
New PEFCR guidelines for fashion: an appraisal
BRUSSELS – The European Union last week officially launched a new set of Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) aimed

BRUSSELS – The European Union last week officially launched a new set of Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) aimed

LONDON – U.S. textile recycling company Circ has secured financial backing from the French government and the European Union to

LONDON – Kenya’s apparel sector can achieve sustainable growth through the strategic coexistence of second-hand clothing imports and local manufacturing.

MADRID – Textile recycling firm Recover and global manufacturing group Intradeco have announced a joint venture to produce recycled cotton

NEW YORK – US leisure-wear retailer Lululemon has announced a commitment to achieve 50 per cent renewable electricity across its

LONDON – A pilot programme monitoring biodiversity on cotton farms in India has reported a significant increase in bee activity

LONDON – Could AI-powered visuals mean the end of traditional fashion photo shoots? That is the question being asked as

The Made in Green label of textile standard Oeko-Tex has reached its ten-year milestone, marking a decade of promoting transparency

PARIS – Vinted is now the top seller of clothing in France in terms of sales volume, surpassing both Amazon

LONDON – The Council of Fashion Designers of America and British Fashion Council have called for the fashion industry to slow down as part of

COPENHAGEN – The owner of Danish fashion retailer Bestseller, which is refusing to pay supplier bills and has been demanding huge discounts for completed orders,

LONDON – A denim manufacturer from Bangladesh has taken to social media to express his despair at being unable to pay his 2,000 staff bonuses

LONDON – The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) has hidden behind “internal processes” in response to calls for it to expel members over their refusal to

BERLIN – German online fashion retailer Zalando said it expects to buck broader market trends and achieve double-digit growth in 2020. The business said it

LONDON – Mountains of used clothing is heading to landfill and incineration as global second-hand clothing markets grind to a halt. As fears about Covid-19

SAN FRANCISCO – A Chinese-American board member of US denim brand Levi’s has hit out at anti-Asian sentiment which, she claims, has spread almost as

LONDON – UK fashion retailer Next has warned that full-price sales in-store and online could drop by up to 40 per cent on an annual

AMSTERDAM – New EU-wide laws are needed to end the culture of unfair purchasing practices by apparel brands, which at present allows them to cancel
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