"Elizabeth L. Cline is the author of several books about ethical fashion, including Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion. She joined Tom Power live on the air to talk about the susta ...
"In January 2022, the New York Assembly unveiled the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act (FSSAA), a law that purports to change the fashion industry and its role in perpetuating human ...
"Key leaders across the fashion industry have joined forces to launch a new grassroots movement to accelerate change in one of the most polluting and unjust sectors in the world. They include: Safia M ...
"Second-hand clothes are common in the North African country. Tunisians with T-shirts from a German music school or sports club are not a rare sight., because many used goods from Germany end up in Tu ...
"Workers at an industrial park in the Northeastern Department make 500 gourdes, about $5 per day, Haiti’s minimum wage. After paying for food and their daily commute, about 95% of that wage is used up ...
"Fast fashion is extremely popular with consumers, but it faces a lot of criticism for its historical lack of sustainability. Fortunately, there are some tech-based options that can help minimize wast ...
"As one of the world’s major fashion capitals, New York City is at the forefront of the latest styles and trends. In recent months, it also was home to a pop-up store with a sustainable take on style: ...
"Jennifer Federico from HEJSupport met Jürgen Janssen, Head at the Office of the Textiles Partnership to discuss ideas about how to achieve a world with sustainable textiles. What does “sustainable te ...
"In Gazipur, Tongi, police have clashed with workers as they tried to subdue a protest. Police fired 30 rounds of shotgun shells, 10 rounds of flash grenades, and 8 rounds of tear gas. As of Tuesday ( ...
"The sign facing a major thoroughfare in my wife’s hometown is important, colorful, cute and eye-opening. “Dana’s Undies.” Shh, shh. I’d try to hide the name, but it’s too conspicuous. That sign in Bl ...
"As many as 10 workers and five members of the police were wounded in the incident. According to Sanowar Hossain, a worker at Tivoli Apparels, a production manager harassed a female labourer from the ...
"Fakir Apparels Ltd (FAL) appointed 400 new workers last month after training them for three months at its training centre as the Narayanganj-based garment factory has received 25 per cent more work o ...
"An interview with Ma Moe Sandar Myint, Ma Yin Yin Htway, Ma Wut Yi Ma San Yee. One year ago today, Myanmar’s military generals seized power in a bloody coup that wiped out workers’ rights. We spoke w ...
"Police have fired bullets and tear shells to disperse garment workers who gathered to protest a decision to shut their factory in Gazipur’s Tongi. The workers pelted brickbats towards at least four f ...
"CEO Gildo Zegna also took this opportunity to announce that the fashion house will no longer use real fur. He explained the decision in a press release: "Part of Zegna's philosophy since its founding ...
"The European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex) is warning the current energy crisis is impacting the competitiveness of the European textile and apparel industry. Euratex has issued a warni ...
"Inside the SoHo flagship of Japanese fashion brand Uniqlo in NYC is the company’s newest sustainability initiative. For $5, Uniqlo’s alterations staff will repair any Uniqlo piece of clothing brought ...
"Swedish denim brand Nudie Jeans and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) have offered an update on a project which is assessing the potential to reintegrate pre-consumer tex ...
"Being a densely populated country, one of the major sources of Bangladesh's competitiveness is the young and vibrant workforce. We have around six million economically active population, and various ...
"An estimated 220,000 garment workers - most of them women - lost their jobs in Myanmar last year because of the combined effects of the military coup and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Inter ...
