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Australia consortium attempts to tackle clothing waste
SYDNEY – The escalating problem of clothing waste in Australia is being addressed in a new scheme being led by
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Study measures waste from clothing production
DHAKA – Researchers tracked textile waste streams from Bangladesh’s vast ready-made garment (RMG) sector and based on their findings, they
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Shahi Exports claims it will pay minimum wage arrears
BANGALORE – India’s largest garment exporter, Shahi Exports, claims it will pay all wage arrears owed to garment workers in
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Brands urged to heighten due diligence in Myanmar
AMSTERDAM – Fashion brands sourcing clothing from Myanmar need to increase due diligence measures around worker welfare while considering carefully
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CmiA and Better Cotton form new collaboration
LONDON – Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF), which oversees the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative, and Better Cotton are
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€30m Finnish pilot plant to make viscose-like fibres
ESPOO – A Finnish technology business has developed a new, environmentally benign method to spin plant-based textile fibres from forest
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H&M targets doubling of sales by 2030
STOCKHOLM – Swedish fast fashion group H&M has said it aims to double sales by 2030 compared with 2021 while at
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British Wool to be traced through Oritain partnership
BRADFORD – The wool of British sheep farmers will be forensically traced along supply chains through a partnership between British
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Vietnam ranked over Bangladesh in UN-WTO report
DHAKA – Leaders from Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) have questioned claims made in a joint UN-World Trade Organisation report which
Net sales surge as innovation pays for Inditex
12th January 2018
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ARTEIXO – Sales jumped by ten per cent at the world’s largest fashion retailer, Inditex, in the first nine months of 2017, to €17.96bn. The
H&M expands Alibaba collaboration amid sluggish sales
12th January 2018
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STOCKHOLM – H&M has taken a significant step towards increasing its share of the burgeoning Chinese apparel market by expanding its collaboration with Alibaba. H&M
US ruling protects domestic polyester sector
12th January 2018
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WASHINGTON – US polyester manufacturers have applauded a decision by the US Department of Commerce to apply tariffs to fine denier polyester staple fibre (fine
Armani, Primark urged to disclose supplier lists
12th January 2018
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AMSTERDAM – A campaign led by Human Rights Watch, Clean Clothes Campaign, and International Labor Rights Forum is calling on Armani, Primark, Urban Outfitters, Forever
New tool links brands to Chinese supplier factories
12th January 2018
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NEW YORK – Six leading apparel brands, Target, Esprit, New Balance, Puma, Gap Inc and Inditex, have shared their supplier lists with two NGOs, the US-based
What price sustainability?
12th January 2018
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We’re all ethical shoppers right? Well not quite. New research shows 78 per cent of us base our purchasing decisions mainly on price. The EY
