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Bluesign and ZDHC converge on chemicals
ST GALLEN – Leading global textile standards organisation, Bluesign technologies, has been announced as the first accredited certifier for manufacturing
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Textile unions target higher wages in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA – A leading global union claims some workers in Ethiopia’s textile and garment sector are being paid as
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Better Cotton now working with 350 brands
GENEVA – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has announced that it is now working with more than 350 brands after
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Investors head to Kenya for apparel expansion
DUBAI – The continued investor interest in Africa as the Next Big Thing in apparel sourcing appears to be showing
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French Connection to sell Toast stake
LONDON – Shares of British fashion chain, French Connection, rose by 20 per cent – to their highest value since
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Oeko-Tex launches GM cotton test
ZURICH – Leading Swiss standards organisation, Oeko-Tex, has developed a new testing procedure to help companies in the global textile
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Next, M&S, Debenhams post gender pay gap
LONDON – The gender pay gap at rapidly growing UK ultra fast fashion business, Missguided, is 46.3 per cent, while
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Consumers back natural fibres in sustainability survey
NORTH CAROLINA – Cotton and wool are perceived by consumers as the most sustainable fibres according to a new environmental
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Bangladeshi PM advisor calls for Myanmar sanctions
DHAKA – The Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser has called for the re-imposition of sanctions against Myanmar in the
Study measures fashion’s impact on plastic pollution
24th June 2024
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LONDON – A new study published in Nature highlights the significant yet often overlooked contribution of the global apparel industry to plastic pollution. The study
Australia launches clothing stewardship scheme
20th June 2024
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SYDNEY – The Hon. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Environment and Water, this week announced the official launch of Australia’s clothing product stewardship scheme, Seamless. The
H&M signs carbon removal deal with Stockholm Exergi
19th June 2024
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STOCKHOLM – H&M is among a group of organisations to sign up to a US$48.6m deal with Stockholm Exergi to facilitate a carbon removal retrofit
European states call on EU to tackle fast fashion
11th June 2024
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BRUSSELS – France is one of four countries calling for the EU to introduce new levies on apparel brands that use a ‘fast fashion’ marketing
H&M writes to SBTi over plans to allow scope 3 offsets
30th May 2024
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STOCKHOLM – Swedish fashion retailer H&M has written to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) expressing concern over the standard body’s plans to allow use
Toxic substances found in Shein clothing
29th May 2024
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SEOUL – Children’s clothing items sold by Chinese fast fashion brand Shein contained toxic substances at levels hundreds of times above permitted limits. Toxic substances
Lululemon to face greenwashing inquiry
7th May 2024
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VANCOUVER – Competition Bureau Canada has opened an inquiry into athleisure brand, Lululemon, following a complaint filed by the environmental advocacy organisation Stand.earth alleging the
WRAP: half of all textiles discarded as trash
1st May 2024
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LONDON – Recent findings from WRAP show that a staggering 49 per cent of all used textiles end up being discarded in the trash. WRAP’s
Shein’s profits double to over US$2bn
3rd April 2024
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BEIJING – Fast fashion giant Shein has seen its profits soar, more than doubling to over US$2bn amid preparations for a stock market listing in
