News Bestseller clashes with Danish broadcaster over documentary COPENHAGEN – Bestseller has become embroiled in a public row after Danish broadcaster TV 2 scrutinised the fashion group’s Bangladeshi Read More »
News Wool’s carbon footprint: a rethink This article appears in the autumn edition of Natural Fibres Insight. It’s no great secret that for years, wool has Read More »
News Copenhagen Fashion Week warned over misleading marketing COPENHAGEN – Copenhagen Fashion Week (CFW) has been warned it risks contributing to misleading end consumers, despite being a business-to-business Read More »
News Levi Strauss launches free renewables help for suppliers SAN FRANCISCO – US denim giant Levi Strauss & Co has launched a programme that gives Indian suppliers free support Read More »
News Polyester rise eclipses certified cotton in new rankings AMSTERDAM – The fashion industry is shifting further towards polyester at the expense of cotton, according to research by Solidaridad Read More »
News China automates textile waste sorting at scale GUANGDONG – China has switched on its first fully automated textile waste sorting line with Databeyond Technology, an AI and Read More »
News Textile-linked emissions rise by a fifth in five years TEXAS – Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) tied to textile fibres have risen around a fifth in five years, according to Read More »
News Animal fibres and methane: beyond the headlines Methane emissions increasingly matter in sustainability circles, and fashion has a significant methane footprint. But fresh calls to abandon wool, Read More »
News Circ and Arvind strike recycled fibres deal VIRGINIA – US recycler Circ has announced a deal with India’s Arvind to bring textile-to-textile recycled fibres into large-scale commercial Read More »
“Significant risks” remain in Uzbek cotton sector 4th April 2022 No Comments In this guest column written exclusively for Apparel Insider, Lynn Schweisfurth of the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights argues that while the end of systematic Read More »
Land-grabs – the new red flag for Uzbek cotton sector 19th February 2021 No Comments Apparel brands are said to be eyeing Uzbekistan as a potential source of cotton, particularly with Xinjiang cotton now the subject of US sanctions. A Read More »