Sustainability

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Global response to Nike’s circularity challenge

OREGON – Nike has had a remarkable global response to a circular economy challenge it set to create new products ...

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Survey suggests UK slavery legislation lacks teeth

LONDON – New research suggests UK legislation to address slavery in multi-national global supply chains has no teeth. When asked, ...

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A third of EU chemical imports break REACH laws, claims study

BRUSSELS – New research claims companies are breaking EU law by marketing hundreds of potentially dangerous chemicals that are widely used ...

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Should garment factory audits be publicly disclosed?

AMSTERDAM – There are fresh calls for the results of garment factory audits to be publicly disclosed. Talking to Apparel ...

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Finance

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H&M: an €8 sweater CAN be produced sustainably

STOCKHOLM – A sweater that costs as little as €8 can be produced in a sustainable way, claims Swedish fast ...

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US polyester producers complain of Chinese, Indian dumping

WASHINGTON – Two leading US polyester producers, Unifi and Nan Ya Plastics, have filed petitions alleging that dumped and subsidised ...

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New Look to exit Chinese market

SHANGHAI – UK fashion chain New Look is abandoning the Chinese market as part of moves which may see it ...

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US textile reshoring ‘modest’ in scale, figures suggest

WASHINGTON – Figures from a new paper by the US International Trade Commission (USITC) suggest that talk of a ‘Made ...

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