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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
China textile industry collaborates on chemicals
25th April 2018
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SHANGHAI – China’s textile industry has taken a major environmental step as 25 leading enterprises from the country’s textile manufacturing and dyestuffs industries have signed
Global investors call for apparel supply chain transparency
25th April 2018
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NEW YORK – More than 100 investors representing billions of dollars in assets under management have signed a letter urging apparel brands and retailers to
Roy Robson accused of union busting
25th April 2018
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IZMIR – German fashion brand, Roy Robson has been accused of union busting in Turkey. A complaint has been filed to the German Partnership for
Time to look beyond Bangladesh?
25th April 2018
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DEHLI – The global apparel industry focus in April has been on Bangladesh and the five year anniversary of Rana Plaza – and rightly so.
