
Janata Bank auctions Beximco mills as rescue stalls
DHAKA – Janata Bank is set to auction six factories of Beximco Group, casting doubt on a rescue of one

DHAKA – Janata Bank is set to auction six factories of Beximco Group, casting doubt on a rescue of one

ROME – Italy has tabled a draft law that would create a national “Eco-Score” for fashion, targeting ultra fast fashion

GENEVA – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s Light Industry Agency to ramp up financial

BERLIN – Clothing from fashion giant Shein still contains hazardous chemicals above European legal limits, according to a new study

STOCKHOLM – Swedish outdoor brand Peak Performance has unveiled a down anorak it claims can be dismantled and recycled at

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

ROME – Italy’s fashion lobby has unveiled a strategic plan it says is needed to stop the country’s manufacturing base

TEXAS – Avalo, a US-based agtech startup, has begun harvesting its first commercial crop of “low-carbon” cotton, bred using artificial

LEICESTER – A long-awaited government review has concluded there is no evidence of prosecutable forced labour in Leicester’s garment sector.

LONDON – A new report has warned of the risks of cotton that was picked using forced labour in Turkmenistan finding its way into apparel

NEW YORK – PVH, which owns the Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein brands, recorded revenues of nearly US$9.7bn for FY2018 ,with online revenues breaking the

AMSTERDAM – All 745 ready-made garment factories under the Bangladeshi government’s inspection programme have yet to eliminate high risk safety hazards, all of which were

STOCKHOLM – A new collection from H&M will use fibres produced from oranges, pineapples and algae biomass. The retailer’s latest ‘Conscious Collection’ is its most

HAWASSA – Thousands of workers at Ethiopia’s biggest industrial park have been striking demanding that unions be allowed access to the park to help press

LEEDS – George, the fashion and homewares arm of the supermarket Asda, has pledged to use only recycled polyester in its collections by 2025. The

DHAKA – Just 100 out of 1688 ready-made garment factories covered by the Bangladesh Accord have so far been handed over to Remediation Coordination Cell

LONDON – Better Cotton Initiative produce achieved record uptake in 2018. BCI retail and brand members sourced more than one million metric tonnes of Better

AMSTERDAM – The developers of a new tracing system say they are confident they will soon be able to fully trace organic cotton from the
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