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New platform aims to improve garment factories - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-13T17:23:24+07:00

"A new digital platform has been launched with the ambition of improving labour practices and working conditions in garment factories in Bangladesh and India. ...

Serpentine solution for algae water treatment - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-13T17:23:24+07:00

"The RAB system uses vertically oriented textile conveyor belts that grow algae on their surface. Milliken & Company’s Textile Division has been involved in ...

Can made-to-order fashion solve our overconsumption problem? - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-14T21:24:02+07:00

"The made-to-order model requires consumers to purchase the fashion before it’s been produced, cutting out overstock and waste. Only once an order is placed ...

Government names and shames Leicester employers underpaying staff in clear breach of National Minimum Wage Law - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-14T21:24:03+07:00

"Employers across the country have been named and shamed by the UK government for failing to properly pay staff - eight of which are in the Leicestershire ...

U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol closes out fruitful first year - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-14T21:24:03+07:00

"Fashion companies are facing intense scrutiny and pressure to prove their supply chain’s sustainability credentials as consumers become increasingly curious ...

London fashion rental marketplace HURR raises £4m funding - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-14T21:24:03+07:00

"London-headquartered fashion rental marketplace HURR has raised $5.4m (£4.08m) in seed funding. The round was led by Octopus Ventures alongside participation ...

Olam secures US$150 million loan to purchase sustainable cotton under the Better Cotton Initiative - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-14T21:24:03+07:00

"Leading global food and agri-business Olam International Limited (“Olam’’) has secured a financing facility (“the Facility”) linked to the procurement of ...

This fabric is hailed as ‘eco-friendly.’ The rainforest tells a different story - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-14T21:37:17+07:00

"Vast swaths of forest in Indonesia were chopped down through the early 2000s to make way for plantations for the production of viscose rayon and other goods. ...

ECHA enforcement finds breaches of EU chemical laws - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-14T21:37:18+07:00

"An EU-wide enforcement project undertaken by the ECHA (European Chemical Agency) last year, found that 78 per cent of nearly 6,000 products for sale online – ...

Interfaith coalition urges Louis Vuitton to shed fur items - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-14T21:37:18+07:00

"A group of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish leaders is urging luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to stop using animal fur in its clothing and other ...