"The Council has adopted its negotiating position ('general approach') on the corporate sustainability due diligence directive. This directive will enhance the protection of the environment and human ...
2022
"The oldest intact leather shoe, uncovered by archaeologists in an Armenian cave, is over 5,500 years old, made from cow skin and predating the Pyramids of Giza by 1,000 years.1 Since this shoe was ma ...
"New proposals from the EU would require companies to increase reusable and refillable packaging, cut single-use and virgin plastic and clear up their sustainable packaging claims. Experts say it’s ab ...
"Mud Jeans has been a pioneer when it comes to sustainability for years. But how do you make sustainable steps as a fashion brand? CEO and founder Bert van Son talks in the podcast of 'Speaking of Sus ...
"While most seamless underwear is made using synthetic fibres such as polyester, NudeTech undies are the first in the world to be made using a new a new material, made regenerated silk fibre - RegSilk ...
"The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) trade body is ramping up its call for the US to allow brands to replace lengthy care labels with digital QR codes to share product and sustainabilit ...
"Celtic & Co parent company, Refined Brands, has bought Helston-based ethical childrenswear brand Frugi. The business, which was founded in 2004 by Kurt and Lucy Jewson and later sold to private equit ...
"UBS Global Wealth Management hosted a full-to capacity event with Dr Christina Dean, Founder and Chair of Redress, at the Michelin star restaurant Bohemia in Jersey, on the importance of reducing was ...
"Zara has been named the most popular second-hand brand, with over 670,000 listings on reselling platforms Depop, eBay, Vestiaire Collective and ASOS marketplace, with Depop having the most Zara liste ...
"Teijin Limited, JGC Holdings Corporation and ITOCHU Corporation announced that they formally agreed today to establish a joint venture company, RePEaT Co., Ltd., to license technology for the chemica ...
"Under Armour and NC State have launched a new partnership that will support student development, commercialize research and advance textile and materials innovation across the apparel, footwear and a ...
"But with the fast fashion label’s history of greenwashing and false statements, it’s possible that the campaign will be taken with a pinch of salt by consumers. H&M isn’t alone here. Many similar gro ...
"On December 1, real-time monitoring data from the express delivery big data platform of the State Post Bureau showed that a box of honey pomelo sent from Pinghe County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Provinc ...
"Trailing the major climate summits, Remake’s fashion accountability report is predicting trials ahead for fashion to fulfill its eco promises. Remake has been evaluating fashion companies on their so ...
"Adidas' Parley Ocean story is apparently a lie. Adidas are lying about the origin of the recycled plastic used for the authentic 2022 World Cup kits. This has been revealed by German newspapers Die Z ...
"Global wages fell in 2022 for the first time since the global financial crisis due to soaring living costs, threatening to worsen inequality and drive social unrest, the United Nations labour agency ...
"U.S. manufacturing orders in China are down 40% in what a logistics manager described to CNBC as an unrelenting demand collapse. [...] “The unrelenting decline in container freight rates from Asia, c ...
"Of the four factories, Dipta Apparels has about 7,000 workers alone with 3,000 more working in three other factories, DIRD Group's Savar Zone Security Inspector Asad told The Business Standard. [...] ...
"Politicians, academics and labour leaders on Friday at the opening session of the two-day central conference of Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati at Shahbagh urged the government to revise the wages ...
"It’s no secret that workers in the clothing industry have to endure poor working conditions for very low wages in many developing countries. The latest data, collected from various sources (Clean Clo ...