
German lawmakers approve an “anti-greenwashing” law
BERLIN – German lawmakers have approved an “anti-greenwashing” law that targets vague environmental claims, with fashion in the firing line.

BERLIN – German lawmakers have approved an “anti-greenwashing” law that targets vague environmental claims, with fashion in the firing line.

SHANGHAI – Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition 2026 is launching a dedicated ‘Pet Boutique’ zone at the fair,

NYMÖLLA – Lenzing is to take a controlling majority in Swedish innovation firm TreeToTextile, as it aims to industrialise a

NEW YORK – Allbirds will close all of its full price stores in the US by the end of February,

NEW YORK – The fashion industry is still moving too slowly on decarbonisation, with supply chain emissions rising and coal

BAVARIA – Kelheim Fibres has said it will close on 31 March 2026 after failing to secure a viable path

LONDON – The UK Textiles Pact has published a ten point, industry blueprint setting out how a mandatory Extended Producer

NANYANG – Nature-inspired filtration membranes with one nanometre pores could help textile dyehouses recycle water and cut energy use. This

VIENNA – Greenpeace Austria has accused C&A of selling ‘Iconic Puffer’ jackets containing PFAS, after laboratory tests found the chemicals

SAMARKAND – Uzbekistan will stage next year’s prestigious IAF World Fashion Convention. The decision to hold the 2024 event in the Central Asian state was

STOCKHOLM – Swedish fast fashion giant, H&M Group has issued a €500m green bond with a maturity of eight years under its EMTN (Euro Medium

AMSTERDAM – Spinnova, the Finnish recycled textile material company, has this week presented its first blended denim fabrics made with wood-based Spinnova fibre at the

TOKYO – Fast Retailing Co, owner of Japanese fast fashion brand Uniqlo, forecast 18 per cent growth in annual profit this week. The company said

BRUSSELS – The European Apparel and Textile Federation, EURATEX, has called on the EU presidency to develop a new competitiveness strategy to relaunch the European

DHAKA – The first ever initiative on climate action focusing on the fashion & apparel sector, the Bangladesh Climate Action Forum, concluded this week. Organised

LONDON – Italian fashion retailer Benetton is one of a dozen signatories to a new campaign calling for clearer information about the fabric composition of

LONDON – A new report claims global high street brands including Gap, adidas, H&M, M&S, Puma, Levi’s, Primark, Boohoo and Inditex are sourcing from Pakistani

LEICESTER – Workers, trade unions and labour rights campaigners staged a protest in Leicester this weekend over job losses in the city’s garment industry. Leicester
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