"A search on the websites of Kmart and Overstock.com on Monday turned up hand and bath towels described as containing “100% cotton imported from Turkmenistan.” Several listings on eBay tout “Turkmen l ...
"A loud and clear call for explicit legislation securing payment of living wages in garment supply chains. Good Clothes, Fair Pay. Clean Clothes Campaign and other campaign organisations aim to collec ...
"Textile chemicals authority ZDHC has added a verification component to its InCheck solution in a bid to establish greater clarify of a supplier’s compliance with the organisation’s Manufacturing Rest ...
"Turkmenistan, one of the most closed and repressive countries in the world, uses government-imposed, systematic forced labor to harvest cotton. Every year during the cotton harvest, the Turkmen gover ...
"European governments and the United States should take urgent measures to block cotton products made with forced labor in Turkmenistan from their markets and hold to account companies that profit fro ...
"Most of these workers are women. They make clothing for major U.S. brands including Victoria’s Secret, Gap and Lululemon and campaigners are calling on these companies to do more to help them weather ...
"Sreylin was always outspoken about the conditions for workers stitching blue jeans and slacks at Zhen Tai factory for the 16 years she’s worked there. But there was a marked change in how her concern ...
"The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) and the International Cotton Association (ICA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-operate on common goals." ...
"US allies appear committed to following Washington’s lead banning forced labour goods from China’s Xinjiang region, a senior US official told Reuters on Monday, warning companies they could not maint ...
"Fifty percent of respondents want to buy a fashion trend within the same week they discover it." ...
"Burberry is continuing to support fashion students and promote a circular economy with its second ReBurberry Fabric Programme – donating surplus fabric to schools through the British Fashion Council ...
"Progress on improving diversity and inclusion at senior levels in the UK’s retail industry is “worryingly slow”, with white men still dominating leadership roles, a report has found." ...
"As the agenda for the Summit was being shaped, it became clear that a key ingredient was missing—trade. Without trade, how can we achieve these goals? Trade is the tool that will incentivize the shif ...
"Circular denim brand Mud Jeans and denim manufacturer Saitex landed on B Lab’s 2022 “Best for the World” list for their environmental performance. Best for the World identifies the B Corps whose veri ...
"Epic Group has partnered with CleanKore to scale the denim innovator’s yarn dyeing technology in a move they say will save 44% of water and 60% of energy in the garment finishing process." ...
"Three of Europe’s largest online retailers Yoox Net-A-Porter, Zalando and About You are collaborating on a one-of-a-kind climate action plan to reduce carbon emissions within their value chains and a ...
"Apparel manufacturer Crystal International has launched a new carbon emissions calculations tool in a bid to help companies produce garments with less impact on the environment." ...
"To get to 100,000 repairs in three years, Patagonia is stepping up its status as repair veteran. In three years’ time, Patagonia wants to repair 100,000 items under its ironclad guarantee, which is h ...
""We believe it's just something you should do, not something you should brag about." This statement on sustainability in fashion comes from Rebecka Sancho, G-Star RAW's new Head of Sustainability, wh ...
"From 2019 to 2021, 18.8 million Bangladeshis, or 11.4 percent of the population, suffered from malnutrition, the study said. In line with the study’s account, a person needs Tk 26,000 a month to have ...
