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H&M issues water scarcity rallying cry
STOCKHOLM – Swedish fast fashion giant H&M has issued a rallying cry for the global apparel industry to join forces
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France and Denmark to sign sustainable fashion MoU
PARIS – A memorandum of understanding focusing on sustainable fashion is to be signed by Global Fashion Agenda and French
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Inditex backs calls for living wages for garment workers
ARTEIXO – The world’s largest apparel retailer, Inditex, has put its weight behind the fight for living wages in garment
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UN submits damning rap sheet for garment hub Myanmar
NAYPYIDAW – A major new UN report has concluded that Myanmar’s military leaders, including its top commander, need to be
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Brands switch sourcing from China amid US tensions
NEW YORK – US apparel brands are switching away from China as a sourcing hub amid fears over US-China tensions.
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Uniqlo still under pressure to compensate supply chain workers
AMSTERDAM – Clean Clothes Campaign is continuing its campaign to pressure Japanese fast fashion retailer Uniqlo to compensate 2,000 Indonesian
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CmiA cotton demand soars by 79 per cent
GENEVA – Demand for Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) procured cotton leapt by a remarkable 79 per cent in 2017.
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Textile Exchange and Bluesign to stage back to back conferences
MILAN – Two of the world’s leading sustainable textile organisations will stage back to back conferences in Italy this autumn.
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Fashion for Good to open sustainable fashion museum
AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good will open a museum in October which explores issues around sustainable fashion. Open seven days
Patagonia hides anti-Trump tags in clothing
17th September 2020
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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
Study estimates historic amount of synthetic microfibres
17th September 2020
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CALIFORNIA – Researchers from the US have calculated that the total amount of synthetic microfibres which have entered the wider environment as we wash our
