Brand pays US$2m to fix Bangladesh factories
AMSTERDAM – A multi-national apparel brand has agreed to pay US$2m to fix alleged life-threatening workplace hazards in its Bangladesh
Sun sets on PFC use in textiles
They’re the chemicals which enable our fabrics to repel water – making it bead up and roll away. They can
Ellen MacArthur report ignores key industry question
A recent report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has called for the wasteful global apparel industry to adopt a new
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EU backs microplastics collaboration
BRUSSELS – The European Commission has given its support to a new cross-sector agreement aimed at finding ways to reduce
Norway to ban fur farming
OSLO – Is the clock ticking on the global fur industry? A number of brands have said their collections will
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Egypt plans US$2bn textile park
SADAT – Egypt’s Trade and Industry Minister, Tarek Qabil, has announced plans for the construction of the country’s largest ever
Into Africa
Ethiopia is targeting US$30bn in textile exports by 2025, with apparel brands queuing up to test sourcing options from the
First organic cotton farmers certified in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA – 200 cotton farmers in Ethiopia have become the first ever in the country to receive organic certification.
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Monkey business
STOCKHOLM – Top prize for managing to miss the point in spectacular fashion goes to all those who went to
EU textile chemicals regs “lack coherence,” says study
9th January 2019
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BRUSSELS – A lack of coherent regulation in the EU means potentially hazardous chemicals continue to be used in all stages of the production process
Calls to fit all washing machines with microfibre filters
9th January 2019
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LONDON – The UK Government should pass legislation to require all new washing machines sold in the country to be fitted with microfibre filters. A
Brands concerned Cambodia to lose EU trade benefits
9th January 2019
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PHNOM PENH – Apparel Insider understands that Cambodia is set to lose huge swathes of garment production orders after Western brands became concerned the country
