"The PDMA issued advisory to the Deputy Commissioners, saying that heat wave conditions were likely during the next week owing to persistent high pressure in the upper atmosphere, and day temperatures ...
"Cotton planting in many parts of Sindh has been lagging as the province faces a record-breaking heat wave and severe water shortages, raising concerns about the performance of the country’s textile e ...
"The report by Changing Markets Foundation found that, at best, the certification programs provided a “patchy promise of sustainability." ...
"Despite the continuing uncertainty of COVID-19, the past year was one of the most successful in GOTS’ history. Boosted interest in sustainability in the textile industry from companies, consumers, an ...
"Despite a national labor law, factory workers in Cambodia face abuses, rights groups say. The Catholic Church in Cambodia has been putting its weight behind an awareness campaign to protect factory w ...
"As citizens start seeing global warming as an existential threat, governments are being pushed to take action, or at least seem to be taking action. For the garment industry, the European Union has m ...
"Patagonia reduced landfill waste by 170,000 pounds over the course of a single season just by changing its garment paper hang tag process. Patagonia urges retailers to use technology to reduce single ...
"A team of Rab-6 yesterday arrested eight people over the gang rape of a female garment worker in Bagerhat's Rampal upazila." ...
"Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) issues are at the forefront of investors' minds. I am not sure about that, as I think sometimes investors don't have the requisite knowledge to know what sus ...
"The council-led project is using the untapped resource of unwanted clothing and textiles as a performance additive in asphalt on the New Zealand city’s roads. [...] Textile waste is one of New Zealan ...
"The beginning of the year 2020 witnessed the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in a staggering global death toll and pushed many countries into socio-economic crisis. The World He ...
"WaterAid and The VF Foundation announce the launch of a year-long program to reach more than 85,000 people with access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene in Cambodia. In Cambodia, one in four peo ...
"Dressing fashionable, having the best looks, renewing our wardrobe each season and getting carried away by sales, undoubtedly generates illusion and emotion in most people, however, rarely is talked ...
"At the forthcoming Techtextil in Frankfurt from June 21-24, 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany, C.F. Weber, a long-standing authorised mill partner of the Cordura brand based in Leutersdorf, Germany, will pr ...
"It was difficult for me to keep my mouth shut throughout the 14 months it took to investigate the widespread fraud in the organic sector. But finally, The New York Times article I co-authored with th ...
"At least three people were killed and more than 150 wounded on Monday in a wave of violence between government supporters and demonstrators demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation." ...
"‘Alt leather’ is becoming increasingly mainstream thanks to a drive towards more sustainable fashion. Would you ever wear shoes made from “grape leather”? Or gloves in “cactus leather”? What about a ...
"Global cotton merchant Reinhart has linked up with traceability solutions provider Haelixa to offer what claims to be the first physically traceable organic cotton from Africa." ...
"Buying new clothing has long ceased to be the only option for customers to get new clothes. In addition to second-hand, rental and circular fashion concepts are other types becoming more and more est ...
"Abstract Collective perceptions of harm and impropriety channel the evolution of capitalism, as shown by research on the moral boundaries of markets. But how are boundaries perceived when harms are d ...
