
IOC accused of indifference over forced labour concerns
WASHINGTON – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has failed to offer credible evidence that there are no products made with

WASHINGTON – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has failed to offer credible evidence that there are no products made with

NEW YORK – Stringent green fashion guidelines have been proposed which would require large fashion retailers selling into New York

ZURICH – The Oeko-Tex Association has launched a new tool which will help textile manufacturers to measure the carbon and

LONDON – UK fashion retailer Next has warned of clothing price inflation in 2022. The company said prices for its

HONG KONG – US retail giant Walmart has been caught up in the controversy around Xinjiang, China after one of

DHAKA – The minimum cost of manufacturing apparel products in Bangladesh will be benchmarked by industry trade bodies in an

STOCKHOLM – Recycling technology business Renewcell has signed a series of deals with European textile and clothing sorters to recycle

LONDON – British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has inked an £850m green finance deal which will allow it to

BRUSSELS – The soft drinks industry has called on the European Commission to revise EU waste directives to prevent recycled

GENEVA – The Better Cotton Initiative has launched a new consumer-facing product label that lets retailers and brands state, on pack, the origin and percentage

AMSTERDAM – In an industry first, major fashion players have joined forces to push hemp from the margins of novelty blends into mainstream denim. Bestseller,

PARIS – Shein will open six permanent bricks-and-mortar stores in France from November in a world-first for the ultra-fast-fashion group. The debut site will be

PARIS – The French National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines has issued a final statement finding that ultra-fast-fashion giant Shein “does not comply

LENZING – Speciality fibre maker Lenzing has launched a strategic review of its Indonesian operations including a potential sale of the Purwakarta site. This is

LONDON – A new ranking of major global fashion brands has found overproduction remains fashion’s most significant, yet hidden, climate problem. Only 9 per cent

COPENHAGEN – Copenhagen Fashion Week (CFW) has been warned it risks contributing to misleading end consumers, despite being a business-to-business event. This is after the

GUANGDONG – China has switched on its first fully automated textile waste sorting line with Databeyond Technology, an AI and optoelectronics company. The new system

Methane emissions increasingly matter in sustainability circles, and fashion has a significant methane footprint. But fresh calls to abandon wool, leather and other animal-derived fibres
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