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BRUSSELS – A Finnish initiative which is aiming to tackle bottlenecks in creating wood-to-textile value chains and boost the production…
Read the full story… EU funding for wood to fibre value chain initiative

WASHINGTON – A new report which saw researchers interview more than 100 Bangladeshi garment workers claims repression in the country’s…
Read the full story… Report: Bangladesh repression worse in two decades

AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good is expanding to South Asia with the lof a dedicated regional innovation programme. Leading up…
Read the full story… Fashion for Good expands Asia presence

BURLINGTON – A North Carolina B-corporation is aiming to kick-start a ‘dirt to shirt’ fully trackable and traceable hemp apparel…
Read the full story… US B-Corp aims to build dirt to shirt hemp apparel

BURNLEY – A worker for UK fast fashion brand Boohoo has claimed staff were told by management not to speak…
Read the full story… Boohoo accused of ‘Dickensian’ practices

WASHINGTON – Almost half of Cambodian garment industry workers surveyed had experienced having a supervisor or manager forcing them to…
Read the full story… Survey finds GBV rampant in Cambodia

LONDON – The UK Government has rejected recommendations by an independent Parliamentary enquiry aimed at cleaning up the fast fashion…
Read the full story… UK rejects chance to clean up fast fashion

PARIS – A French tech business which produces textile dyes through microbial fermentation has raised €3.6m to help take its…
Read the full story… €3.6m funding for eco-dyes start-up

WASHINGTON – A leading global apparel body has written to the Myanmar government expressing deep concern about the current human…
Read the full story… Apparel bodies troubled by Myanmar labour rights progress