
More than 100 brands renew Pakistan Accord
AMSTERDAM – More than 100 global fashion brands and retailers have renewed the Pakistan Accord which covers garment factory safety.

AMSTERDAM – More than 100 global fashion brands and retailers have renewed the Pakistan Accord which covers garment factory safety.

DHAKA – Survivors of the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster have accused unnamed groups of raising money overseas in victims’ names

LONDON – Cambridge spin-out Sparxell has raised US$5m in a pre series A round as it looks to scale its

BERLIN – German lawmakers have approved an “anti-greenwashing” law that targets vague environmental claims, with fashion in the firing line.

SHANGHAI – Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition 2026 is launching a dedicated ‘Pet Boutique’ zone at the fair,

NYMÖLLA – Lenzing is to take a controlling majority in Swedish innovation firm TreeToTextile, as it aims to industrialise a

NEW YORK – Allbirds will close all of its full price stores in the US by the end of February,

NEW YORK – The fashion industry is still moving too slowly on decarbonisation, with supply chain emissions rising and coal

BAVARIA – Kelheim Fibres has said it will close on 31 March 2026 after failing to secure a viable path

ZUG – Biotech firm Samsara Eco and the European Outdoor Group (EOG) have set up a new initiative to promote the use of recycled nylon

ROME – Italy has tabled a draft law that would create a national “Eco-Score” for fashion, targeting ultra fast fashion platforms. The proposals link environmental

BERLIN – Clothing from fashion giant Shein still contains hazardous chemicals above European legal limits, according to a new study by Greenpeace. The research raises

STOCKHOLM – Swedish outdoor brand Peak Performance has unveiled a down anorak it claims can be dismantled and recycled at end of life. The R&D

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

TEXAS – Avalo, a US-based agtech startup, has begun harvesting its first commercial crop of “low-carbon” cotton, bred using artificial intelligence. Grown on roughly 2,000

LONDON – A major review of microplastic toxicity studies found fewer than half provide the information needed to support ecological risk assessment. The findings raise

BRAZIL – Campaigners have called on fashion brands to turn rhetoric into action at COP30, arguing the industry is far from a 1.5°C-aligned pathway. They

MADRID – Spain-based Recover, one of the world’s largest producers of recycled cotton, has launched a new platform of finished fabrics. The goal of the
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