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EU aims to bolster textile chemical safety
BRUSSELS – The EU has vowed to take a hardline approach to textile and apparel goods imported from non-EU manufacturers
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Unions demand trebling of Bangladesh minimum wage
DHAKA – Unions in Bangladesh are calling for a trebling of the minimum wage for garment industry workers to US$192
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Levi Strauss replaces people with lasers
SAN FRANCISCO – US denim brand Levi Strauss has announced a major ramping up of its use of lasers as
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UK brands linked to pollution scandal
LONDON – A damning new report claims UK retailers Tesco, Asda and Next are still sourcing viscose from Indonesian factories
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Landmark study measures fashion’s eco-footprint
BOSTON – The global apparel industry is responsible for 6.7 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions according to
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Job cuts on horizon at Missguided
MANCHESTER – It would seem that not even the new breed of rapidly growing apparel etailers are immune from the
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Uniqlo in dispute with NGOs over unpaid workers
AMSTERDAM – Japanese fast fashion brand, Uniqlo, is at loggerheads with a group of labour rights NGOs about its refusal
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Tree bark extract used as fabric water repellent
LONDON – Researchers have successfully used betulin, a tree bark extract, to improve the water repellency of cotton fabrics, offering
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Fast fashion linked to microfibre pollution
BRUSSELS – Wear better quality clothing garments and wash them less often is the key message of a new report
H&M, Lululemon back US$250m ‘Climate Impact’ fund
9th June 2022
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NEW YORK – Lululemon Athletica Inc and H&M Group are backing a US$250m fund which will finance projects to cut carbon emissions in fashion supply
Goldman Sachs invests US$100m in Recover
9th June 2022
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LONDON – Investment bank Goldman Sachs has led a US$100m investment round in recycled cotton fibre company Recover. The minority stake values the Spanish company
Radici cuts GHG emissions 70 per cent over a decade
9th June 2022
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BERGAMO – Italian textiles manufacturer, Radici Group, says it has reduced its overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 70 per cent over the last decade.
Säntis partners with FibreTrace to track recycled cotton
9th June 2022
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SINGAPORE – Säntis Textiles, a textile sourcing and supply company headquartered in Singapore, is partnering with textile traceability business FibreTrace to develop a unique traceable
