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UK retailers cut $10 bln of contracts from unethical suppliers - Barclays - Kyna Intel, 2022-02-15T20:45:55+07:00

"British retailers have cancelled 7.1 billion pounds ($9.6 billion) in contracts over the last 12 months with suppliers that do not meet their ethical and ...

UK schools adopt fashion sustainability initiative - Kyna Intel, 2022-02-10T16:49:12+07:00

"A sustainability initiative started by a school in London is to be adopted by others up and down the country in a bid to raise awareness of the environmental ...

UK surge in post-Christmas returns reveals dark side of online shopping boom - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-14T21:37:45+07:00

"Returns process thought to cost firms about £7bn a year and weigh heavily on companies’ carbon footprints. It all started with a hooded tracksuit worth less ...

UK tackles ‘greenwashing’ with push to define sustainability - Kyna Intel, 2021-06-14T19:36:41+07:00

“The UK began a push to define what constitutes sustainable investing in a bid to clamp down on so-called greenwashing. A new panel — the Green Technical ...

UK textile sector subject to new government emissions regulations - Kyna Intel, 2022-09-05T09:27:12+07:00

"The UK Government has established a new regulatory framework to boost industrial emissions standards and reduce air pollution for the textiles and chemicals ...

UK wardrobes contain 1.6 billion unworn clothing items, finds WRAP - Kyna Intel, 2022-10-10T09:51:16+07:00

"The average adult in the country hasn’t worn 25% of clothes in their wardrobe in a year or more, WRAP has found in its largest ever study of the nation’s ...

UK wardrobes hold 1.6 billion unworn garments - Kyna Intel, 2022-10-10T09:51:16+07:00

"The average British adult has 118 items of clothing in their wardrobes of which more than a quarter - 31 items - have not been worn for at least a year, ...

UK watchdog to expose fashion brands guilty of greenwashing - Kyna Intel, 2022-03-14T16:26:36+07:00

"The Competition and Markets Authority is preparing to name and shame high street clothing companies selling ‘sustainable’ clothing at a premium price. [...] ...

UK's annual spend on ethical products exceeds £100bn - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-07T17:03:17+07:00

"The UK’s annual expenditure on ethical products and investments has amounted to £122 billion amid the ongoing pandemic and heightening urgency of addressing ...

UK's Carrington to show biodegradable tech for workwear at Techtextil - Kyna Intel, 2022-06-14T12:36:09+07:00

"Global workwear fabric manufacturer Carrington Textiles has announced a busy agenda for the upcoming Techtextil 2022 event in Frankfurt. The company will ...