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Shahi Exports claims it will pay minimum wage arrears
BANGALORE – India’s largest garment exporter, Shahi Exports, claims it will pay all wage arrears owed to garment workers in
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Brands urged to heighten due diligence in Myanmar
AMSTERDAM – Fashion brands sourcing clothing from Myanmar need to increase due diligence measures around worker welfare while considering carefully
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CmiA and Better Cotton form new collaboration
LONDON – Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF), which oversees the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative, and Better Cotton are
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€30m Finnish pilot plant to make viscose-like fibres
ESPOO – A Finnish technology business has developed a new, environmentally benign method to spin plant-based textile fibres from forest
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H&M targets doubling of sales by 2030
STOCKHOLM – Swedish fast fashion group H&M has said it aims to double sales by 2030 compared with 2021 while at
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British Wool to be traced through Oritain partnership
BRADFORD – The wool of British sheep farmers will be forensically traced along supply chains through a partnership between British
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Vietnam ranked over Bangladesh in UN-WTO report
DHAKA – Leaders from Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) have questioned claims made in a joint UN-World Trade Organisation report which
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Female garment workers bore brunt of pandemic, study says
ABERDEEN – The UK Government needs to set up an independent watchdog to tackle abusive purchasing practices in international supply
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Fashion ignoring wage theft at Indian garment factories
KARNATAKA – Major global apparel brands are turning a blind eye to wage theft from garment workers in their Indian
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,
