"Although workers from a garment factory in Yangon’s Mingaladon Township said they were able to secure some concessions after protesting labour conditions last week, repression from employers has also ...
2022
"A Screven County textile factory that was at the center of an investigation into a massive fish kill on the Ogeechee River in 2011 is closing. Spartanburg, S.C.-based Milliken & Company on Wednesday ...
"The ambassador, 62-year old Italian Ranieri Sabatucci, who is a career EU official, risked inflaming persecution of unionists by "openly undermining the credibility" of groups such as Confederation o ...
"A fire broke out at BK International, a socks manufacturing factory in Rai Industrial area on Thursday night. The fire on the third floor of the factory spread within a short time." ...
"The UK is in urgent need of strategies to increase long term economic vibrance and resilience, with the OECD predicting it will experience the lowest growth of any G20 economy, barring Russia, in 202 ...
"Companies making the change from linear to circular business models, aimed at keeping products in use for much longer, want more help from the government, according to a new Green Alliance report." ...
"The fashion industry has always been at the forefront of innovation. Textile technologies and textile innovations, as part of it, is growing at a rapid pace. When it comes to fashion innovation, the ...
"John Lewis Partnership has been awarded an accreditation that recognises it as a ‘Menopause Friendly Employer’, as selected by an independent panel of experts from the Menopause Friendly organisation ...
"Sportswear giant Adidas has today commercially launched its first product integrating Spinnova’s ‘sustainable’ fibre." ...
"Elevate Textiles, parent company of Cone Denim, American & Efird, Burlington, Gütermann, and Safety Components, said Wednesday it had established a membership with the Textile Exchange organization, ...
"Global waters are littered with microfibers from clothing that end up on the ocean floor. How can we fight against this ever increasing pollution?" ...
"At least 300 textile mills have been closed, said All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Abdul Rahim Nasir in a press conference on Wednesday, amid severe energy crunch and subsequen ...
"When the fashion circus came to an emergency stop in spring 2020, many hoped that the business would come to its senses. There was talk about a fashion system reset. Numerous industry giants, includi ...
"Galaxy raised $7 million to power its personalised secondhand marketplace, where influencers and independent boutiques sell products on the app." ...
"Ethnic wear and lifestyle brand FabIndia is increasing its focus on sustainability and has launched and expanded a number of product lines which create clothing and homeware from recycled goods." ...
"A growing number of investment rounds are bringing sustainability-centric endeavors and more often than not, sustainability-focused tech, to the fore, as consumers and shareholders, alike, continue t ...
"Social media and fast fashion have a symbiotic relationship: For many users, it is impossible to scroll the timeline without being sold cheap, trendy clothes. The division between household names and ...
"Research conducted in April this year by the Seafood Working Group and the Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum found that a brokered journey across the Myawaddy-Mae Sot border costs ...
"Labour's Liz Twist, who is co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on the future of retail, has introduced a Private Members' Bill in the House of Commons. It would see a new national body set ...
"Biofabrication asks the question: what if fashion could take a step back and architect entirely new materials at the molecular level, instead of making incremental improvements to material sustainabi ...