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Cotton NGO says activist threatened in Uzbekistan
WASHINGTON – The Cotton Campaign has called on the Uzbek government to urgently investigate the targeted harassment of Umida Niyazova,
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Boohoo probed over supplier employment contracts
LONDON – Fast fashion brand Boohoo was probed over claims that the employment contracts of its Leicester suppliers amount to
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WRAP: half of all textiles discarded as trash
LONDON – Recent findings from WRAP show that a staggering 49 per cent of all used textiles end up being
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Better Cotton expands interest in African market
LONDON – Better Cotton, the world’s largest certified cotton scheme, is launching new mapping and assessments in West and Central
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Bangladesh mulls tax break for recycled fibres
DHAKA – Bangladesh is considering removing value-added tax (VAT) on locally produced recycled fibre and its raw materials to support
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EU hits Shein with new new digital rules
BRUSSELS – The European Union has placed fast-fashion giant Shein under rigorous scrutiny according to its new Digital Services Act
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Comment: SBTi risks becoming code for greenwashing
OP-ED – Last month, the respected journal Nature published a study in which the authors evaluated one of the largest
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Carbios opens PET ‘bio-recycling’ plant in France
LONGLAVILLE – Carbios, a global leader in the development and industrialisation of biological technologies to recycle synthetic textiles and other
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Certification schemes and new regulations
PARTNER CONTENT – In the complex and ever-evolving textile, leather and fashion world, staying up to date of regulatory changes
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
