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Fashion for Good expands Asia presence
AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good is expanding to South Asia with the lof a dedicated regional innovation programme. Leading up
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US B-Corp aims to build dirt to shirt hemp apparel
BURLINGTON – A North Carolina B-corporation is aiming to kick-start a ‘dirt to shirt’ fully trackable and traceable hemp apparel
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Boohoo accused of ‘Dickensian’ practices
BURNLEY – A worker for UK fast fashion brand Boohoo has claimed staff were told by management not to speak
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Survey finds GBV rampant in Cambodia
WASHINGTON – Almost half of Cambodian garment industry workers surveyed had experienced having a supervisor or manager forcing them to
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UK rejects chance to clean up fast fashion
LONDON – The UK Government has rejected recommendations by an independent Parliamentary enquiry aimed at cleaning up the fast fashion
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€3.6m funding for eco-dyes start-up
PARIS – A French tech business which produces textile dyes through microbial fermentation has raised €3.6m to help take its
Apparel bodies troubled by Myanmar labour rights progress
WASHINGTON – A leading global apparel body has written to the Myanmar government expressing deep concern about the current human
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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
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Milliken purchases textile specialist Polartec
SPARTANBURG – Milliken & Company, a leading manufacturer with more than a century and a half of textile expertise, has
EU eyes textiles with launch of microplastics consultation
2nd December 2021
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BRUSSELS – The European Commission has launched a three-month public consultation seeking feedback on measures to tackle pollution from microplastics. Textile industry stakeholders are being
Study calls for microplastic weighting in fibre scoring tools
17th October 2018
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LONDON – New research has highlighted the potential for including microplastic pollution in environmental assessment tools for the apparel and textile industries. Researchers suggest it
Friends of the Earth targets polyester in microplastic campaign
17th September 2018
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LONDON – Environmental group Friends of the Earth has launched a campaign to educate consumers on microplastics and ultimately try shift the apparel industry away
Green light for JV which tackles microfibre pollution
12th September 2018
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CALIFORNIA – A new US venture which tackles synthetic fibre pollution has got the green light for commercialisation. The new technology allows polyester and other synthetic
Microplastic problem way worse than feared, claims study
12th March 2018
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MANCHESTER – New research suggests the amount of microplastics polluting the world’s oceans could be much greater than thought. A UK study uncovered the highest
Fast fashion linked to microfibre pollution
23rd February 2018
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BRUSSELS – Wear better quality clothing garments and wash them less often is the key message of a new report into the growing problem of
