"Where sustainability jobs are growing fastest. [...] Sustainable fashion is one of the fastest-growing green jobs sectors, averaging a 90% growth rate annually between 2016 and 2020." ...
2023
"Stitch Fix, facing economic turbulence, announced a double whammy on Thursday: CEO Elizabeth Spaulding is stepping down and the company planned to lay off 20% of its salaried staff. [...] Shares of S ...
"Employees of a clothes and footwear factory in Devoll have come out this Thursday again in protest, marking the second day of their revolt." ...
"Description For centuries, the fashion industry has struggled to reconcile style with sustainability. In Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion, you will be transported back in time to discov ...
"Turkish yarn manufacturer Damteks Textiles has partnered with traceability solutions provider Haelixa to verify the sustainability credentials of its recycled materials to customers." [Ed's note: see ...
"More than 100 retail leaders from brands including NEXT, FatFace and River Island, along with Jess Phillips MP, are to come together at a Retail Trust summit on 11 January 2023, at luxury hotel Pan P ...
"Workers' representatives said that the negotiation for the settlement of labor disputes at the Bowker Garment Factory Cambodia Limited CO., LTD. In Bek Chan commune, Ang Snoul district, Kandal provin ...
"Adila Apparel Limited in Banglabazar was fined Tk 1.5 lakh during two drives, said a press release issued by the Deputy Commissioner's Office, Chattogram." [Ed's note: see entries in the Open Supply ...
"Based on a survey of 1,000 Bangladeshi factories/suppliers1 producing clothes for global fashion brands and retailers, this research highlights reports of unfair trading practices encountered by manu ...
"Large fashion brands sourcing clothes from Bangladesh for the UK market are reportedly paying below the cost of production, according to a major new survey of 1,000 Bangladeshi manufacturers publishe ...
"A fire broke out in a cotton godown in Agra on Saturday. Goods worth lakhs of rupees got burnt in the fire. Smoke was seen rising before this godown built in Nunihai area." ...
"Researcher Michael Grelaud said that over the last two decades "the accumulation of polyethylene and polypropylene particles from packaging, bottles and food films has increased, as well as polyester ...
"A year-old state law is accelerating an exodus from Los Angeles, one of the remaining US hubs of apparel manufacturing." ...
"Claims that fast fashion utilizes too many resources and exploits the third world crumble in the face of basic economics." ...
"Ironically, rules meant to protect workers have resulted in an increase in prices, which has led many companies to cut and run overseas." ...
"Spanish clothing brand Mango has morphed its approach to the industry with a sustainability effort that makes fashion so much more than a hot outfit" ...
"The fashion industry has been trying to overcome environmental issues for quite a while, with limited success, until the era of biomimicry." ...
"BoF’s chief sustainability correspondent Sarah Kent speaks with Tariq Fancy, Maxine Bédat, Baroness Margaret Omolola Young OBE and Ken Pucker to explore the role that regulation can play in creating ...
"The police recovered the body of a person named Phul Mia (45), a worker at a factory, with his throat cut from a machine accident. On Friday evening, the body of the deceased was recovered from the f ...
"Alongside encouraging Bangladesh apparel to go completely green, the investment will have a multiplier effect on women empowerment." [Ed's note: see entry in the Open Supply Hub for DBL Group here.] ...