"As floods, drought and extreme heat become increasingly common risks, fashion brands must start thinking about how to build resilience into their supply chains [...] Most brands don’t have a full pic ...
2022
"The European Commission proposed on Wednesday new rules to reduce packaging waste through increased recycled content in plastic drinks bottles and targets for reuse of takeaway cups and materials use ...
"Swedish fashion giant H&M is to cut 1,500 jobs as part of a previously announced plan to reduce costs and improve efficiency across the business." ...
"Football clubs across Germany’s top two divisions and their merchandise manufacturer, Brands Fashion, have committed to supporting smallholder farmers across India by adopting in-conversion organic c ...
"In her latest book, Safia Minney makes a case for regenerative systems that leave some of the supply chain's most horrific attributes behind." ...
"A new factory operated by Renewcell, a textile recycling company in Sweden, is the first step in turning old clothes into new, high-quality fashion." ...
"The most important trend: Sustainability The major overriding trend in the industry continues to be sustainability. While clothing brands in particular have been working towards sustainability in rec ...
"Frankly Speaking has invited one of the leading advocates on responsible business and modern slavery for the non-governmental organisation Anti-Slavery International. Chloe and ASI have led efforts t ...
"The results are even more stark when looking at sectors known to have the most damaging impacts on nature, such as 74% of those in the apparel sector and 73% of those in manufacturing who do not asse ...
"Unspun, the fashion technology company that found success with its customized bespoke jeans created from 3D body scan technology, has set up physical roots in one of its two hometowns, Hong Kong." ...
"This report brings together two new sets of data to describe how garment workers are surviving the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Myanmar. This report presents the findings from the first project t ...
"The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITA) has announced new targets to improve the domestic garment sector’s sustainability credentials." ...
"Valérius 360 wanted to make a sustainable, circular approach possible in the fashion industry. But it needed a partner with the power to make this green dream a reality. Working together with Trützsc ...
"Australian Wool Innovation has been called out on its lack of targets on mulesing, non-mulesed wool production and sheep welfare, in an animal welfare group submission to the Australian National Audi ...
"Our Textiles 2030 Annual Progress Report 2021/22 sets out the baseline for Textiles 2030, based on our signatories’ combined carbon and water footprints in 2019 and shares the results from our signat ...
"Balenciaga's luxury London store is vandalised by a man wearing a hi-vis jacket The man appears to be filmed daubing the word 'paedophilia' on the shop-front It's believed the attack is in retaliatio ...
"Founded by Henry McNeill-Njoku and Theo El-Kattan, Known Source offers a curated platform that "champions small businesses", offering consumers a more sustainable and meaningful way to purchase fashi ...
"Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, who transferred his ownership of the company in September to two new entities — the Patagonia Purpose Trust and the Holdfast Collective — will be recognized by t ...
"ChemScore, the annual ranking of the largest global chemical companies in the world based on their environmental impact and treatment of hazardous chemicals, sets the benchmark for a sustainable chem ...
"Investors with US$8 trillion under management and advice are calling on the world’s biggest chemical producers to phase out persistent chemicals as the annual ChemScore ranking, released today, shows ...