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Lululemon to face greenwashing inquiry
VANCOUVER – Competition Bureau Canada has opened an inquiry into athleisure brand, Lululemon, following a complaint filed by the environmental
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H&M backs world’s largest carbon capture project
STOCKHOLM – H&M Group has committed to the world’s largest carbon capture purchase agreement to date, worth US$58m. The Swedish
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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
NGOs call on EU to tackle unfair purchasing practices
16th July 2021
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BRUSSELS – A group of NGOs have called on the European Commission to address unfair purchasing practices in fashion supply chains as part of the
Why fashion’s climate targets are losing all meaning
16th July 2021
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LONDON – Does anybody really know what fashion is doing when it comes to setting climate targets? This week, the world’s largest fashion retailer, Inditex
