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Adidas dismisses NGO claims over unpaid workers
AMSTERDAM – German sportswear brand, Adidas, has dismissed claims it should use its leverage to pressure one of its suppliers
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Uzbekistan finally ends child labour in cotton fields
GENEVA – Child labour is no longer being used in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields, claims a new report, potentially reopening the
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Faster fashion hits supply chain CSR efforts
PARIS – A survey of textile and apparel suppliers found more than half have accepted brand and retailer orders that
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Amazon’s Prime service drives record apparel sales
NEW YORK – Apparel shoppers are switching to Amazon in their droves according to new research, with the convenience and
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Millions of tonnes of re-usable textiles landfilled
AMSTERDAM – Almost 90 per cent of waste textile items collected in a recent EU backed study were found to
Cost no longer king in apparel sourcing
Apparel businesses are mistaken if they think that shifting to low cost sourcing countries is the key to long term
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Seawater used to successfully dye cotton fabrics
DHAKA – Researchers from Bangladesh have successfully dyed cotton fabric using seawater. The scientists dyed two batches of cotton fabric,
Making sustainability mainstream
On the of the launch of its revised sustainable cotton standard, Apparel Insider catches up with the Better Cotton Initiative’s
Fresh wave of Accord signatories after costs clarified
DHAKA – Around a dozen more brands have signed up to the 2018 Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety
Study on Better Cotton impacts finds mixed picture
18th October 2022
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LONDON – A major study into the impact of Better Cotton practices found a decidedly mixed picture in terms of environmental performance and profitability for
Shein launches resale platform in US
18th October 2022
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LOS ANGELES – Chinese fashion giant Shein has launched a resale platform. Shein Exchange is being described as, “an integrated online peer-to-peer resale destination to
Study finds brands not publicising net zero plans
18th October 2022
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LONDON – New global research from climate consultants South Pole found that one in four global companies with science-based targets will not be publicising them.
Bangladesh database to track ESG progress
18th October 2022
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DHAKA – An online ESG database is being developed to track sustainability performance of Bangladesh garment factories against 2030 targets. ESG (environment, social and governance)
