicron concerns, the National Retail Federation’s Big Show took place live and in-person this week at the Javits Center in New York City. [...] DEI advancements Various sessions were focuse ...
"Major fashion brands stay silent as devastating wage theft continues in their supply chains. In July 2021, in a year which presented few reasons to be happy, the garment workers of Sindh province in ...
"The AGEC Law, law n° 2020-105 of 10 February 2020, is the anti-waste law related to the circular economy. The aim is to limit waste and preserve natural resources, biodiversity, and the climate. Rece ...
"For the past 30 years, Maria has worked in Los Angeles as a seamstress, steamer, and trimmer. Back in the ‘90s, she made $20 per week, a salary she used to support herself and her three kids who live ...
"Advertising with ESG claims requires legal diligence in order to comply with existing advertising laws. In this regard, advertisers should always aim to avoid the inclusion of misleading claims or fa ...
"A Vogue Business analysis found brands have no “convincing plan” to meet their climate targets. A 2020 McKinsey report concluded that fashion’s current strategies to decarbonize will slash CO2 by exa ...
"Benchmarks help identify and share leading practices, enabling companies to improve their standards and procedures. The KnowTheChain benchmarks aim to help companies protect the wellbeing of workers ...
"Key findings Human rights due diligence – the state of play KnowTheChain benchmarks how companies implement policies and practices to eliminate one of the most egregious human rights abuses: forced l ...
"Project brings together brands, leading mills and technology innovators. The D(R)YE Factory of the Future is a new consortium project bringing together several innovations in textile pre-treatment an ...
"The ITUC has expressed serious concern over acts of anti-union repression by the authorities under the control of Tunisian President Kais Saied. The country has faced a growing crisis since Saied dis ...
"Textile enterprises say that fashion brands increasingly prefer sustainable and recycled materials sourced from products such as PET bottles, coffee grounds, and coconut charcoal. "The residue from t ...
"Choosing between Primark, Springfield, Zara, Cortefiel or Women'secret may seem complicated , but it is easier if you have data on their working conditions. The salaries earned by the employees of th ...
"The government of Cambodia has decided to end the provision of US $40 per month for suspended workers in the textile, garment, footwear and travel products and bags industries. [...] [The government ...
"A fire broke out due to causes under investigation yesterday evening shortly after 7 pm in the warehouse of Mitumba Tex by Izzo Francesco - a company importing and exporting used and vintage clothing ...
"Fashion retailers will need to think beyond safety protocols as they scramble to fix a problem that’s only getting worse as the pandemic drags on. Retail store worker abuse by customers has been on t ...
"The cocktail of chemical pollution that pervades the planet now threatens the stability of global ecosystems upon which humanity depends, scientists have said. Plastics are of particularly high conce ...
"A study by Stamford, Jahangirnagar and Waterkeepers Bangladesh shows how dyeing factories pollute the Buriganga. [...] The study found that the pH levels in the water were 7.6, 6.7, and 8.5 in pre-mo ...
"Britain wants to get rich off new trade deals — but it risks making already-vulnerable nations poorer. A U.K. agreement with India, the negotiations for which begin this week, could worsen conditions ...
"French President Emmanuel Macron and Mark Costa, board chair and CEO of specialty materials giant, Eastman, have jointly announced that plans that will see Eastman invest up to US$1 billion in a mate ...