"Biotech startups Bolt Threads, Ecovative and Zvnder have discovered how to make the most of mycelium — creating high-quality, sustainable versions of ubiquitous materials such as leather." ...
"We’ve just published the eighth edition of our Textile Standards & Legislation booklet which is designed to give readers a snapshot of the most important voluntary and obligatory environmental and so ...
"This week workers globally are demanding adidas negotiate with unions in actions taking place in over 20 cities, including Berlin, Los Angeles, Milan, and Dhaka. Workers in their supply chain are sti ...
"In recent months, the Sri Lankan government increased its repression amidst an economic and political crisis, sending in the army on workers protesting peacefully. Today our partners Free Trade Zones ...
"A group of major U.S. businesses wants the government to hide key import data — a move trade experts say would make it more difficult for Americans to link the products they buy to labor abuse overse ...
"“You can’t say that you're committed to solving a problem when you’re the person creating the problem.” Environmental activists are calling bullshit on the fast fashion company Shein for launching a ...
"Kingpins Amsterdam on Oct. 19-20 provided a stage for mills, trims, technology companies and chemical suppliers to present their new concepts for Spring/Summer 2024." ...
"Planned new global corporate sustainability disclosures will include the full range of carbon emissions, but with 'relief provisions' on measuring greenhouse gas discharges from a company's suppliers ...
"The Federal Consumer Protection Office (Profeco) carried out a study to measure the quality of several brands of sportswear. The results were published in Consumer Magazine, in its October 2022 issue ...
"While YOU is celebrating its 40th birthday this week, department store Fenwick is marking its 140th year. To celebrate, the iconic emporium has partnered with heritage brand Barbour to create a new c ...
"The Seoul metropolitan city said Sunday that it would run a special sale campaign on ‘ethical fashion’ products for two days from Monday. Ethical fashion products refer to products whose producers fu ...
"Apparel factories have frozen new recruitments while small and medium organisations (SMEs) are struggling to stay afloat and larger corporates claim they have lesser orders despite exports doing well ...
"There’s no shortage of “vegan” shoes on the market, but one design house is determined to make vegan footwear the norm, not simply an alternative to leather. Løci is achieving more than reinventing h ...
"The Italian luxury company has topped for the fourth year in a row the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2022, among the companies of the “Textile, Apparel & Luxury Goods” sector eligibl ...
"Serving the North American market but owned by Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo, new e-commerce platform Temu launched just over a month ago. Since then it has expanded its merchandise range to mor ...
"The US fashion house Ralph Lauren apologized Friday after Mexico's First Lady accused it of plagiarizing Indigenous designs and sought compensation for local communities." ...
"The consumer shift to products and labels that are embracing sustainability has created both opportunities and challenges for global fashion brands, a new study from Bain & Company and WWF Italy clai ...
"The Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo) revealed that a storm of layoffs is likely in business sectors in drastic decline, such as garments and clothing, and shoes. Apindo's Head of Manpower, ...
"On a large factory floor in southwestern Benin, dozens of young people cut, stitch and assemble cotton shirts - part of a major push by the West African country to develop its textile sector." ...
"Humankind’s devotion to the throwaway culture is hard to change and undeniably strongly influenced by consumerism. A throwaway lifestyle is seen as a sign of modernity – single use plastic straws, po ...
