Apparel Insider

YANGON – Garment manufacturers in Myanmar are switching to renewable energy to boost sustainability. With a number of factories already…
Read the full story… Myanmar garment sector shifts towards renewable energy

NEW YORK – PVH, which owns the Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein brands, recorded revenues of nearly US$9.7bn for FY2018…
Read the full story… PVH makes losses at Ethiopian venture

BRUSSELS – A leading environmental impact tool for apparel needs updating to include the use and end of life phase…
Read the full story… Study calls for improved ‘scoring’ methods for textile fibres

LONDON – New research claims to have found a significant risk of forced labour, child labour and child slavery in…
Read the full story… Vietnam garment exporters accused of child and forced labour

AMSTERDAM – All 745 ready-made garment factories under the Bangladeshi government’s inspection programme have yet to eliminate high risk safety…
Read the full story… Bangladeshi government slammed over safety figures

LONDON – UK retailer Marks & Spencer has confirmed to Apparel Insider it has now reached its goal of sourcing…
Read the full story… M&S reaches 100 per cent ‘sustainable’ cotton milestone

HAMBURG – German textiles, apparel and homeware retailer the Otto Group will become the first company in its industry to…
Read the full story… Otto Group to issue sustainability bonds

AMSTERDAM – A new tool which is attempting to map every garment factory in the world has gone live. The…
Read the full story… Global garment factory mapping tool goes live

BRUSSELS – The use of policy instruments, including tax breaks and subsidies, should be used to drive improved textile and…
Read the full story… New calls for tax breaks to encourage circular shift