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Supply bottlenecks threaten recycled polyester push
SOUTH CAROLINA – A new briefing suggests the fashion industry will struggle to meet its ambitious targets for using recycled
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Sri Lanka textile park targets greener textile production
COLOMBO – A new, vertically integrated textile park could potentially help Sri Lanka become a world leader in sustainable textile
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Fast fashion can “never be sustainable,” says Livia Firth
LONDON – Fast fashion can never be sustainable, and remains the elephant in the room of all conversations about sustainable
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Bestseller to boost organic cotton use by 445%
COPENHAGEN – Danish fashion retailer, Bestseller, has committed to sourcing 6,000 metric tonnes of organic cotton from direct-to-farm agreements in
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Excess textile chemicals found in clothing of Shein
TORONTO – Clothing items being sold online by ultra fast fashion retailers Zaful, AliExpress and Shein, were found by scientists
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Outrageous green claims damage us all
LONDON – This week, it was announced that US-based fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger had become the latest brand to launch
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EU delegation reviews Sri Lanka’s GSP status
COLOMBO – A delegation from the European Union (EU) has this week arrived in Sri Lanka to review the country’s
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Zalando invests in Finnish textile recycling business
BERLIN – German online fashion retailer Zalando has announced it is investing textile recycling company Infinited Fiber Company. The investment
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ADNAS nets US$1.6m in textile tagging orders
NEW YORK – Applied DNA Sciences, a US-based leader in molecular tagging technology solutions, has received purchase orders from a
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
