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Cotton and water use: time for a fresh debate?

BREMEN – The public needs better, updated information on how much water is used to grow cotton, claims a leading ...

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Second-hand clothing market to overtake fast fashion

SAN FRANCISCO – New research findings show the fashion resale market has been growing more than 20 times faster than ...

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Footwear, clothing make up 38% of all fake goods

WASHINGTON – Latest figures show footwear and clothing are easily the most counterfeited goods, with the overall number of fake ...

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Patagonia chief: ‘the current administration is evil’

CALIFORNIA – Yvon Chouinard, founder of outdoor brand, Patagonia, has issued his starkest warning yet about the environmental crisis facing ...

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Inditex and MIT partner on sustainable technologies

MASSACHUSETTS – The world’s largest clothing retailer, Inditex, has signed an agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to promote ...

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Bangladesh Accord update shows major handover challenges

DHAKA – Just 100 out of 1688 ready-made garment factories covered by the Bangladesh Accord have so far been handed ...

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H&M to phase out use of conventional cashmere

STOCKHOLM – Swedish retailer H&M is to phase out the use of conventional cashmere in its collections due to environmental ...

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Fashion for Good adds ten new innovations

AMSTERDAM – Ten new innovators have been selected to join the Fashion for Good-Plug and Play Accelerator. The entrepreneurs compose ...

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Bangladesh supplier: time for all brands to be transparent

LONDON – If we can use product labelling to show consumers exactly where our food comes from, why can’t we ...

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