
Bangladeshi government slammed over safety figures
AMSTERDAM – All 745 ready-made garment factories under the Bangladeshi government’s inspection programme have yet to eliminate high risk safety

AMSTERDAM – All 745 ready-made garment factories under the Bangladeshi government’s inspection programme have yet to eliminate high risk safety

LONDON – UK retailer Marks & Spencer has confirmed to Apparel Insider it has now reached its goal of sourcing

HAMBURG – German textiles, apparel and homeware retailer the Otto Group will become the first company in its industry to

AMSTERDAM – A new tool which is attempting to map every garment factory in the world has gone live. The

BRUSSELS – The use of policy instruments, including tax breaks and subsidies, should be used to drive improved textile and

STOCKHOLM – A new collection from H&M will use fibres produced from oranges, pineapples and algae biomass. The retailer’s latest

LONDON – Nike has for the second year running failed to engage with an initiative whereby global investment groups probe

YANCHENG – A huge chemical plant explosion in China has killed at least 70 people and injured hundreds of others.

HAWASSA – Thousands of workers at Ethiopia’s biggest industrial park have been striking demanding that unions be allowed access to

PRATTELN – Archroma and HeiQ have entered a co-marketing agreement to expand HeiQ’s textile performance technologies to retailers and mills worldwide.

CALIFORNIA – Next Level Apparel, which sells premium blank T shirts and other basics, has joined the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol. Under the programme, Next

PEORIA – US biomaterials developer Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) has secured fresh funding to continue work on its bio-based material technologies. In a LinkedIn post,

LONDON – Four in ten companies who signed the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action are still not disclosing climate targets. This is according

NOBEOKA – Asahi Kasei will restart Bemberg production this month at its Nobeoka facility, the only site where the company makes its cupro filament. The

PARIS – Shein is partially reopening its third party marketplace in France, two months after it closed after the discovery of illegal listings on the

ISTANBUL – Türkiye has launched a programme to help apparel suppliers meet brand requirements on low carbon production, traceability and digital reporting.

BONN – A fish mouth inspired filter removed more than 99 per cent of microplastic fibres from washing machine wastewater in early tests. Researchers at

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s apparel exports rose 5.42 per cent in the first eleven months of 2025, even as November posted a small year on
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