"The Membrane Laboratory of the Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A. C. (CICY) developed a membrane capable of rejecting artificial colorants and salts, with potential application in the t ...
"Ultra-fast fashion Chinese company Shein has very little in common with the fundamentals of luxury fashion. Indeed, fast fashion is luxury’s antithesis; it’s fast, impulsive, cheap, ephemeral, and in ...
"Marks and Spencer is investing 57 million pounds in its front-line retail staff, marking the retailer’s biggest-ever investment in its shop workers. In a statement, M&S said that from April 1, more t ...
"Fiber-to-fiber recycling tech company Circ has closed a $25 million round of funding backed by European online fashion giant Zalando, and global materials science company Avery Dennison. Korean manuf ...
"Chinese ultra fast fashion shopping app Temu has risen to the top of the app charts in the U.S. Like its competitor Shein, Temu offers hugely discounted prices across 12 categories, from fashion to t ...
"Effective January 1, 2023, Milliken no longer treats textiles with PFAS chemistry. This achievement follows the company’s recent announcement that its science-based net-zero targets were approved by ...
"In 2022, Spinnova saw sales increase to €24.3 million (2021: €6.1 million). Total investments were around €16.3 million (2021: €4.4 million). The increase was mainly related to the Woodspin joint ven ...
"The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has today released a major update to the Higg Brand & Retail Module (BRM) to more effectively deliver on industry needs and drive positive impact. The update f ...
"On 9 October 2022, IWRAW Asia Pacific concluded its Global South Women’s Forum 2022 which hosted the Global Tribunal for Women Workers. The outcome of the Global Tribunal exceeded our expectations. W ...
"Of the eight sectors surveyed, cosmetic, clothing and footwear, and food and drink industries had the highest proportion of concerning claims. Vehicles and the electronics and home appliance sectors ...
The latest edition of In Association includes the latest industry news, updates and articles as well as the write-up about the ASBCI’s Fashion the Change Webinar. ...
"Twenty garment sector unions, Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) and Global Labor Justice - International Labor Rights Forum (GLJ-ILRF) vs. Nike is a Specific Instance submission to the US National Cont ...
"This March 2023 brief by organisations in the Clean Clothes Campaign network explores factory owners' and brands' responses to the current financial crisis in Sri Lanka and especially researches the ...
"A new research brief published by Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) reveals that workers in Sri Lanka have not been receiving the full Emergency Relief Allowances meant to alleviate their desperate situat ...
"Domestic laundering of textiles is being increasingly recognised as a significant source of microfibre pollution. Reliable quantification of microfibre release is necessary to understanding the scale ...
"Two years on from Myanmar’s military coup its garment industry struggles with operations due to a challenging economy and ongoing instability." ...
"Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry is strongly focusing on the transition towards a circular economy to pursue growth in more sustainable and stay competitive in the long run, said Bangla ...
"Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make products for well-known brands like Cheetos and Fruit of the Loom. [.. ...
"The way we produce and consume clothes today is highly, highly unsustainable - across the world, a truckload of textiles is sent to landfill or incinerated, every second. The rise of ‘Circular Fashio ...
"Repair start-up The Restory's future is uncertain. The circular economy is under pressure. The Restory, an early mover in the luxury repair space, faces an uncertain future as demands for profitabili ...
