
Sri Lanka trade benefits threatened by political turmoil
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s duty-free access to the European Union is under threat after the country’s president replaced the elected

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s duty-free access to the European Union is under threat after the country’s president replaced the elected

LONDON – Arcadia brands such as Topshop and Miss Selfridge “face huge challenges” in the months ahead if the results

LONDON – Some fast fashion garments are so cheap and poorly produced even charity shops don’t want them, UK MPs

BERLIN – Fair Wear Foundation and the German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (‘Textilbündnis’) have agreed to collaborate to promote the

LONDON – Apparel brands are hammering suppliers on price harder than ever, according to new data. Many suppliers answering the

PERTH – Australian tech business Nanollose has announced its first test garment – a 3D knitted sweater made using fibres

DHAKA – 58 global investors have written to the Government of Bangladesh expressing concern over human rights and environmental practices

HANOI – WWF and the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) have launched a project aimed at boosting environmentally sustainability

OBAN – Microfibre pollution has been an issue in the deep sea for at least four decades, according to the

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

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

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

BEIJING – Xinjiang has recorded its largest ever cotton harvest, underlining the region’s growing role in China’s economy and the supply base for its vast

LONDON – 2025 was the year in which we saw the first signs of fashion scaling back its relentless sustainability narrative. Some call it ‘greenhushing’

ISTAMBUL – Turkish-based Kipas Textiles, one of Europe’s largest fully integrated textile manufacturers, has launched a recycled polyester platform. ‘FibR-e’ combines Meltem Kimya’s molecular recycling

PARIS – Impact data specialist Glimpact has launched a legal challenge against France’s new “environmental cost” label for clothing. In an application to France’s highest

INDONESIA / AUSTRALIA – Polyester producer Asia Pacific Fibers has teamed with Australian recycler BlockTexx in a new textile-to-textile partnership. The deal will see Asia

AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has published an open-source blueprint which sets out how tier-2 textile mills could move towards “net-zero” operations. The mapping focuses
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