New guide aims to increase “market pull” of sustainable cotton
LONDON – Sustainable cotton will remain a niche product unless it gets greater market pull to encourage increased production –
H&M, Nike, Inditex pressed on worker rights
LONDON – More than 100 institutional investors which manage over US$12 trillion of assets are demanding better information from apparel
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M&S, investors back action on supply chain slavery
LONDON – Marks & Spencer and Clarks are among 35 businesses, NGOs, investor groups and civil society organisations to back
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Dutch brand backing for sustainable cotton
AMSTERDAM – Cotton is by far the most used material by Dutch apparel brands which have signed up to a
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Thermore launches 100% recycled down alternative
MILAN – Is the down industry facing an existential crisis? In recent years, a number of down insulation alternatives have
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H&M continues to battle excess stock issues
STOCKHOLM – Are we witnessing a changing of the guard in the fast fashion sector? It is starting to feel
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Bangladesh calls for higher apparel prices
BRUSSELS – The Bangladeshi Commerce Minister has called for higher prices for the country’s apparel products to reflect factory upgrades
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Burberry targets 100% sustainable cotton by 2022
BRUSSELS – Luxury UK apparel brand Burberry aims to source 100 per cent of its cotton through the Better Cotton
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Patagonia raises bar on sustainable wool sourcing
CALIFORNIA – US outdoor brand, Patagonia, has announced that all its key wool partners will now have to meet its
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
