"Last week, ChemSec wrote a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. We urged her to move forward with sustainability commitments despite growing pressure from industr ...
2022
"Modern Meadow, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this week, has developed a potentially revolutionary bio-based leather substitute. With new manufacturing and brand partners, the company says it’ ...
"Services to give new life to faded or stained clothes by redyeing them have recently been proving popular. [...] At Yamakatsu Senko, a clothes dyeing and repair firm with its headquarters and worksho ...
"More brands seem to be taking a two-pronged approach to growth — continuing to sell new products while demonstrating their ‘care’ for the planet through circular initiatives and takeback schemes. Whe ...
"amfori, Fair Wear and the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) are pleased to announce the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their collaboration to jointly addres ...
"Global drivers, including the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change, have accelerated the need for the fashion, textiles and related technologies (FTT) industries to rethink and reevaluate their impac ...
"A report published by UAL Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (FTTI) in partnership with the British Council, has shared the findings and case studies from a first-of-its-kind programme nurtur ...
"Launched today, the new Horizon Europe project CISUTAC will support the transition to a circular and sustainable textile sector. Launched today, the new Horizon Europe project CISUTAC will support th ...
"The US footwear industry is calling for different sustainability standards to the rest of the apparel industry insisting that umbrella 'fashion' standards don't work in the real world." ...
"A report from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business suggests that interest among U.S. consumers in labels that highlight products’ “sustainable” attributes – and about such “sustainable” at ...
"High fashion brands are sliding into the secondary market, with Balenciaga, Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Oscar de la Renta, and brands under the Kering umbrella among the companies looking to take ...
"Paula Burns talks to Safia Minney about her book Regenerative Fashion and how the industry can avert climate, ecological and social collapse." ...
"Almost half of respondents (49%) to a new study by DYLON Dyes said they are changing their habits and are now donating clothes to charity, with 29% repairing clothes instead of discarding them, and 2 ...
"Textile Forum, which is taking place at One Marylebone in London on 12-13 October 2022, is highlighting a number of British mills and suppliers so buyers can source more “locally” as the focus on sus ...
"JD Sports, Elite Sports and Rangers FC have been fined a total of more than £2 million by the competition watchdog after it found they fixed the prices of replica football kits." ...
"Fashion Roundtable Waste Strategy We have created a red and green strategy system. Red being the pain points and Green being the solution. EPR ● Issues of workers already at capacity ● Cost on the br ...
"A post-pandemic consumer desire for ethically-produced clothing brands has spawned a raft of eco-conscious fashion labels in India. But a niche market is struggling to find its feet amid the fast fas ...
"From Prada to Maison Valentino to Adut Akech, some of the most significant forces in fashion came together at the CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards to discuss and honor fashion’s sustainability movemen ...
"Alyssa Hardy has spent her career reporting on the less glamorous side of the fashion industry, whether it’s the environmental impact of fast fashion or the fight for garment workers’ rights. With he ...
"As fuel prices and the cost of living soar, Bangladesh's poorest warn "I can't survive" August fuel price boost and other inflation slows economy Poor hit by double burden of higher costs, falling in ...