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Commercial spider silk moves closer in Vietnam
ANN ARBOR – A US technology business which has established itself as the world’s foremost developer of spider silk fibres
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Country Road launches sustainable denim line
NEW YORK — Austrian sustainable fibre business, Lenzing Group, has announced a collaboration with Country Road, an iconic Australian lifestyle
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Balenciaga apologises after Chinese discrimination claims
PARIS – French fashion house Balenciaga, which is owned by French luxury group Kering SA, has issued a series of
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Spanish business unveils waterless indigo dyeing
VALENCIA – Spanish textile business, Tejidos Royo, has unveiled what is claimed to be the world’s first waterless indigo dyeing
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Zara to probe allegations of design theft
ARTEIXO – Inditex, the parent company of Spanish fast fashion brand Zara, has said it will investigate allegations that it
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Online EU tool to calculate leather’s eco-footprint
BRUSSELS – A new online tool set up by the European Union will help apparel brands and retailers calculate the
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EU to restrict CMRs in clothing
BRUSSELS – Proposals to restrict the use of carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) substances in clothing, textiles and footwear have
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Levi’s singled out in climate change report
SAN FRANCISCO — The fashion industry is responsible for as many as 38,000 climate change deaths a year, claims a
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Fast Retailing chief: “The world is watching”
TOKYO – Fast Retailing CEO, Tadashi Yanai, has used his company’s annual sustainability report to issue a rallying call to
Levi’s IPO could raise up to US$587m
6th March 2019
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SAN FRANCISCO – US denim giant Levi Strauss & Co said has said it expects to raise as much as US$587m through an initial public
Fire hazard factory allowed to operate
6th March 2019
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DHAKA – Authorities in Bangladesh knowingly allowed a garment factory to operate despite it repeatedly having failed to address alarming fire safety hazards, claims a
Investors discuss H&M’s work on living wages
6th March 2019
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STOCKHOLM – A number of Nordic shareholders and investors in H&M have responded to accusations that they are failing to hold the Swedish fast fashion
