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Fashion to test fibres from agricultural waste
AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a new project which aims to test technologies that can turn agricultural waste
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New website outs greenwashing fashion brands
LONDON – A new website has been launched to highlight “rampant greenwashing” in the fashion industry. Greenwash.com was launched at
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Study outlines water-harvesting potential in Bangladesh
DHAKA – Ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh have huge potential to harvest rainwater for use in the production of
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Investor group warns of microfibre pollution threat
TOKYO – One of the world’s leading financial groups has put its weight behind a new report which warns about
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Renewcell accelerates expansion plans
STOCKHOLM – Recycling technology business Renewcell will increase production capacity of Circulose from 60,000 to 120,000 metric tons ahead of
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Gildan supplier caught up in Haiti wage revolts
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Police in Haiti violently broke up a demonstration by garment workers in support of demands for an increase
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Shein planning US$2bn Guangzhou supply chain base
GUANGZHOU – Online fast fashion giant Shein is planning to develop a US$2bn global supply chain base in the Chinese
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Fresh claims of widespread Indian organic cotton fraud
NEW YORK – Up to four fifths of Indian-grown organic cotton is actually conventional – this is the sensational claim
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US Senators introduce supply chain slavery Bill
WASHINGTON – US Senators Josh Hawley and Kirsten Gillibrand have introduced a bill that would require large businesses to undergo
Fashion brands called out for stalling on a new Accord
4th August 2021
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AMSTERDAM – Clean Clothes Campaign has publicly called out fashion brands including H&M, Primark, Inditex, Bestseller and C&A for failing to back the renewal of
Wood-based fibres degrade within 60 days – study
4th August 2021
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LONDON – A new study found that wood-based cellulosic fibres fell apart within 30 days and fully degraded within 60 days in seawater. In contrast,
