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ByBorre co-founder: 'The more textiles we sell, the more of a positive impact we make'
Dutch textile innovation company Byborre is committed to shifting towards a circular textile economy and raised nearly 17 million euros in an investment round in early February. With the capital injection, textile designer and ByBorre co-founder Borre Akkersdijk aims to expand...
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May 30, 2023
200 Brands Sign The International Accord To Ensure Worker Safety In The Garment Industry
A total of 200 brands and retailers have now signed the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry since it came into effect on September 1, 2021.
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May 30, 2023
‘Talking Trash’ Recycling Roundtable Suggests FTC Suffers From Textiles Blind Spot'
“Today we’re going to bring together a range of experts to talk about recycling claims,” James Kohm, associate director of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) enforcement division, said Tuesday as he kicked off “Talking Trash,” a roundtable about recyclable claims in...
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June 01, 2023
Better Cotton Impact Targets: Q&A With Narjis Ashfaq, Head of Programs at Sangtani Women Rural Development Organization
Soil underpins everything – its rich biodiversity and vital function in crop production and carbon storage make it fundamental to life on earth. However, a third of the world’s soils have deteriorated at the hands of erosion and contamination. In this Q&A, we hear from Narjis...
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June 01, 2023
What will be the SS24 material trends according to Première Vision?
Back in February, the international materials sourcing show, Première Vision 2023, revealed to professionals the first major trends in spring/summer 2024 fashion, through three themes: Decoration, Essentials and Leather. FashionUnited reported on the event.
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June 01, 2023
EU Parliament agrees common position on corporate due diligence law
Despite last-minute pushback against key parts of the text, EU lawmakers adopted a common position on the proposed EU rules to make companies accountable for human rights and environmental violations along their value chains, opening the way for negotiations with member states.
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June 02, 2023
How 10 million euro EU project Cisutac aims to remove barriers to a circular textile industry
A new consortium, Cisutac, wants to remove the barriers that European fashion brands and textile suppliers face on their journey to become circular.
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June 02, 2023
Sri Lanka: 5,000 garment workers set to lose jobs after the temporary closure of nearly 10 factories, amid continued decline in demand from buyers
About 5,000 employees have lost employment opportunities due to the temporary closure of nearly 10 garment factories in the past few months.
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June 05, 2023
BGMEA, H&M join hands to reduce carbon emission by 30%
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and H&M Group entered into a deal yesterday to attempt a transition towards a circular and climate neutral garment industry in Bangladesh by reducing carbon emissions by 30 per cent.
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June 05, 2023
Vietnam: Layoffs hit textile-garment workers hardest
Textile and garment workers make up most workers discharged in the first five months of the year due to difficult economic conditions.
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June 06, 2023
Kearney releases 2023 Circular Fashion Index; average CFX score across 200 global brands stymied at below 3 on a scale of 10
Today global management consulting firm Kearney released the 2023 Circular Fashion Index (CFX), its third study measuring the global fashion industry's progress toward circularity and sustainability.
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June 06, 2023
Can resale programs make fast fashion sustainable? Zara is trying to find out
Inditex Group, the parent company of fast fashion retailer Zara, is the highest-selling apparel retailer in the world, with more than $31 billion in revenue in 2021 alone.
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June 06, 2023
Clothing retailers want QR codes to replace bulky tags
If the apparel industry gets its way, small labels with QR codes on them would replace the bulky clothing tags that offer washing instructions and other information.
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June 06, 2023
Workers protest against wage theft by int’l company
LAHORE:Labour rights organisations, trade unions and Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) Pakistan organised a demonstration at Qainchi, Ferozepur Road against the alleged wage by a multi-national company.
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June 06, 2023
India's Invisible Workforce: Women Home-Based Workers Paid Little, Have No Legal Protection
In the absence of laws and without any bargaining power, home-based workers in India are often compelled to take up work for extremely low wages, without any social security.
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June 06, 2023
Unspun launches 3D weaving to reduce waste in fashion
Unspun, the California startup known for making custom-fit jeans based on its 3D body scan technology, is expanding from software into hardware and is doing so with $14 million in Series A funding.
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June 10, 2023
Inditex And Jeanologia Develop Air Fiber Washer, The First Industrial Air System Designed To Reduce Microfiber Shedding In Textiles
Inditex and Jeanologia have jointly developed Air Fiber Washer, the first industrial air system designed to extract microfibers during garment fabrication and thus reduce subsequent shedding in domestic laundering.
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June 10, 2023
Looming water shortage for rice, cotton crops worries exporters in Pakistan
Exporters have expressed concerns over expected water shortage for rice and cotton crops during the current Kharif season.
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June 12, 2023
Driving Material Innovation with Eco-Engineering
There are material engineers, and then there are material eco-engineers. Polartec is the latter.
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June 12, 2023
Be prepared: Experts dissect EU sustainability due diligence legislation at Denim PV
The European Union is cracking down on disposable fashion with mandatory corporate sustainability due diligence legislation that could be finalized by this time next year.
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June 13, 2023