"Swedish Fashion chain, Kappahl, recently published its 2021 sustainability report, in which the company claims to reduce its carbon footprint to half by 2030. This covers the entire chain, from the d ...
"Expansion of programme shows further progress towards Primark’s commitment that all cotton in Primark’s clothes will be organic, recycled or from its Sustainable Cotton Programme by 2027. Primark ple ...
"The majority of workers in the sector are women in low-paid jobs. IndustriALL is launching the third and final chapter of the research on gender-based violence and harassment with a summary of the r ...
"Fashion retailer Primark and brand Hugo Boss are among companies supporting a newly launched project to provide effective grievance mechanisms for textile workers in Pakistan." ...
"Researchers say they have found traces of Xinjiang cotton in shirts and T-shirts made by Adidas, Puma and Hugo Boss, appearing to contradict the German clothing companies’ promises to revise their su ...
"Traces of Xinjiang cotton have reportedly been found in garments made by German brands Adidas, Puma and Hugo Boss - despite all three publicly distancing themselves from the region because of forced ...
"In 2021, the Minister for Industry, Business & Financial Affairs appointed a taskforce to restart the Danish textile and fashion industry, which had initially been hard hit by the COVID-19 crisis. Th ...
"On May 5, the Hermès of yoga wear, Lululemon, topped Weibo’s Hot Search List — but for all the wrong reasons. The Canadian fitness brand was fined more than $12,000 (81,000 RMB) and confiscated $3,50 ...
"Finn Kliemann became known as a messy handyman. His “Kliemannsland”, an old farm in Rüspel, which he bought in 2016 and turned into a fun paradise, is very popular. But his good image has now been da ...
"The background to the story is research by ZDF Magazin Royale, which suggested [Fynn] Kliemann may have lied about the place and conditions of production where the masks were produced. Global Tactics ...
"This web documentary Beyond the label – Made in Serbia examines the situation in the Serbian textile and footwear industry when it comes to labour rights’ violations, especially hindrances to trade u ...
"Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapakse last night imposed a state of emergency from yesterday after a one-day general strike and business shutdown (hartal) yesterday, calling for the president and ...
"Parcel delivery firm DPD has agreed a deal with Ford for 1,000 E-Transit vans this year, which will take DPD's total electric vehicle fleet to over 2,500." ...
"The buying and selling of fashion goods is a dirty business, like it or not. A 2020 study by McKinsey & Company showed that the retail industry produced “2.1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas (GH ...
"Factory staff have been accused of threatening to kill the owner of a garment factory in Savar. The owner of the garments has lodged a written complaint with the Savar Model Police Station mentioning ...
"Fast fashion is a rapidly expanding subsection of an already environmentally problematic industry. What does a truly sustainable fashion industry model look like—and will customers buy it? In episode ...
"“I think that if workers owned the business, if the people who are actually putting in the labor are also owners, then they’re less inclined to overproduce, because it’s just their time and their res ...
"The CFDA, Remake, ThredUp and more speak out on fashion policy at the Fairchild Media Group sustainability forum held April 28. [...] “Who would have thought just a few years ago we’d be having so ma ...
"“It is difficult for young designers to understand the difference between sustainable solutions. For example, the close-loop system, organic cotton and fair trade,” comments Singapore designer Benjam ...
"Despite its burgeoning popularity, trendy US brand Rumours is “Not Good Enough” due to its lack of transparency. “California cool meets NY chic.” Founded in 2019 by Dacey Trotta, Rumours has seriousl ...
