
New BCI deal boosts support for Uzbek cotton clusters
GENEVA – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s Light Industry Agency to ramp up financial

GENEVA – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s Light Industry Agency to ramp up financial

BERLIN – Clothing from fashion giant Shein still contains hazardous chemicals above European legal limits, according to a new study

STOCKHOLM – Swedish outdoor brand Peak Performance has unveiled a down anorak it claims can be dismantled and recycled at

CHRISTCHURCH – The New Zealand Merino Company says it is making digital traceability standard across its flagship ZQ and ZQRX

ROME – Italy’s fashion lobby has unveiled a strategic plan it says is needed to stop the country’s manufacturing base

TEXAS – Avalo, a US-based agtech startup, has begun harvesting its first commercial crop of “low-carbon” cotton, bred using artificial

LEICESTER – A long-awaited government review has concluded there is no evidence of prosecutable forced labour in Leicester’s garment sector.

MEMPHIS – The US Cotton Trust Protocol says its grower members have met or exceeded most of their 2025 sustainability

LONDON – A major review of microplastic toxicity studies found fewer than half provide the information needed to support ecological

BATANGAS – A garment manufacturer in the Philippines which supplies to brands including Timberland, UGG, The North Face and J-Crew has been accused of union

LONDON – A new report has for the first time evaluated the financial viability of using post-consumer clothing and textiles as feedstock for chemical and

STOCKHOLM – The investment community should be doing more to pressure apparel brands to push for living wages in apparel supply chains, claims a new

STOCKHOLM – Swedish fast fashion giant H&M is sat on US$4.1bn of unsold stock, with inventories up 12 per cent over 12 months. The annual

STOCKHOLM – H &M Group and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) have announced a new, expanded partnership to jointly promote improved working conditions in textile

GENEVA – A World Bank-funded programme to boost sustainability in Vietnam textile mills has announced US$24m in energy, water and chemicals savings across 70 participatory

DHAKA – Ready-made garment exports soared from Bangladesh in the six months to December 2018, witnessing a 15.6 per cent increase over the corresponding period

BERLIN – Working conditions and safety have dramatically improved in garment factories post-Rana Plaza as apparel brands cut ties with poor performing suppliers. New research

BRUSSELS – Industry lobbyists, including representatives from the textile industry, are trying to kill a tool intended to allow citizens to trace harmful chemicals in
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