News Brands with Xinjiang links ‘complicit’ in Uighur abuses BEIJING – Global apparel brands with supply chains that link to Xinjiang are “no longer in compliance with basic ethical Read More »
News First accreditation for Greenpeace textile standard UTENA – Direct action NGO, Greenpeace, has recognised Lithuanian apparel company, Utenos trikotažas, as the first, and so far the Read More »
News Gap-thredUP initiative encourages consumerism SAN FRANCISCO – People will be incentivised to go out and buy more clothing in a new partnership between US Read More »
News Trash fashion being exported to Ghana ACCRA – New claims suggest significant amounts of imported clothing that passes through Kantamanto market in Ghana’s capital, Accra, ends Read More »
News 38 apparel and textile brands commit to SBTs NEW YORK – 38 companies in the global apparel and textile industries have ‘committed’ to setting Science-Based Targets – but Read More »
News Coronavirus a ‘Black Swan’ event for brands NEW YORK – The coronavirus is now a ‘Black Swan’ event for apparel brands and retailers claims a new study Read More »
News France laws to target microplastic waste PARIS – The French Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Brune Poirson, this week Read More »
News Non-German companies sign up to Grüner Knopf BERLIN – German brands are embracing a new national certification standard for the textile and apparel industries. The German Federal Read More »
News Auditing is failing Indian workers, claims NGO AMSTERDAM – India needs major new measures to tackle safety in its garment and textile industries, according to the Clean Read More »
Patagonia hides anti-Trump tags in clothing 17th September 2020 No Comments CALIFORNIA – US outdoor clothing brand Patagonia admitted to hiding the phrase ‘Vote the a**holes out’ on a tag inside its latest line of shorts. The Read More »
Study estimates historic amount of synthetic microfibres 17th September 2020 No Comments CALIFORNIA – Researchers from the US have calculated that the total amount of synthetic microfibres which have entered the wider environment as we wash our Read More »