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Amazon clothing listings up 27% in eight months
NEW YORK – The amount of clothing retailed on Amazon increased by 27 per cent between February and September 2018.
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Adidas leads pack in new human rights benchmark
LONDON – Adidas is the world’s top scoring company in a new benchmark which assesses businesses on their respect for
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Online fashion bosses face Parliamentary grilling
LONDON – UK Government has written to several online fashion retailers, including Boohoo, PrettyLittleThing and Misguided, after evidence given in
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Bangladesh facing supply chain chaos if Accord exits this month
DHAKA – 532 factories could potentially be declared ineligible to produce for Bangladesh Accord signatory companies by 1 January 2019
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HeiQ and DuPont partner on PFC-free water-repellent
ZÜRICH – A new PFC-free water-repellent for leather has been established by Swiss textile technology business HeiQ and DuPont Consumer
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Organic cotton output rises 10 per cent
TEXAS – Latest figures show global organic cotton output rose by 10 per cent to 117,525 MT in the 2016/17
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Odour-free, silver-treated clothing poses toxic threat, claims report
STOCKHOLM – New Swedish research claims clothing treated with silver poses a toxic threat to sediment-dwelling creatures and organisms in
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SAC outlines ambitious Higg scaling plans
SAN FRANCISCO – Sustainable Apparel Coalition CEO, Jason Kibbey, has told Apparel Insider about its ambitious growth targets as it
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EU warns Myanmar over labour rights
BRUSSELS – The EU has warned Myanmar it must act now to address “severe shortcomings” in human and labour rights
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
