
Research claims fashion is polluting Africa’s rivers
EDINBURGH – A new report claims the production of clothing for high street and online fashion brands in Europe, the

EDINBURGH – A new report claims the production of clothing for high street and online fashion brands in Europe, the

SEON – Swiss outdoor brand Mammut has pledged to switch to 100 per cent renewable energy at all its suppliers

STOCKHOLM – Swedish fast fashion giant H&M has announced it is launching its own second-hand fashion platform in Canada in

HERZOGENAURACH – Adidas has agreed to sell Reebok to Authentic Brands Group (ABG) for €2.1bn, with the majority to be paid

LONDON – Gap recently became the first major fashion retailer to implement Covid-19 vaccine mandates for all employees, starting with

LONDON – Textile recyclers globally have hit back at claims that used clothing is dumped on the African market in

SINGAPORE – Fibretrace, a textile traceability tool, has been awarded a European patent for its “Photon Marker System in Fiber

SAN FRANCISCO – US denim retailer Levi Strauss has stood down from the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) leadership according to

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s apparel industry has refuted claims by Clean Clothes relating to unpaid wages by Sri Lankan garment

STUTTGART – The number of Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)-certified facilities globally rose 15.3 per cent year on year to 17,800 in 2025. Certified sites

NEW SOUTH WALES – Australian brand LSKD has signed a 10-year agreement with Samsara Eco to use enzymatically recycled nylon 6,6 in its products. The

LONDON – Epoch Biodesign has unveiled plans for Europe’s first nylon 6,6 bio-recycling demonstration plant, weeks after raising €10.3m. The facility will be located at

PARIS – Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN say they have validated a new textile-to-textile polyester recycling process at semi-industrial scale. The trio processed several tens of

AMSTERDAM – The Clean Clothes Campaign has filed a lawsuit accusing Levi Strauss of misleading consumers about labour conditions in its supply chain.

WASHINGTON – The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has questioned a US trade probe into alleged excess capacity in fashion supply chains. The trade

BRUSSELS – European textile trade body, EURATEX, has issued a stark warning over the future of Europe’s textile industry. It says factory closures are continuing

SAN FRANCISCO -Troubled footwear brand Allbirds is abandoning shoes for AI infrastructure in one of the most abrupt pivots ever seen in consumer markets. The

HAMBURG – More than 40,000 smallholder farmers in India and Tanzania are now growing cotton under the Regenerative Cotton Standard. This is according to the
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