NEW YORK – Consumer spending on apparel as a percentage of total spending has more than halved to 2 per cent from 5 per cent

LONDON – Mike Barry, director of sustainable business (Plan A) with Marks & Spencer, is to step down from his role at the end of

BERLIN – A group of independent human rights defenders have called for the boycott by Western brands of Uzbek cotton to continue until forced labour

NEW YORK – New figures show Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry has the most green factories in the world – but factory owners are disappointed that

COPENHAGEN – UK fashion icon Katharine Hamnett has slammed the number of fashion and textile trade fairs and conferences which see people flying around the

GREENSBORO – The VF Foundation and the Timberland and Wrangler brands have announced US$150,000 in grants to researchers at seven US universities which are conducting

AMSTERDAM – Greenpeace is trialling a new standard to once again start making t-shirts, bags and other merchandise after previously suspending all sales of such

HERZOGENAURACH – Adidas has unveiled its first 100 per cent recyclable running shoe. Its ‘Futurecraft.loop’ shoe has been designed using just one material and no

HELSINKI – A Finnish tech business which produces a cotton-like fibre from recycled fibres and cellulose has announced it has raised €3.7m in funding from