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Walmart caught up in Xinjiang spat
HONG KONG – US retail giant Walmart has been caught up in the controversy around Xinjiang, China after one of
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Bangladesh to benchmark minimum apparel costs
DHAKA – The minimum cost of manufacturing apparel products in Bangladesh will be benchmarked by industry trade bodies in an
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Renewcell partners with European textile sorters
STOCKHOLM – Recycling technology business Renewcell has signed a series of deals with European textile and clothing sorters to recycle
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M&S inks £850m green finance agreement
LONDON – British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has inked an £850m green finance deal which will allow it to
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Beverages sector asks EU for priority access to rPET
BRUSSELS – The soft drinks industry has called on the European Commission to revise EU waste directives to prevent recycled
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Better Cotton sets 2030 targets in new strategy
LONDON – Better Cotton says it is aiming to increase the share of Better Cotton globally from 25 per cent
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Industry partners on polyester recycling project
AMSTERDAM – A new project led by Fashion for Good will aim to validate and scale promising technologies in polyester
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2021 – the year people tired of fashion greenwashing
LONDON – Stories around fashion greenwashing and misleading sustainability claims were the most read by a considerable distance on Apparel
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New ‘biomarker’ identifies cotton’s geographic location
NEW YORK – A patent application has been filed for a ‘biomarker’ which can be used to forensically proof the
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,
