News Robotics and tech talk is misplaced, says supplier CHITTAGONG – Talk of automation, artificial intelligence and digitisation in apparel supply chains is misplaced and misleading claims one of Read More »
News German brands embrace national textile standard BERLIN – The German Government has announced that 27 companies have immediately signed up to its newly launched ‘Green Button’ Read More »
News Lenzing to build world’s largest lyocell plant BANGKOK – Austrian wood-based fibre business, Lenzing, has unveiled further details of its plans to establish the world’s largest lyocell Read More »
News 64 NGOs lobby for EU supply chain laws NEW YORK – An alliance of 64 NGOs and trade unions in Germany, including Human Rights Watch, has launched an Read More »
News Cotton linked to child and forced labour in China LONDON – Alarming new research has highlighted intensifying supply chain risks for apparel brands sourcing from Xinjiang and China as Read More »
News Hemp use gains momentum at Levi’s CALIFORNIA – Levi Strauss has launched several new product lines using rain-fed, cottonized hemp, which it first introduced in its Read More »
News India deal for xeros’ water saving tech SHEFFIELD – UK tech company, Xeros, which provides water saving and filtration technologies, has signed a major deal with Ramsons, Read More »
News Synthetic fibres blamed as plastic pollution enters fossil record CALIFORNIA – Plastic pollution has been found to be entering the fossil record – and synthetic microfibres from clothing are Read More »
News US$60m fund to back sustainable tech in Asian supply chains AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a US$60m fund to back new technologies and other initiatives aimed at tackling Read More »
Next, M&S, Debenhams post gender pay gap 6th April 2018 No Comments LONDON – The gender pay gap at rapidly growing UK ultra fast fashion business, Missguided, is 46.3 per cent, while women make up a staggering Read More »