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New forced labour requirements announced for CTPAT members - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-18T12:20:54+07:00

"U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced new minimum security criteria related to forced labour that members of the Customs Trade Partnership Against ...

Mycel’s mushroom-based biomaterials sprout $10M in funding - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-18T12:20:54+07:00

"Mycel, a South Korean startup making fungal-based biomaterials that can replace leather and meat, said it has raised $10 million (13 billion WON) in a ...

UK charity calls for collaborators - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-18T12:20:54+07:00

"The UK’s Royal Trinity Hospice has called on more fashion brands to collaborate with it in order to extend the lifecycle of secondhand garments and raise ...

Hyosung TNC commercializes world’s first bio-based spandex - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-18T12:20:54+07:00

"Hyosung TNC (KRX:298020) has succeeded in extracting spandex from corn and commercializing the world’s first bio-based spandex. Hyosung TNC announced on ...

Renewable energy procurement in Vietnam’s apparel manufacturing sector: lessons learned - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-18T12:20:54+07:00

"Apparel manufacturing’s role in Vietnam’s ambitious net-zero pledge At the COP26 conference in November 2021, Vietnam’s Prime Minister boldly committed his ...

Sanyuan Oversea allegedly violating worker rights - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-18T12:20:54+07:00

Forced to work OT without pay, asked to start work early at 7:50 AM until 10 PM and Sundays, wage exploitation, verbal abuse, and dismissal for taking one day ...

China to clampdown on forced labour with new ILO commitments - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-18T12:23:07+07:00

"China is expected to make good on commitments to suppress forced or compulsory labour in all its forms one year from now, after lodging documents with the ...

ACT members agree freedom of association annex for Türkiye - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-18T12:23:07+07:00

"Members of the Action, Collaboration, Transformation (ACT) initiative have agreed on a new annex to the ACT Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on respect and ...

Thrill of buying a new item of clothing fades after just four wears, study finds - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-18T12:23:07+07:00

"Nearly half of Brits enjoy shopping for brand new clothing – but the post-shopping high fades after just four wears of a new garment, a study has found. A ...

Fast fashion on the decline, claims Oxfam study - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-18T12:23:08+07:00

"A study of 2,000 adults revealed 47 per cent enjoy shopping for brand new clothing – but the post-shopping glow doesn’t last long. For 22 per cent, the ...