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“Daily” abuse against women found at Walmart suppliers
LONDON – US retail giant, Walmart, has been slammed in a report which claims women who work in Asian factories
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US ramps up war on polyester dumping
WASHINGTON – Polyester producers from China, India, Korea and Taiwan have been accused of ‘dumping’ polyester fibre on the US
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Former ICAC head questions organic cotton economics
TEXAS – Organic cotton is not economically viable – this is the contentious claim of the former International Cotton Advisory
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Wool sustainability focus of IWTO Congress
BRUSSELS – Communicating wool’s environmental credentials was a key theme of the 87th annual Congress of the IWTO in Hong
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Lenzing invests €30m in luxury yarn line
LENZING – This week offers further evidence that the luxury fashion sector is embracing sustainability. Austrian specialist fibre maker, Lenzing,
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New fibres derived from coconut by-products
PERTH – An Australian tech business this week launched the first plant-free viscose-rayon fibres at an industry conference in Vancouver.
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Calotropis procera plant fibres set for production
KENYA – Clothing made with Calotropis procera, a species of flowering plant native to parts of Africa and Asia, are
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Unions, government discuss fair wages in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA – Government, union leaders and textile manufacturers met this week to discuss wages and worker rights in Ethiopia’s
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Bio-based nylon focus of Aquafil initiative
TRENTO – Aquafil, an Italian producer of polyamide in Italy, is spearheading a new initiative aimed at increasing the amount
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
