"After 10 years of fruitful partnership, Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) and Better Cotton are establishing a new form of collaboration for greater impact. The new set-up between the two organisations ...
2022
"Sources say Michelle Bachelet can make the trip in first half of 2022 but it should be ‘friendly’ in nature and not framed as an investigation Beijing is also understood to have pressed for a delay i ...
"A total of 21 laboratories worldwide have now been approved to carry out a global test for the presence of genetically modified (GM) cotton throughout the organic cotton value chain. Seven more labs ...
"Boohoo is introducing a new social-driven campaign #boohoofilterfree, which aims to eradicate filter abuse and reduce comparison culture. Boohoo believes the use of filters and face-altering apps hav ...
"Finnish startup Nordic Bioproducts says it has successfully spun a new plant-based textile fibre made from forest industry by-products, textile waste and paper pulp. The Aalto University spin-off's N ...
"Archive, a resale technology company that builds customised resale marketplaces for brands, has secured an $8 million funding to lead the industry's next phase of resale. Co-founded by Emily Gittins ...
"Former lawyer Ronnie Chiu took a very different career path not long before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, sourcing and launching his own luxury knitwear brand, Colhay’s, with a focus on quality which ...
"WRAP has joined forces with not-for-profit social enterprise Behaviour Change to focus on the impact of individual consumption on climate change. It’s an area which WRAP believes there has been too l ...
"The Environmental Working Group has identified more than 1,500 textile mills that may be releasing the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS that are responsible for contaminating drinking water ac ...
"For an unknown reason, a fire broke out in the blending section of a textile factory in Uşak . The fire, which was extinguished after 1 hour of work, caused material damage to the factory. The factor ...
"Entering the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, it seems that the shortage of products in the United States has become a constant with no end in sight. Despite the fact that the Joe Biden govern ...
"Kanye West's team has denied a report that he has hired a homeless models to walk in his upcoming fashion show. TMZ had reported that David Sebastian, who founded Skid Row Fashion Week, claimed they ...
"In the past, more than 80% of the production capacity of China's textile industry was concentrated in coastal areas, including Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shandong provinces, but labour ...
"According to a recent study, the garment industry in Bangladesh, in which at one time the lion's share of workers were women, is declining. According to the study, only 56 percent of those currently ...
"Abdus Sattar, a resident of Mahishamuri village in Lalmonirhat's Kaliganj upazila, was a weaver by profession like his father before him, the late Amir Chand. Sattar, who was involved in weaving sinc ...
"Merino wool is a sustainable material when the sheep are treated well. Sheep Inc, short for Sheep Included, is transparent about its efforts to ensure their animals are: They allocate wearers a sheep ...
"Fiscal Year 2021 was another year marked by significant global disruption. As we continued to navigate the ongoing effects of COVID-19, we remained focused on executing our Acceleration Program, tran ...
"Tapestry, Inc., a leading New York-based house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle brands, today released its ninth Corporate Responsibility report, which reviews the environmental, social and ...
"“What’s wrong with fast fashion? Doesn’t it provide work in developing countries? Why shouldn’t I buy cotton from China? I’m not sure I have time to learn how to knit or sew, and I’m too busy to traw ...
"Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Thursday announced that the State Government is planning to crack down on illegal Bangladeshi immigrants working in Karnataka. [...] Based on the report from FRRO, th ...