News Burberry backing for Afghan cashmere LONDON – The Burberry Foundation, in partnership with Oxfam and the PUR Project, has announced a five-year programme which, it says, aims Read More »
News Historic UK silk business enters administration SUDBURY – A UK-based silk business, which has been trading in a Suffolk town for almost 250 years, has gone Read More »
News Brands record profits amid supply chain crisis LONDON – 29 of 50 fashion brands approached by a leading human rights charity have recorded profits since the coronavirus Read More »
News Rights groups demand ILO speak out on Xinjiang WASHINGTON – The International Labour Organisation is being urged to pass a resolution condemning China’s violation of its convention obligations Read More »
News EU-project identifies GMO in organic cotton BREMEN – GMO content was found to be present in organic cotton products in a two-year EU funded project looking Read More »
News AAFA warns of surge in clothing fakes WASHINGTON – The amount of counterfeit clothing being sold has surged during the coronavirus pandemic, the US American Apparel & Read More »
News WHO looks into biosecurity at mink farms COPENHAGEN – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced it is looking at biosecurity on mink fur farms globally in order to prevent further Read More »
News Lenzing rolls out supply chain transparency platform LENZING – Austrian wood-based fibre maker, Lenzing Group, has announced the launch of a new supply chain transparency platform which Read More »
News Is this the end for ‘sustainable’ cotton rankings? LONDON – For the past decade, hundreds of brands and retailers have used the amount of ‘sustainable’ cotton they source Read More »
Fashion brands called out for stalling on a new Accord 4th August 2021 No Comments 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 Read More »
Wood-based fibres degrade within 60 days – study 4th August 2021 No Comments 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, Read More »