
Adidas: mandatory human rights laws inevitable
HERZOGENAURACH – A human rights specialist from German sportswear giant adidas says it is not a question of if but

HERZOGENAURACH – A human rights specialist from German sportswear giant adidas says it is not a question of if but

SPARTANBURG – Milliken & Company, a leading manufacturer with more than a century and a half of textile expertise, has

NEW YORK – US luxury brand Ralph Lauren has committed to eliminating the use of hazardous chemicals in its textile

GENEVA – New guidelines have been published to tackle gender-based violence in global fashion supply chains. The guidelines have been

ARTEIXO – The world’s largest apparel retailer, Spanish business Inditex, which owns Zara, has announced ground-breaking plans to establish a

LONDON – Two new grants have been launched in the UK to fund projects which will drive the recycling of

SAN FRANCISCO – US casual brand Gap and its Indian supplier, Arvind, are to open a new a new innovation

TREVISO – Benetton has become the world’s first global apparel retailer to say it is producing less clothing while increasing

LONDON – Multi-stakeholder cotton certification programmes operating in Sub-Saharhan Africa “lack ambition” and are too “intertwined” with the interests of

NEW YORK – The Bezos Earth Fund has announced US$34m in new grants to support the development of next-generation textile materials. The funding will support

BERLIN – Temu and Shein are costing the German economy €2.4bn a year in lost added value, claims a study commissioned by German retail association

STUTTGART – The number of Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)-certified facilities globally rose 15.3 per cent year on year to 17,800 in 2025. Certified sites

NEW SOUTH WALES – Australian brand LSKD has signed a 10-year agreement with Samsara Eco to use enzymatically recycled nylon 6,6 in its products. The

LONDON – Epoch Biodesign has unveiled plans for Europe’s first nylon 6,6 bio-recycling demonstration plant, weeks after raising €10.3m. The facility will be located at

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.

WASHINGTON – The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has questioned a US trade probe into alleged excess capacity in fashion supply chains. The trade

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
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