
BCI procedures blasted in shock report
LONDON – The Better Cotton Initiative’s procedures for addressing forced labour are not fit for purpose, an independent taskforce has

LONDON – The Better Cotton Initiative’s procedures for addressing forced labour are not fit for purpose, an independent taskforce has

NEW YORK – A survey of global denim suppliers has laid bare the huge power imbalance between brands and denim

WASHINGTON – The Canadian Government has recognised the crackdown on China’s Uyghur population in Xinjiang as constituting a ‘genocide’. The

ZURICH – Switzerland has announced it will hold a nationwide referendum at the end of November on the Responsible Business

STOCKHOLM – Swedish textile recycling company Renewcell has signed major five-year deal with Chinese viscose manufacturer Tangshan Sanyou to supply

GENEVA – Collapsing consumer demand in the West, government lockdown measures and disruptions to raw material imports are hammering garment

LONDON – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has announced it will cease all field-level activities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous

NEW YORK – In recent weeks we have seen three natural fibres sectors – silk, alpaca wool and leather –

WASHINGTON – The Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) and Cotton Campaign (CC) say they are maintaining the Uzbek Cotton Pledge for the

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

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
WASHINGTON – US polyester manufacturers have applauded a decision by the US Department of Commerce to apply tariffs to fine denier polyester staple fibre (fine

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 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

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
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