
US ramps up war on polyester dumping
WASHINGTON – Polyester producers from China, India, Korea and Taiwan have been accused of ‘dumping’ polyester fibre on the US

WASHINGTON – Polyester producers from China, India, Korea and Taiwan have been accused of ‘dumping’ polyester fibre on the US

TEXAS – Organic cotton is not economically viable – this is the contentious claim of the former International Cotton Advisory

BRUSSELS – Communicating wool’s environmental credentials was a key theme of the 87th annual Congress of the IWTO in Hong

LENZING – This week offers further evidence that the luxury fashion sector is embracing sustainability. Austrian specialist fibre maker, Lenzing,

PERTH – An Australian tech business this week launched the first plant-free viscose-rayon fibres at an industry conference in Vancouver.

KENYA – Clothing made with Calotropis procera, a species of flowering plant native to parts of Africa and Asia, are

ADDIS ABABA – Government, union leaders and textile manufacturers met this week to discuss wages and worker rights in Ethiopia’s

TRENTO – Aquafil, an Italian producer of polyamide in Italy, is spearheading a new initiative aimed at increasing the amount

PARIS – A French biotech dye business which engineers microbes to produce natural dyes for textiles has received US$3m in

HELSINKI – “We need brands to scale” – that was the rallying cry of Petri Alava, CEO of Finnish post-consumer textile waste recycling business, Infinited

ESPOO – Forest industry group Metsä has announced a project with the Finnish state-owned energy company Fortum to develop new technologies to convert straw and

SAN FRANCISCO – US denim brand Levi’s will publish data showing the ethnic make-up of its organisation – including number of black people in managerial

LONDON – US clothing holding company, PVH, which owns Tommy Hilfiger, and French luxury group Kering have both been extremely vocal on the Black Lives

LONDON – Travel restrictions put in place due to Covid-19 could impact the amount of cotton entering global supply chains from standards such as the

CALIFORNIA – US outdoor brand has announced that after 12 years with the company, Rose Marcario is this week stepping down from her role as

SÃO PAULO – A new joint venture has been established between Austrian speciality fibre business, Lenzing, and Brazilian conglomerate, Duratex S.A, to build one of

LONDON – Online fashion retailer Boohoo is facing a US$100m (£81 million) lawsuit in the US over allegations it misled shoppers with ‘sham sales’. The

LONDON – A leading sports apparel retailer had slammed the UK government for its muddled thinking over when high street stores will be allowed to
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