News Proposed Italian fashion eco score links ratings to taxes ROME – Italy has tabled a draft law that would create a national “Eco-Score” for fashion, targeting ultra fast fashion Read More »
News New BCI deal boosts support for Uzbek cotton clusters GENEVA – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s Light Industry Agency to ramp up financial Read More »
News Shein clothing still flouting EU chemicals rules, research finds BERLIN – Clothing from fashion giant Shein still contains hazardous chemicals above European legal limits, according to a new study Read More »
News Peak Performance tests fully recyclable down anorak STOCKHOLM – Swedish outdoor brand Peak Performance has unveiled a down anorak it claims can be dismantled and recycled at Read More »
News NZ Merino makes traceability standard for flagship wools CHRISTCHURCH – The New Zealand Merino Company says it is making digital traceability standard across its flagship ZQ and ZQRX Read More »
News Italy’s fashion bosses sound alarm with 2035 rescue plan ROME – Italy’s fashion lobby has unveiled a strategic plan it says is needed to stop the country’s manufacturing base Read More »
News Avalo begins harvest of first AI-bred cotton TEXAS – Avalo, a US-based agtech startup, has begun harvesting its first commercial crop of “low-carbon” cotton, bred using artificial Read More »
News Leicester garment probe finds no forced labour cases LEICESTER – A long-awaited government review has concluded there is no evidence of prosecutable forced labour in Leicester’s garment sector. Read More »
News U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol beats most 2025 farm targets MEMPHIS – The US Cotton Trust Protocol says its grower members have met or exceeded most of their 2025 sustainability Read More »
Let’s talk wool: 90th IWTO Congress 17th June 2021 No Comments The 90th IWTO Congress celebrated the creation of the first global wool trading standards, drafted 90 years ago. Soon, the textile trade will be tied Read More »