2022

by Kyna Intel created 2022-01-01T00:00:01+07:00
Myanmar: Time for fashion brands to exit?
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jul 27, 2022 10:14 AM

"For the fashion industry, sourcing from military-controlled Myanmar is now a pressing ethical dilemma. A new report details multiple cases of labour and human rights abuses in garment factories." ...

Calvin Klein jeans upcycles denim in Hong Kong
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jul 27, 2022 10:14 AM

"Calvin Klein Jeans tapped Fashion Clinic, a Hong Kong-based collective of designers and tailors with specialties in redesigning and upcycling deadstock garments and materials, to help tell a visual a ...

Kingpins NY: denim experts debate fiber alternatives
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jul 27, 2022 10:14 AM

"Denim may no longer be the monocrop industry it once was, but it’s far from becoming a zero-cotton garment, and experts aren’t sold on it ever needing to be. [...] “I think it would be nice if 100 pe ...

Biotech firm invests in protein innovator
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jul 27, 2022 10:14 AM

"Biotechnology company Insempra has announced a strategic investment in synthetic biology company Solena in a bid to accelerate the development of “naturally superior” materials." ...

Brac OSSCs a saving grace for RMG workers
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jul 28, 2022 09:51 AM

"Brac says it is providing RMG workers with six services under this project, including skill development, primary health and nutrition services, legal aid services, financial inclusion services, and o ...

Brand Performance Check: OLYMP BEZNER
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jul 28, 2022 09:51 AM

"Summary: OLYMP showed progress and met most of Fair Wear's performance requirements in its first year of membership. With a score of 65 points, the member is placed in the 'Good' category. The member ...

Rivian’s new chapter with Amazon officially begins
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jul 28, 2022 09:51 AM

"Amazon is officially starting deliveries in its new custom all-electric Rivian Electric Delivery Vehicle (EDV). The tech giant’s new EDVs hit the road as of July 21 in cities all over the U.S., inclu ...

Ukrainian workers’ war on two fronts
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jul 28, 2022 09:51 AM

"When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, social conflict inside the country was not put on hold: any illusion that its defence needs might produce a truce in the class struggle soon vanished. If a ...