"Government enforcers are on the hunt for companies making misleading claims about their so-called ‘eco-friendly’ products ...
"Sustainability solutions provider Eurofins Softlines and Leather has urged textile and fashion industry stakeholders to test their products for microfibre emissions amidst a surge in research highlig ...
"Today, Toxnot PBC announced a significant expansion of the free account subscription on their award-winning ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) platform, toxnot.com. Toxnot’s free tier now pr ...
"Cone Denim has launched a new selvedge denim in support of Mental Health Awareness Month. It is the newest fabric within the Cone Community Collection, a series of fabrics designed to support various ...
"The ITUC is supporting the call of Sri Lanka’s trade unions for a broad-based interim government to be put in place until the end of this year to adopt a road-map to repair the country’s economy and ...
"The residents in Walukuba and Masese landing sites are at a risk of suffering from several acute and chronic toxic effects as result of heavy metals in the lake owing to pollution by a Chinese textil ...
"The report found that industries do not observe the buffer zone rule, and their waste pipes release sewage directly into the lake. [...] “The fishermen observed that in some instances, the fish colle ...
"The Honey browser extension for sustainable fashion. United by Zero makes sustainable shopping easy. The Company is taking indications of interest in a potential offering under Regulation Crowdfundin ...
"27 laborers die in a fire that broke out in a four-storey building in Delhi's Mundka area. Then a worker died in the fire of the factory in New Mustafabad. These deaths have drawn the nation's attent ...
"Hundreds of motorbikes belonging to garment factory employees in Semarang, Central Java, were submerged to seat height and almost swept away by a tidal flood on Monday, May 23, 2022." ...
"Positive trends in hours worked have stalled and risk being reversed The number of hours worked in the world has deteriorated in the first quarter of 2022 and remains 3.8 per cent below the level of ...
"Recovery in the global labour market is threatened by multiple and interlinked global crises, as well as increasing inequalities, according to the latest ILO report on the world of work. Multiple glo ...
"Thirteen months of continuous campaigning has led to a union win for Triumph International Thailand Labour Union (TITLU). Now Brilliant Alliance Thai Global (BAT) will pay the money owed to the 1,388 ...
"Hundreds of workers of a garment factory called Anwara Garments and Frank Apparels have blocked roads in Chittagong without receiving salary for several months." [Ed's note: see entry for Frank Appar ...
"The bill limiting intentional use of the "forever chemicals" is headed to Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk. On Tuesday, the New York State Senate passed a bill which prohibits the use of perfluoroalkyl and p ...
"The US fashion industry is calling for a bill that would ban the sale of apparel containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by the end of next year in New York to be delayed." ...
"In its most recent publication, the Asia Floor Wage Alliance termed the harm inflicted on garment workers as the “garment industrial trauma complex.” We’re here to unpack this new sociological term a ...
"The H&M Foundation has participated in a new project called the Carbon Looper where clothing, after being treated with a solution, captures CO2 from the air and then releases it as nutrition for plan ...
"H&M Group has joined a call to brands from labour groups supporting Indian garment workers pushing for the elimination of gender-based violence in supply chains." ...
"The effects of the Corona crisis and the Ukraine war are eroding the fortunes of many British retail and fashion millionaires. Overall, the British super-rich were able to post record wealth growth i ...
