"If you were considering bragging about your latest charity shop purchase, beware: an online debate is raging. It all began with a Depop seller who showed off her latest thrift haul on TikTok, before ...
2023
"“Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Wage theft has got to go.” “What’s outrageous? Sweatshop wages.” Chants like these and more could be heard through Penn State graduate student Keegan Conrad’s megaphone in front of ...
"Calling out the industry’s environmental footprint and the true cost of making clothes has touched off a complex and heated debate about the accessibility and affordability of lower-impact fashion." ...
"M&S has teamed up with Breast Cancer Now to help raise awareness of the correct way to check for breast cancer, installing informational signage in over 2,000 of its fitting rooms across the UK." ...
"A new European Union network has been launched to co-ordinate EU-funded research and investment projects aimed at making the textiles industry more sustainable and circular." ...
"Origin Materials, Inc. (“Origin” and “Origin Materials”) (NASDAQ: ORGN, ORGNW), the world’s leading carbon negative materials company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable ma ...
"A small clothing factory called Brothers Fashion and the goods of an electrical godown were burnt in Bhogra area of Gazipur." [Ed's note: see entries in the Open Supply Hub for Brothers Fashion here, ...
"Grose argues that much of the industry is thinking too granular. "The bigger picture has been ignored, which is that we're producing too much, no matter what fiber, no matter how it's processed," Gro ...
"Green Textile Limited Unit 4 scored 104 out of 110 in a platinum level of the council's green building certification programme Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), which is used worl ...
"A factory operating in a densely populated neighborhood in the Pirwadhai area of the garrison city has been sealed by the Rawalpindi Civil Defence Department for lacking a fire safety system, days af ...
"The European textiles’ consumption ranks fifth in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and raw material use. Spurred by the aspiration to reduce these emissions and limit the use of fossil resources, th ...
"Kelheim Fibres, the world's leading manufacturer of viscose speciality fibres, has joined Recycling Atelier Augsburg. Recycling Atelier Augsburg is a unique centre for research and development in the ...
"Textiles are on average the fourth-highest source of pressure on the environment and climate change from a European consumption perspective, as shown in previous EEA briefings. Europe faces major cha ...
"The EU’s plans to ban PFAS will have a huge impact on companies globally. Perhaps even more than expected, as many manufacturers are unaware that they may have PFAS chemicals in their product line. C ...
"PFAS chemicals are used in many product categories, even where you least expect it. The PFAS Guide can alert you to products likely to contain these chemicals and give your company advice on how to p ...
The companies evaluated are: Gucci - #1 Hermès - #2 Adidas - #3 Nike - #4 LV - #6 H&M - #7 Chanel - #8 Zara - #9 ...
"Despite its claims, H&M ranked C (mediocre) on the just published Impakter Sustainability Index and is currently not sustainable; the Index analysts concluded that if the retail brand genuinely pursu ...
"Sweden-based H&M Group on Monday joined the policy roundtable by the UNFCCC Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action in Bangladesh to discuss key reforms needed for the transformation of the renew ...
"What role does sustainability really play when buying clothing? The management consultancy Simon-Kucher dealt with this question and the effects on consumers ' willingness to pay in a study. In coope ...
"Denim’s use of water and potassium permanganate were topics of conversation during a panel on the industry’s sustainable victories and challenges last week at Sourcing at Magic in Las Vegas. " ...