"Sheng: What inspired you to start your fiber mill business? What makes it special and exciting? Elizabeth: The mill was born out of the need to solve a problem. I became interested in natural dye at ...
2023
"The Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) has opened a draft of its 2023 National Wool Declaration (NWD) to industry feedback as it looks to ensure the framework best serves native stakeholders." ...
"Ufuk Özdemir, the chairman of the 7th professional committee of Düzce Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which manufactures and sells textile products, pointed out that 30 thousand textile workers wer ...
"The accident, which occurred around 09:00 in Sivas near the 1st part of the Organized Industrial Zone. The bus, with the license plate 58 NV 875 used by Hamit Özkan (59), was carrying the workers of ...
"Workers at yarn manufacturer Kaynak İplik were fired under Code-29 for being members of Öz İplik İş Union protested in front of the factory in Uşak: Unionisation is a constitutional right. [...] Öz İ ...
"Workers at Smart Shirt Garments Manufacturing (Cambodia) in Srong Village, Kampong Speu province, on Wednesday protested by blocking National Road 41. It took hours to demand a resolution to the disp ...
"In the production room, thousands of employees are busy sewing and scraping the fabrics that will be made into clothes. This condition contrasts with their situation a few months ago when Sunwoo Garm ...
"As many as 3,331 deaths were recorded between 2018 and 2020, but only 14 people were imprisoned for offences under the Factories Act, 1948 during this period. [...] Between 2017 and 2020, three peopl ...
"As if in vengeance we have been ferociously and relentlessly destroying this water resource in, what can only be termed as, a suicidal streak. In our so-called development-focused mindset, nothing se ...
"Workers’ rights have been “brutally repressed” in Myanmar, with little to no action from the brands who source from them, new data claims. Since the illegal military takeover in Myanmar two years ago ...
""This law is more of an opportunity than a guarantee" Interview with Christian Schliemann-Radbruch from the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)." ...
"Rifil group, manufacturer of acrylic and wool blend yarns, is launching a new range of environmentally friendly worsted yarns called infinity with GRS certification." ...
"Chemical management specialist Oeko-Tex says that two pilot customers have already been certified to its new Organic Cotton label which launches in April." ...
"Ranjan Mahtani, Epic Group's Executive Chairman, speaks with Just Style about goals, challenges, predictions and sustainability. [W]e are dedicated to seeking out ever higher standards in everything ...
"In an effort to "contribute to the fight against modern slavery", and following the lead of jurisdictions like the UK, US and Australia, if adopted, Bill S-211 An Act to enact the Fighting Against Fo ...
"The Responsible Purchasing Code of Conduct, aka, the Buyer Code of Conduct, is a set of principles and practices to which apparel brands and retailers (known in this document as “Buyers”) commit to u ...
"Shifting weather patterns are making shopping behaviour harder to predict, adding to inventory management challenges for brands and retailers." ...
"John Snare and Rachel Kelly are the Co-founders of Thought, one of the UK’s earliest sustainable and ethical fashion brands. Thought's focus is on creating a "circular economy", and over the years it ...
"Epson’s digital textile technology, focuses on sustainability, can help lower production costs and provide the flexibility to customise short runs, meaning more control, less waste, reduced water con ...
"HSBC has partnered the Asian University for Women (AUW) to launch a one-year master's (MA) programme aimed at empowering women in Bangladesh’s textile industry to take positions of leadership." ...