News Copenhagen Summit to offer carbon offsetting guidance EXCLUSIVE – The world’s largest sustainable fashion event, Copenhagen Fashion Summit, has told Apparel Insider it will offer guidance on Read More »
News Uniqlo and UN partner on women’s rights TOKYO – Fast Retailing, owner of Japan’s largest fashion brand, Uniqlo, has announced a new global partnership with UN Women Read More »
News Biobased fibres: fashion’s future or passing fad? LONDON – In a brilliant new op-ed for the next edition of Apparel Insider, Claudia Amos and Georgie Edwards from Read More »
News Researchers develop blue pigment from fungi CALIFORNIA – Researchers in the US have developed a new production platform for producing blue pigment which may provide a Read More »
News IFC and Levi’s tackle GHGs in supply chains WASHINGTON – IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Levi Strauss & Co have signed an agreement that Read More »
News BGMEA head champions digital payments DHAKA – Garment factory workers at selected textile mills in Bangladesh will soon be paid digitally, as part of an Read More »
News Re:newcell closes US$5m over-subscribed investment round STOCKHOLM – Chinese viscose manufacturer, Tangshan Sanyou, has produced the world’s first batch of viscose fibres made from 50 per Read More »
News Lenzing embarks on €1bn expansion LENZING – Austrian speciality fibres business, Lenzing, has announced plans to invest more than €1bn in new lyocell fibres production Read More »
News New science-based target guidelines offer clarity for apparel brands LONDON – Luxury brand Burberry and German sports brand Puma have both announced ambitious goals for cutting GHG emissions in Read More »
64 NGOs lobby for EU supply chain laws 11th September 2019 No Comments NEW YORK – An alliance of 64 NGOs and trade unions in Germany, including Human Rights Watch, has launched an international campaign urging the German Read More »
Cotton linked to child and forced labour in China 11th September 2019 No Comments LONDON – Alarming new research has highlighted intensifying supply chain risks for apparel brands sourcing from Xinjiang and China as a whole amid expanding use Read More »