"Two highly anticipated WRAP reports are published today on behalf of UK Government. This extensive research and stakeholder engagement informs WRAP’s EPR recommendation to UK Government: no single po ...
"Most consumer-facing initiatives about fashion sustainability focus on recycling and reselling. Very few highlight social sustainability or the role humans play in the brutal world of textiles. H&M a ...
"From acetate to bamboo to cupro, there’s an entire alphabet of fibre types on modern garment care labels. Here’s what those names really mean. It can often feel like you need a PhD in material scienc ...
"IndustriALL Global Union and its affiliates in Madagascar are intensifying their campaign for release of unfairly jailed trade unionist, Sento Chang, and the for expunging his sentence. [...] Sento, ...
"A survey of Southern California garment-sewing contractors and manufacturers by the U.S. Department of Labor has found workers making garments sold by many of the nation’s leading fashion retailers o ...
"More and more of Penn State’s workers are demanding labor justice: institutional support for Black employees, competitive pay for English teaching faculty, fair contracts for service employees and ju ...
"Apon Bazar, Bangladesh's first and largest workers' well-being platform offering discounted grocery, credit facility and health insurance, announced a partnership with the Bangladesh Garment Manufact ...
"Textile and garment businesses in Vietnam are taking steps to switch to green production to meet partners’ demand and achieve sustainable development, the Cong Thuong (Industry & Trade) newspaper rep ...
"Kering saw its carbon dioxide emissions hit 2.4 million metric tons last year, a 12% increase from 2021, as the company saw its sales rise by 15% during the period. The increase in carbon footprint h ...
"Concerns among consumers about high energy and electricity prices are gradually easing, which also eases the burden on their wallets. This is shown by the latest edition of the Infas quo survey on th ...
"Exports from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to the US dropped by almost 90 per cent last month, year on year, to US$497,440 Apparel, which was once the region’s top export to the US, disappeare ...
"New York by 2025 would ban the sale of new clothing containing PFAS, a class of chemicals that have been linked to cancer, according to a bill headed to Gov. Kathy Hochul for her consideration. The b ...
"The Alliance for European Flax and Hemp pulled out all the stops when it brought together flax growers, luxury groups, sector managers and regional presidents on March 21 at the Petit Palais in Paris ...
"Fashion start-ups that no longer want to foot the bill for generous return policies are looking for ways to reduce costs without losing customers. In 2022, e-commerce growth slowed, while inflation h ...
"Fashion brands will need to back up ‘green’ claims or risk fines of at least 4 percent of annual revenue in the offending market. But the regulations still leave a lot open to interpretation. The Eur ...
"A coalition of environmental groups and trade bodies is urging the European Union (EU) to close a "gaping loophole" in proposed legislation designed to make products more sustainable." ...
"After a slew of reports regarding SHEIN's questionable business practices, human rights abuses, and ties to TikTok and the Chinese Communist Party, a new coalition today announced the launch of "Shut ...
"The latest issue (November-December 2022) of BGMEA’s official publication “The Apparel Story”." ...
"Swedish scientists have developed a new method to purify contaminated water using cellulose-based crystals which they say could reduce toxic dye discharge in the textile industry." ...
"The women of Dannex Nava Garment Factory in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh have raised a hue and cry. Hundreds of women came out on the road on Saturday to demand a salary hike. They also shouted ...
