
Garment worker faintings rise in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH – More than 2,000 garment factory workers fainted in Cambodia in 2018 according to new government figures. The

PHNOM PENH – More than 2,000 garment factory workers fainted in Cambodia in 2018 according to new government figures. The

HELSINKI – Technology which takes renewable forest raw material and regenerates the cellulose into a textile fibre is set for

LONDON – UK Ministers have been accused of failing to get to grips with rampant worker rights abuses in garment

RATINGEN – Fashion retailer Esprit has committed to using only sustainable cotton, including Better Cotton and organic cotton, in its

BERLIN – Working conditions and safety have dramatically improved in garment factories post-Rana Plaza as apparel brands cut ties with

DHAKA – The Supreme Court in Bangladesh has deferred for a fifth time the date for further hearing of an

MADHYA PRADESH – New research has provided much-needed data comparing the social and environmental impacts of different types of cotton

BRUSSELS – Industry lobbyists, including representatives from the textile industry, are trying to kill a tool intended to allow citizens

Our rundown of the key trends and issues in global apparel and textile industries in 2018… Feeling the heat

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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