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Unions, government discuss fair wages in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA – Government, union leaders and textile manufacturers met this week to discuss wages and worker rights in Ethiopia’s
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Bio-based nylon focus of Aquafil initiative
TRENTO – Aquafil, an Italian producer of polyamide in Italy, is spearheading a new initiative aimed at increasing the amount
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US$3m funding for biotech dye business
PARIS – A French biotech dye business which engineers microbes to produce natural dyes for textiles has received US$3m in
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New evidence of forced cotton picking in Uzbekistan
BERLIN – There are calls for the World Bank to acknowledge “violations in loan agreements to Uzbekistan” because of “credible
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Survey raises questions over purchasing practices
LONDON – Purchasing practices by apparel brands are unaffected by the length of relationship with suppliers, according to an international
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Zara blurs lines between offline and digital
LONDON – A new store by Spanish fashion brand, Zara, potentially paves the way for a new shopping experience where
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Could living wages avert race to bottom?
DHAKA – A twelve-month survey of 223 Bangladesh garment factory owners coupled with research on raw materials prices found that,
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Sateri under scrutiny over viscose sourcing
SHANGHAI – An independent audit claims to have found that globally leading Chinese viscose business, Sateri, has been sourcing pulp
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Justice for families of Pakistan garment factory fire
KARACHI – Families affected by the Ali Enterprises garment factory fire of 2012 which killed more than 250 garment workers
Textile tracing solutions: a market overview
27th July 2023
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Pioneering traceability technologies are now able to track the footprint of textile fibres as they make their way around the world. HOLLY BERGER, marketing director
