"The Roadmap and Vision for Industry, Policymakers, and Traders Worldwide – is the first output of a newly-launched ICC project aiming to align on a consistent definition of sustainable trade and trad ...
2022
"A month ahead of the start of this year’s United Nations climate summit (“COP27”), the International Chamber of Commerce has launched a call to banks, corporates and technology companies to participa ...
"The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is inviting banks, corporates and technology companies to help pilot a ground-breaking framework to grade the sustainability of trade transactions in the t ...
"In autumn 2021, WRAP commissioned two large scale pieces of online consumer research on the life expectancy of different items of clothing in UK wardrobes and the UK’s appetite for adopting new model ...
"Around 600,000 locals registered for overseas employment in the first six months of this year while there was a total of 617,000 migrants in 2021. [...] The flow of migrants represents the interactio ...
"A Chinese labour camp survivor is preparing to sue the trade secretary for allowing cotton imports from Xinjiang. Erbakit Otarbay has spoken out despite warnings it could put his family in danger. [. ...
"The US Cotton Trust Protocol has announced on World Cotton Day that it has increased grower participation to include over 1000 members since the program’s launch in 2020. There are now Trust Protocol ...
"Ralph Lauren Corporation, an iconic luxury brand with an enduring philosophy of creating timeless products that are meant to be worn and loved for generations, is the newest member of the U.S. Cotton ...
"The material, made of 56% recycled polyester from PET plastic bottles and 44% polyurethane, requires 80% less water to manufacture than other wet processing methods. " ...
"The boots use durable, premium leathers and feature a rugged outsole made with natural rubber sourced from trees grown in responsibly managed forests. Feet stay comfortable and secure, thanks to a re ...
"“Basically because I never used to buy myself clothes and I was extremely picky about only buying second hand / sustainable clothing when I had to." ...
"The European Commission is developing a sustainable textile strategy to divert as many items as possible from both store shelves and people's closets into recycling and reuse programs by 2030. The EU ...
"For the good part of a decade now, fashion brands and retailers have gone all-in when it comes to “greening” their operations, processes and products." ...
"The designer of the future is “a technological artisan with a scientific mind,” according to Enrique Silla, president of Jeanologia, a Spain-based sustainable textiles solution firm that contributed ...
"Giant retailers in the developed economies make huge fortunes in concert with smaller-scale textile and garment factories, the bulk of them in Asia and other parts of the global South. The factory ow ...
"Workers’ right to organise for decent work and a living wage are fundamental to advances for the millions of women workers making our clothes and shoes for poverty wages. This right has become even m ...
"Workers’ right to organise for decent work and a living wage are fundamental to advances for the millions of women workers making our clothes and shoes for poverty wages. This right has become even m ...
"In a new report, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre says that since the pandemic, the industry has backslid on rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining, key to unions’ abil ...
"Green Park Shoe Factory was being operated on about 400 square meters of land in Prem Puram of Tajnagri Phase 2. The factory was operated from the ground floor to the third floor terrace. It was not ...
"China’s top policymakers are turbocharging their initiatives to make blue-collar jobs more attractive as the country wrestles with a skilled worker shortage." ...