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Walmart caught up in Xinjiang spat
HONG KONG – US retail giant Walmart has been caught up in the controversy around Xinjiang, China after one of
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Bangladesh to benchmark minimum apparel costs
DHAKA – The minimum cost of manufacturing apparel products in Bangladesh will be benchmarked by industry trade bodies in an
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Renewcell partners with European textile sorters
STOCKHOLM – Recycling technology business Renewcell has signed a series of deals with European textile and clothing sorters to recycle
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M&S inks £850m green finance agreement
LONDON – British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has inked an £850m green finance deal which will allow it to
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Beverages sector asks EU for priority access to rPET
BRUSSELS – The soft drinks industry has called on the European Commission to revise EU waste directives to prevent recycled
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Better Cotton sets 2030 targets in new strategy
LONDON – Better Cotton says it is aiming to increase the share of Better Cotton globally from 25 per cent
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Industry partners on polyester recycling project
AMSTERDAM – A new project led by Fashion for Good will aim to validate and scale promising technologies in polyester
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2021 – the year people tired of fashion greenwashing
LONDON – Stories around fashion greenwashing and misleading sustainability claims were the most read by a considerable distance on Apparel
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New ‘biomarker’ identifies cotton’s geographic location
NEW YORK – A patent application has been filed for a ‘biomarker’ which can be used to forensically proof the
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
