
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

SAN FRANCISCO – The credibility of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition us under serious threat due to the conduct of several of its leading members which

GURAGON – Much-need research has shed light on the devastating economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on India’s garment export industry. Exporters from key manufacturing

LEEDS – George, the UK clothing arm of retail giant, Asda, is offering desperate suppliers 50 per cent towards the price of cancelled orders on

SPECIAL REPORT – The concept of ‘furloughing’ has become commonplace in the UK in recent weeks. In the apparel sector, brands and retailers have closed

BERLIN – The German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (Textilbuendnis) has offered clarification of its stance for members and the issue or apparel brands cancelling garment

STOCKHOLM – H&M Foundation has announced five winning innovations out of 5,893 entries from 175 countries for its annual €1m Global Change Award. The winners

LONDON – The Better Cotton Initiative has set up a taskforce to review forced labour risks associated with the Better Cotton Standard System. The taskforce

RATINGEN – German apparel retailer, Esprit, has announced that several of its German subsidiaries have applied for Protective Shield Proceedings under German Law. The move

AMSTERDAM – Amid continued evidence that brands are failing to pay for orders which have already been placed, the International Apparel Federation has warned that,
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