
Bangladeshi government slammed over safety figures
AMSTERDAM – All 745 ready-made garment factories under the Bangladeshi government’s inspection programme have yet to eliminate high risk safety

AMSTERDAM – All 745 ready-made garment factories under the Bangladeshi government’s inspection programme have yet to eliminate high risk safety

LONDON – UK retailer Marks & Spencer has confirmed to Apparel Insider it has now reached its goal of sourcing

HAMBURG – German textiles, apparel and homeware retailer the Otto Group will become the first company in its industry to

AMSTERDAM – A new tool which is attempting to map every garment factory in the world has gone live. The

BRUSSELS – The use of policy instruments, including tax breaks and subsidies, should be used to drive improved textile and

STOCKHOLM – A new collection from H&M will use fibres produced from oranges, pineapples and algae biomass. The retailer’s latest

LONDON – Nike has for the second year running failed to engage with an initiative whereby global investment groups probe

YANCHENG – A huge chemical plant explosion in China has killed at least 70 people and injured hundreds of others.

HAWASSA – Thousands of workers at Ethiopia’s biggest industrial park have been striking demanding that unions be allowed access to

LENZING – This week offers further evidence that the luxury fashion sector is embracing sustainability. Austrian specialist fibre maker, Lenzing, has announced a massive expansion

PERTH – An Australian tech business this week launched the first plant-free viscose-rayon fibres at an industry conference in Vancouver. Nanollose has set up a

KENYA – Clothing made with Calotropis procera, a species of flowering plant native to parts of Africa and Asia, are likely to hit shops before

ADDIS ABABA – Government, union leaders and textile manufacturers met this week to discuss wages and worker rights in Ethiopia’s rapidly developing textile sector. Among
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