News Fashion for Good expands Asia presence AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good is expanding to South Asia with the lof a dedicated regional innovation programme. Leading up Read More »
News US B-Corp aims to build dirt to shirt hemp apparel BURLINGTON – A North Carolina B-corporation is aiming to kick-start a ‘dirt to shirt’ fully trackable and traceable hemp apparel Read More »
News Boohoo accused of ‘Dickensian’ practices BURNLEY – A worker for UK fast fashion brand Boohoo has claimed staff were told by management not to speak Read More »
News Survey finds GBV rampant in Cambodia WASHINGTON – Almost half of Cambodian garment industry workers surveyed had experienced having a supervisor or manager forcing them to Read More »
News UK rejects chance to clean up fast fashion LONDON – The UK Government has rejected recommendations by an independent Parliamentary enquiry aimed at cleaning up the fast fashion Read More »
News €3.6m funding for eco-dyes start-up PARIS – A French tech business which produces textile dyes through microbial fermentation has raised €3.6m to help take its Read More »
Apparel bodies troubled by Myanmar labour rights progress WASHINGTON – A leading global apparel body has written to the Myanmar government expressing deep concern about the current human Read More »
News Adidas: mandatory human rights laws inevitable HERZOGENAURACH – A human rights specialist from German sportswear giant adidas says it is not a question of if but Read More »
News Milliken purchases textile specialist Polartec SPARTANBURG – Milliken & Company, a leading manufacturer with more than a century and a half of textile expertise, has Read More »
MTLC welcomes EU’s green claims proposals 25th April 2023 No Comments In an Op-Ed for Apparel Insider, Dalena White, a spokesperson for Make the Label Count (MTLC) responds to the recent announcement of the EU’s Green Read More »
US trade body bemoans greenwashing slurs 25th April 2023 No Comments NEW YORK – The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) claims its members are being ‘green-hushed’ amid heightened accusations of greenwashing by major fashion retailers. Read More »