"Garment workers at a factory in India which exclusively supplies US brand Columbia Sportswear are paid illegally low wages and subjected to verbal use and sexual harassment, according to a new report ...
2022
"As of June 18 Beijing time, JD.com reported a total transaction volume of $56.74 billion (379.3 billion yuan). Total sales increased 10.3 percent, significantly down from the 27.7 percent growth in t ...
"A new group focused on advancing circular textile policy in the US was announced this week. The American Circular Textiles (ACT) policy group was spearheaded by CSG (Circular Services Group), RRS (Re ...
"Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative (STTI) spokesperson and vice president BGMEA Miran Ali called for a globally standardised approach to due diligence at the recently held Global Fashion Summit. H ...
"ZDHC has launched the Detox Fashion Radar to benchmark brands that are on its Roadmap to Zero journey to detox fashion based on engagement level and implementation progress." ...
"China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles (CCCT) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Swiss Textile Testing Institute (TESTEX) to promote the high-quality developme ...
"Scientists are developing odour-control fabrics that would help to reduce the substantial environmental footprint caused by laundry. But will this convince consumers to wash clothes less frequently? ...
"From being a huge global trade throughout the 20th century, the fur industry has taken a dramatic hit over the past 20 years with numerous fashion companies denouncing and banning fur from their reso ...
"Dyes and chemicals specialist Huntsman has launched a new PFAS-free durable water repellent (DWR) treatment, said to be suitable for all fibre types." ...
"Employees are looking forward to a salary increase from July 1. The problem now is that the union must work with business owners to ensure favorable terms of the labor agreement are kept for workers. ...
"Fashion industry told to avoid cotton from Xinjiang, which accounts for 84% of China’s exports of the product. The fashion industry has been told it must wean itself off cotton from China’s Xinjiang ...
"Workers in one of Pakistan's major garment-producing regions win a 40% increase to the minimum wage. Workers in Pakistan’s Sindh province, a key garment-producing hub, have won a major victory in the ...
"In order to solve the case of hundreds of workers on strike, Nice Power will raise support for every workers who leaves the company after 30 June by 200,000 VND. ...
"Migrant workers planning on finding work or already working in Mauritius can find information about their rights at work, health and safety, and living wages on an interactive mobile app accessed on ...
"Thirteen months of continuous campaigning led to a union win for Triumph International Thailand Labour Union (TITLU). Brilliant Alliance Thai Global (BAT) agreed to pay the money owed to the 1,388 il ...
"Circular business models of rental and resale are not a new phenomenon, but there has been a significant uptake of the schemes among fashion firms in recent months. But why now, and will these progra ...
"Today we make more clothing than ever before. And the driver for this is primarily economic, rather than human need. Over the past decade, the term “circular economy” has entered the fashion industry ...
"Many Cambodian migrant workers continue to cross the border to seek work in Thailand, despite the dangers and risks of the illegal crossing. [...] Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samhe ...
"France’s Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode and Italy’s Camera Nazionale Della Moda are among the 25 members of the the European Fashion Alliance announced Tuesday and spearheaded by the Fa ...
"In recent news, the downfall of Missguided has demonstrated the exploitation at the heart of the ultra fast fashion business model. Here’s what you need to know." ...