
New study fills gap on microfibre impacts
MONTREAL – A ground-breaking new study has provided the first Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) comparing microfibre pollution from cotton and
MONTREAL – A ground-breaking new study has provided the first Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) comparing microfibre pollution from cotton and
LISBON – A new study has unveiled a fashion sustainability index that combines environmental, social and durability measures into a
GREENSBORO – VF Corp has agreed to sell Dickies to brand manager Bluestar Alliance in a US$600m all-cash deal. The
AHMEDABAD – Arvind Limited has inaugurated India’s first supercritical CO₂ (sCO₂) dyeing machine at its Ahmedabad complex. The project has
EINDHOVEN – Textile innovator RE&UP is working with Bestseller-owned women’s brand ONLY to launch a new jersey made from next-gen
LONDON – Sri Lanka’s Free Trade Zones & General Services Employees Union (FTZ&GSEU) has accused UK retailer Next of escalating
PEORIA – Natural Fiber Welding (NFW), the Illinois-based materials innovator and an Earthshot Prize finalist last year, is winding down
STOCKHOLM – H&M Group CEO Daniel Ervér has joined leading Scandinavian fashion executives in calling for reduced VAT on second-hand
BRUSSELS – The European Parliament has passed landmark legislation that will make textile producers responsible for the costs of collecting,
LONDON – Stories around fashion greenwashing and misleading sustainability claims were the most read by a considerable distance on Apparel Insider’s social media channels during
AREQUIPA – More than one third of all alpaca fibre exports from Peru could be Responsible Alpaca Fibre (RAS) certified within five years according to
HAMBURG – The global fashion industry will not address its destructive impact on the climate without regulation, according to a new report by Greenpeace. Self-regulation:
LONDON – Do fashion industry executives know something we don’t? This is the only logical conclusion one can draw considering their recent decision to renew
AMSTERDAM – A new investigation by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) found the sustainability claims of six out of ten fashion retailers
SAN FRANCISCO – US-based sneaker business Allbirds felt pressured by regulatory authorities into dropping the eco claim that it would be the first ‘sustainable’ IPO
Stephen Sidkin, partner at Fox Williams LLP and Lucy Coffey, associate, explain what industry executives need to know about the Green Claims Code by the
BEIJING – China has announced the first batch of cotton from Xinjiang harvested under its new ‘sustainable’ cotton standard. China officially launched its own rival
BRUSSELS – The European Union should ban the deliberate destruction or disposal of unsold clothing from 2023 onwards, a new policy paper has argued. Such
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