"The Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) non-profit has carried out the first third party due diligence assessments of its YESS (Yarn Ethically and Sustainably Sourced) project to eliminate forced labo ...
"Kate Spade has enlisted actress and entertainer Sofia Wylie and founding principal of Showa Women’s University Career College Mika Kumahira to its Social Impact Council." ...
"Kering is pledging to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent. The parent of Balenciaga, Gucci, Saint Laurent and other luxury brands aims to make those cuts in absolute terms by 2035, using 2 ...
"Firefighters with the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) worked to control a fire that engulfed an industrial location on Forest Road in Mansfield, England, on March 18. According to Nott ...
"Material science competition the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize, created by the fashion designer in partnership with Lonely Whale, has named three winners who will receive investment from its 1.2 ...
"Cambodia will prepare a sub-decree improving existing labour mechanisms by adding detailed procedures, permanent management mechanisms, responsibilities for relevant companies, especially sub-subcont ...
"Senate lawmakers met a key deadline Friday to advance a bill that bans a suite of chemicals from personal care products, textiles and athletic turf. The bill includes a phased ban on PFAS in most tex ...
"Organic cotton, recycled cotton and undyed materials are among the ingredients in Selected’s new circular capsule collection. The designs were born from parent company Bestseller’s Circular Design Ch ...
"Gap has teamed with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Jeans Redesign project to release three new, circular denim styles ahead of Earth Day on April 22." ...
"YKK Corporation earned a new accolade for being a transparent supplier. CDP, the international environmental non-profit focused on measuring and reporting companies’ environmental impact, selected th ...
"Nanollose has extended its deal with fibre manufacturing conglomerate Grasim Industries as it works to get its forest-friendly Nullarbor™ fibres to market. Australia-based biomaterial technology comp ...
"Brands and retailers, including Gap Inc, Hugo Boss, Inditex, Kering and Levi's, have been praised in a new leaderboard of companies for their work in engaging with their suppliers on climate change." ...
"The Cambodian government is tightening regulations on sub-contractors in the garment industry in a bid to eradicate forced labour in the sector." ...
"Amazon has said it will cut another 9,000 jobs across its global business in “the next few weeks”. The cuts come on top of 18,000 job cuts the business had already announced in January. [...] Amazon ...
""We call on the people of Adana and all the people of Turkey to boycott LC Waikiki products if Marbit bosses insist on not paying workers." [...] As you know, nearly 300 of our workers were dismissed ...
"Workers at the Fitex (Myanmar) garment factory in Shwe Linban Industrial Zone told RFA that more than 400 workers have been laid off. A worker at the factory, who did not want to be named for securit ...
"Gwadar Women Factory also known as Gwadar Women’s Development Employment Center is in operation since 2020 in collaboration with Chinese Consulate Karachi and managed by of Gwadar Women Development O ...
"Researchers at ETH Zurich, Empa and EPFL are developing a 3D-printed insole with integrated sensors that allows the pressure of the sole to be measured in the shoe and thus during any activity. This ...
"This working paper discusses transnational organizing in apparel supply chains. It learns from labor rights advocates in the global South who are building social movements, advocating for national re ...
"Since its inception in 1987, Advance Denim has built its reputation by making inventive denim that uses a mixture of “groundbreaking” technology and timeless indigo dye techniques, employed by some o ...
