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Vietnam embraces Higg Index as exports soar
HANOI – The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS), the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and Hong Kong-based garment firm TAL
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Textile suppliers under investor scrutiny over human rights
OSLO – A leading Taiwan textile business which lists as its customers Levi’s, VF Corp, Gap and Tommy Hilfiger has
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H&M rolls out new wage systems in supply chains
STOCKHOLM – H&M has outlined details of new wage management systems aimed at improving career prospects for textile workers in
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94 retailers commit to circular fashion
94 retailers have now joined the Global Fashion Agenda’s 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment, setting targets for circularity in fashion and
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Cambodian garment workers coerced to vote by bosses
PHNOM PENH – Garment workers in Cambodia are being coerced by their employers to vote in July’s general election, or
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ZDHC tool to drive pollution transparency
AMSTERDAM – A new public disclosure tool aims to drive transparency around the release of wastewater by textile mills. The
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NGO calls for trebling of wages in Bangladesh
AMSTERDAM – There are fresh calls for a trebling of the minimum wage of Bangladeshi garment workers ahead of a
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Germany Ministry calls for textile audit reform
BERLIN – Germany’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has called for reform of textile factory audits, including greater transparency of audit
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High and dry
Rampant demand for cheap cashmere is threatening the grasslands of Mongolia, where many of the world’s cashmere goats reside. But
Lenzing invests €30m in luxury yarn line
24th May 2018
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LENZING – This week offers further evidence that the luxury fashion sector is embracing sustainability. Austrian specialist fibre maker, Lenzing, has announced a massive expansion
New fibres derived from coconut by-products
24th May 2018
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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
Calotropis procera plant fibres set for production
24th May 2018
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KENYA – Clothing made with Calotropis procera, a species of flowering plant native to parts of Africa and Asia, are likely to hit shops before
Unions, government discuss fair wages in Ethiopia
24th May 2018
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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
