Brand pays US$2m to fix Bangladesh factories
AMSTERDAM – A multi-national apparel brand has agreed to pay US$2m to fix alleged life-threatening workplace hazards in its Bangladesh
AMSTERDAM – A multi-national apparel brand has agreed to pay US$2m to fix alleged life-threatening workplace hazards in its Bangladesh
They’re the chemicals which enable our fabrics to repel water – making it bead up and roll away. They can
A recent report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has called for the wasteful global apparel industry to adopt a new

BRUSSELS – The European Commission has given its support to a new cross-sector agreement aimed at finding ways to reduce
OSLO – Is the clock ticking on the global fur industry? A number of brands have said their collections will

SADAT – Egypt’s Trade and Industry Minister, Tarek Qabil, has announced plans for the construction of the country’s largest ever
Ethiopia is targeting US$30bn in textile exports by 2025, with apparel brands queuing up to test sourcing options from the
ADDIS ABABA – 200 cotton farmers in Ethiopia have become the first ever in the country to receive organic certification.

STOCKHOLM – Top prize for managing to miss the point in spectacular fashion goes to all those who went to

PARIS – Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN say they have validated a new textile-to-textile polyester recycling process at semi-industrial scale. The trio processed several tens of

AMSTERDAM – The Clean Clothes Campaign has filed a lawsuit accusing Levi Strauss of misleading consumers about labour conditions in its supply chain.

BRUSSELS – European textile trade body, EURATEX, has issued a stark warning over the future of Europe’s textile industry. It says factory closures are continuing

HAMBURG – More than 40,000 smallholder farmers in India and Tanzania are now growing cotton under the Regenerative Cotton Standard. This is according to the

LONDON – Fashion brands responded to the 2025 tariff shock by pausing orders, pushing for lower prices and shifting costs onto suppliers. This is the

VALENCIA – Spanish recycled cotton fibre business, Recover, and Chinese denim manufacturer, Prosperity Textile, are to develop a new denim collection. Production will take place

LONDON – Primark claims 5 per cent of clothing units sold in 2024/25 were ‘circular by design,’ 20 per cent of jersey and 8 per

AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a new project to help unlock post-consumer textile waste for textile recycling in Europe. Adidas is the lead

EINDHOVEN – RE&UP, Madewell and ISKO have turned 20,000 pairs of post-consumer jeans into feedstock for a new textile-to-textile denim capsule. The collection launched on
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