"It's not just about buying and selling anymore. [...] As Semple sees it, allowing buyers and sellers to style their clothes, build profiles, and develop online personas adds a whole new layer of rele ...
"Nettle Circle, a manufacturer of fibre from Himalayan nettle bark, has partnered with traceability solutions provider Haelixa to forensically map the lifecycle of its product." ...
"Summary: Hakro has shown progress and met most of Fair Wears' performance requirements. In its first year of membership, the member obtained 60 points which is well beyond the required points for fir ...
"Dow has announced the launch of ENGAGE™ REN, an innovative and more sustainable brand extension to the ENGAGE™ range of high-performing polyolefin elastomers (POEs). The new brand enabled by Dow’s EC ...
"Farfetch pledges to reach 100 percent "conscious" offerings by 2030. Its latest report showed promising growth. Farfetch’s second annual conscious luxury report shows the company is serious about ste ...
"The Tyrolean start-up Uptraded, like many others, is trying to put an end to the fast fashion phenomenon with an app for swapping clothes: Tinder for fashion." ...
"The conversation about fast fashion does not have to be black and white. [...] There are nearly infinite angles to take in discussing how the pandemic changed our relationship with our things - both ...
"To really move the needle on fashion's outsized environmental impact, we need products that are designed with sustainability at their core, instead of just the surface level. [...] In this article, I ...
"From sub-zero temperatures to forest fires and droughts, performance wear brands are designing for the climate of tomorrow. Finding sustainable materials that function in extreme weather is a challen ...
"Swedish alternative materials company Renewcell is one step closer to bringing Circulose to mainstream fashion as it opens a new production facility. [...] Renewcell’s signature product is Circulose, ...
"At the Commonwealth Business Forum that came to an end on Thursday, June 23, designers outlined major barriers they face to partake in a sustainable, empowering and inclusive fashion industry. These ...
"The People's Committee of Trieu Son district (Thanh Hoa) has fined Aleron Footwear 130 million VND [$5,600] for breaching permits by carrying out additional and thus illegal construction." [Ed's note ...
"Denizli is one of the leading provinces in the export textile sector. The workers in the sector, who break records every year in turnover and exports, work for the minimum wage; that is, below the hu ...
"Patatam, the second-hand clothing specialist that has won over Auchan in recent seasons as well as retailers such as Kiabi and the Beaumanoir group, has changed its name to Rediv and is looking to ex ...
"Labor activists say the Chinese-owned GTIG Huasheng (Myanmar) garment factory in the Shwepyithar Industrial Zone is in clear violation of ILO Convention 87 on freedom of association. [...] In additio ...
"According to an eye-witness, the incident occurred at around 2.45pm. A slab of a ground plus one factory located near Chembur camp suddenly collapsed leaving atleast a dozen workers injured." ...
"Salsa Jeans introduced a new program to extend the life of its jeans. The Portuguese women’s and men’s brand launched the Infinity Project, an in-store repair and takeback program." ...
"Secondhand fashion specialist ThredUp has encouraged consumers to boycott a pop-up event by fast fashion firm Shein." ...
"On Friday 10 June, the 110th International Labour Conference in Geneva agreed without any opposition to extend its 1998 Declaration of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work to include a healthy a ...
"Put together, this evidence suggests that over two-thirds of workers feel they have no choice in working overtime or not, and that this lack of choice often, and increasingly, translates into work ho ...
