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Complaint lodged with EU over Bangladesh labour issues
AMSTERDAM – The European Union is ignoring labour rights violations in Bangladesh while continuing to provide it with preferential trade
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Ethical Fashion Show and Greenshowroom merge
BERLIN – German events organiser Messe Frankfurt is merging the two sustainable fashion fairs, Ethical Fashion Show Berlin and Greenshowroom, under
ILO told to stop meddling by Myanmar garment body
GENEVA – The International Labour Organisation needs to stop “micro-managing” internal labour laws in Myanmar, says the country’s leading garment
Blockchain tech business targets cotton
DENVER – A business whose smart technology tracks commodities right through the supply chain has its sights on the cotton
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Hugo Boss launches pineapple shoes
METZINGEN – Luxury German apparel brand, Hugo Boss, has launched a new range of shoes made using pineapple leaf fibres.
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Closed loop textile process updates findings
LONDON – A new report has updated on pioneering work to chemically separate cotton and polyester fibres so that both
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VF Corp sets 2030 circular business goals
GREENSBORO – VF Corporation, the US-based apparel business which owns the Lee, The North Face and Timberland apparel brands, is
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Cradle to Cradle award for Indian fibre business
MUMBAI – Indian business Grasim Industries has become the first viscose staple fibre (VSF) manufacturer to achieve certification of the
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H&M says collective bargaining key to better wages
STOCKHOLM – Swedish fashion giant H&M has responded to claims that it has reneged on a pledge to introduce living
AGOA uncertainty worries Ethiopian textile unions
21st October 2021
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AMSTERDAM – Ethiopian unions have said they fear millions of jobs will be lost if the US withdraws the country’s eligibility for the African Growth
Ethiopia way short of textile export target
21st August 2018
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ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s textile and garment sectors achieved less than half of their export target for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. The Government has pinned
Cost no longer king in apparel sourcing
11th February 2018
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Apparel businesses are mistaken if they think that shifting to low cost sourcing countries is the key to long term profitability – this is one
