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Fashion to test fibres from agricultural waste
AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a new project which aims to test technologies that can turn agricultural waste
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New website outs greenwashing fashion brands
LONDON – A new website has been launched to highlight “rampant greenwashing” in the fashion industry. Greenwash.com was launched at
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Study outlines water-harvesting potential in Bangladesh
DHAKA – Ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh have huge potential to harvest rainwater for use in the production of
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Investor group warns of microfibre pollution threat
TOKYO – One of the world’s leading financial groups has put its weight behind a new report which warns about
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Renewcell accelerates expansion plans
STOCKHOLM – Recycling technology business Renewcell will increase production capacity of Circulose from 60,000 to 120,000 metric tons ahead of
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Gildan supplier caught up in Haiti wage revolts
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Police in Haiti violently broke up a demonstration by garment workers in support of demands for an increase
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Shein planning US$2bn Guangzhou supply chain base
GUANGZHOU – Online fast fashion giant Shein is planning to develop a US$2bn global supply chain base in the Chinese
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Fresh claims of widespread Indian organic cotton fraud
NEW YORK – Up to four fifths of Indian-grown organic cotton is actually conventional – this is the sensational claim
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US Senators introduce supply chain slavery Bill
WASHINGTON – US Senators Josh Hawley and Kirsten Gillibrand have introduced a bill that would require large businesses to undergo
Germany to bring in supply chain laws this year
17th February 2021
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BERLIN – German Ministers have announced that new laws on due diligence in global supply chains will be passed before the country’s elections in autumn
Clean Clothes calls for global safety treaty
17th February 2021
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AMSTERDAM – Clean Clothes Campaign has called for an international safety agreement governing the global garment industry. The NGO claims last week’s tragedy in Tangier,
SBTi initiative accused of conflicts of interest
17th February 2021
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NEW YORK – One of the original instigators of the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and a member of its Technical Advisory Group has submitted
SAC ramps up Higg requirements for members
17th February 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO – The Sustainable Apparel Coalition will require all members to develop a 3-year plan to deploy Higg Index self-assessments and verification within own
