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Staff at Shein suppliers working 75-hour weeks
GUANGZHOU – Despite promises to improve working conditions, employees at some of the Shein’s supplier factories in China are still
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SBTi draft study says offsets are ‘largely ineffective’
LONDON – Employees at the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) have raised concerns after their board proposed plans to allow
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Zero Waste Europe issues warning to textile sector
BRUSSELS – Zero Waste Europe has issued a stark warning to the textile industry: overhaul your practices or continue down
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Tests finds widespread presence of Xinjiang cotton
NEW YORK – Independent testing suggests Xinjiang cotton is rife in global fashion supply chains, despite efforts by regulators to
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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
BCI and Oeko-Tex hit back at eco-label report
10th May 2018
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LONDON – Both Oeko-Tex and the Better Cotton Initiative have issued a robust defence of their respective standards following a recent report which claimed that
Government and industry back Bangladesh Accord extension
10th May 2018
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DHAKA – The Government of Bangladesh has given its backing for the Bangladesh Accord to work in the country beyond May 2018 following a meeting
