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Renewcell sells Swedish pilot plant
STOCKHOLM – A Swedish company which makes a bio-based oil-spill-absorbing product has purchased the pilot plant of bankrupt textile recycler Renewcell.
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SFA steps up work with dzud-impacted herders
The Sustainable Fibre Alliance’s (SFA) Dzud Emergency Support Fund has moved into its second phase of activities focusing on longer-term
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New study disputes ‘waste colonialism’ claims
ACCRA – The proportion of used clothing exported to Ghana which is of too low quality to have any resale
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Staff at Shein suppliers working 75-hour weeks
GUANGZHOU – Despite promises to improve working conditions, employees at some of the Shein’s supplier factories in China are still
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SBTi draft study says offsets are ‘largely ineffective’
LONDON – Employees at the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) have raised concerns after their board proposed plans to allow
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Zero Waste Europe issues warning to textile sector
BRUSSELS – Zero Waste Europe has issued a stark warning to the textile industry: overhaul your practices or continue down
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Tests finds widespread presence of Xinjiang cotton
NEW YORK – Independent testing suggests Xinjiang cotton is rife in global fashion supply chains, despite efforts by regulators to
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Lululemon to face greenwashing inquiry
VANCOUVER – Competition Bureau Canada has opened an inquiry into athleisure brand, Lululemon, following a complaint filed by the environmental
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H&M backs world’s largest carbon capture project
STOCKHOLM – H&M Group has committed to the world’s largest carbon capture purchase agreement to date, worth US$58m. The Swedish
Spinnova to create “world’s most sustainable workwear”
4th April 2019
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JYVÄSKYLÄ – A Finish workwear business is set to become the first company to use the ground-breaking textiles fibres of Spinnova, a pioneering business which
Teachers, nurses, still forced into Uzbek cotton fields
4th April 2019
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BRUSSELS – The use of forced labour remains a “systemic problem” in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan, claims the latest field dispatch from Uzbek-German Forum
Myanmar garment sector shifts towards renewable energy
4th April 2019
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YANGON – Garment manufacturers in Myanmar are switching to renewable energy to boost sustainability. With a number of factories already having installed rice husk pellet
