News Social auditing has “failed spectacularly” claims report AMSTERDAM – The multi-billion dollar social auditing industry has failed garment workers “spectacularly” and is inherently flawed claims a new Read More »
News Ocean plastic fibres use blockchain in world first PARIS – Waste2Wear has launched what is claimed to be the world’s first collection of fabrics made from ocean plastics Read More »
News Price squeeze hits Bangladesh factories DHAKA – 25,000 workers have been laid off in the Bangladeshi ready-made garment (RMG) sector since February amid the closure Read More »
News Robotics and tech talk is misplaced, says supplier CHITTAGONG – Talk of automation, artificial intelligence and digitisation in apparel supply chains is misplaced and misleading claims one of Read More »
News German brands embrace national textile standard BERLIN – The German Government has announced that 27 companies have immediately signed up to its newly launched ‘Green Button’ Read More »
News Lenzing to build world’s largest lyocell plant BANGKOK – Austrian wood-based fibre business, Lenzing, has unveiled further details of its plans to establish the world’s largest lyocell Read More »
News 64 NGOs lobby for EU supply chain laws NEW YORK – An alliance of 64 NGOs and trade unions in Germany, including Human Rights Watch, has launched an Read More »
News Cotton linked to child and forced labour in China LONDON – Alarming new research has highlighted intensifying supply chain risks for apparel brands sourcing from Xinjiang and China as Read More »
News Hemp use gains momentum at Levi’s CALIFORNIA – Levi Strauss has launched several new product lines using rain-fed, cottonized hemp, which it first introduced in its Read More »
VF Corp spins out jeans businesses, Lee and Wrangler 13th August 2018 No Comments GREENSBORO – US apparel giant VF Corporation has announced it will spin off its Lee and Wrangler jeans businesses into an independent public company as Read More »
Fibre scoring tools misleading consumers, claim researchers 13th August 2018 No Comments OSLO – Current tools used to score textile fibres on sustainability are misleading consumers as they fail to account for the use phase of clothing, Read More »