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Lululemon to face greenwashing inquiry
VANCOUVER – Competition Bureau Canada has opened an inquiry into athleisure brand, Lululemon, following a complaint filed by the environmental
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H&M backs world’s largest carbon capture project
STOCKHOLM – H&M Group has committed to the world’s largest carbon capture purchase agreement to date, worth US$58m. The Swedish
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Cotton NGO says activist threatened in Uzbekistan
WASHINGTON – The Cotton Campaign has called on the Uzbek government to urgently investigate the targeted harassment of Umida Niyazova,
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Boohoo probed over supplier employment contracts
LONDON – Fast fashion brand Boohoo was probed over claims that the employment contracts of its Leicester suppliers amount to
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WRAP: half of all textiles discarded as trash
LONDON – Recent findings from WRAP show that a staggering 49 per cent of all used textiles end up being
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Better Cotton expands interest in African market
LONDON – Better Cotton, the world’s largest certified cotton scheme, is launching new mapping and assessments in West and Central
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Bangladesh mulls tax break for recycled fibres
DHAKA – Bangladesh is considering removing value-added tax (VAT) on locally produced recycled fibre and its raw materials to support
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EU hits Shein with new new digital rules
BRUSSELS – The European Union has placed fast-fashion giant Shein under rigorous scrutiny according to its new Digital Services Act
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Comment: SBTi risks becoming code for greenwashing
OP-ED – Last month, the respected journal Nature published a study in which the authors evaluated one of the largest
New technology maps body shape in seconds
11th April 2018
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HONG KONG – Smart new modelling technology can digitally map a person’s body shape and size in just a few seconds – opening up enticing
Turkish textile unions back living wage calls
11th April 2018
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ISTANBUL – Textile and apparel unions in Turkey, Europe’s largest textile exporter, have backed calls for a living wage in their sector. Industry unions pledged
Is seaweed the answer to toxic textile wastewater?
11th April 2018
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BHAVNAGAR – Indian scientists have developed a nano-material from seaweed which can be used for the effective treatment of contaminated textile wastewater – without using
Bluesign and ZDHC converge on chemicals
11th April 2018
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ST GALLEN – Leading global textile standards organisation, Bluesign technologies, has been announced as the first accredited certifier for manufacturing restricted substance list (MRSL) conformance
