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Lenzing to invest €100m in sustainable production
LENZING – Austrian speciality fibre maker, Lenzing, will invest more than €100m in sustainable production up to 2022. The business
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Uniqlo takes next step in automation with JV
TOKYO – Japan’s biggest fast fashion retailer has announced a major strategic step as part of its strategy of boosting
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Inditex puts €400,000 into textiles from marine waste pilot
VIGO – The world’s largest apparel business, Inditex, has commenced a pilot project with the Port Authority of Vigo in
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New report warns of automation’s “dark side”
LONDON – Garment supply chains in South East Asia are set for drastic job losses as automation and sewbots come
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Polyester is ‘Achilles heel’ of fashion says Greenpeace
AMSTERDAM – Greenpeace has labelled polyester the “Achilles heel of fast fashion,” in a new report which reflects on the
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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
The future of sustainable jeans?
20th June 2018
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COPENHAGEN – Danish apparel brand Only is launching a new black jeans collection produced with sustainably sourced wood-based fibres and designed to maintain their true
M&S, Patagonia rank highly on sustainability
20th June 2018
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LONDON – Marks & Spencer and Patagonia are the only clothing retailers among the top five ranked businesses in a survey of more than 700
Fabric dyeing – with walnut shells
20th June 2018
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LONDON – Basque outdoor brand Ternua has launched a new project which sees it collecting walnut shells to be used to make natural dyes to
Guess launches apparel recycling initiative
20th June 2018
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LOS ANGELES – Luxury US apparel retailer, Guess, has launched its own in-store collection and clothing recycling programme in California. ‘Resourced’ has been developed in
