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Adidas dismisses NGO claims over unpaid workers
AMSTERDAM – German sportswear brand, Adidas, has dismissed claims it should use its leverage to pressure one of its suppliers
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Uzbekistan finally ends child labour in cotton fields
GENEVA – Child labour is no longer being used in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields, claims a new report, potentially reopening the
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Faster fashion hits supply chain CSR efforts
PARIS – A survey of textile and apparel suppliers found more than half have accepted brand and retailer orders that
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Amazon’s Prime service drives record apparel sales
NEW YORK – Apparel shoppers are switching to Amazon in their droves according to new research, with the convenience and
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Millions of tonnes of re-usable textiles landfilled
AMSTERDAM – Almost 90 per cent of waste textile items collected in a recent EU backed study were found to
Cost no longer king in apparel sourcing
Apparel businesses are mistaken if they think that shifting to low cost sourcing countries is the key to long term
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Seawater used to successfully dye cotton fabrics
DHAKA – Researchers from Bangladesh have successfully dyed cotton fabric using seawater. The scientists dyed two batches of cotton fabric,
Making sustainability mainstream
On the of the launch of its revised sustainable cotton standard, Apparel Insider catches up with the Better Cotton Initiative’s
Fresh wave of Accord signatories after costs clarified
DHAKA – Around a dozen more brands have signed up to the 2018 Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety
Belgium to stage textile recycling event
3rd July 2024
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BRUSSELS – A first-of-its-kind event in Belgium on 4-5 June next year will showcase new and emerging technologies in textile recycling. The focus will be
Levi’s slammed for ignoring its own labour standards
27th June 2024
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ISTANBUL — US denim giant, Levi’s, is facing criticism following a report by an independent labour monitoring group that it failed to adhere to its
Microfibre pollution measured in Bangladesh
25th June 2024
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DHAKA – A study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances has revealed significant microfibre pollution from Bangladesh’s textile industry. Researchers from the Bangladesh
IFC supports EPIC with US$100m debt finance package
19th June 2024
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WASHINGTON – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced a US$100m debt financing package for EPIC Group to boost sustainable textile manufacturing in Bangladesh and
Ghana study refutes claims on textile waste
18th June 2024
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ACCRA — A new study, led by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), has unveiled significant findings on textile waste management in Ghana. The
‘Vegan’ leathers fail to decompose in tests
12th June 2024
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IZMIR – New research found that genuine bovine leather composted completely in just over one month while new ‘vegan leather’ alternatives failed to decompose at
Ethical Denim Council concludes first case
24th May 2024
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NEW YORK – The Ethical Denim Council (EDC), a non-profit aiming to enforce a new standard of accountability and ethical conduct in denim supply chains,
New study disputes ‘waste colonialism’ claims
14th May 2024
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ACCRA – The proportion of used clothing exported to Ghana which is of too low quality to have any resale value is far lower than
Zero Waste Europe issues warning to textile sector
9th May 2024
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BRUSSELS – Zero Waste Europe has issued a stark warning to the textile industry: overhaul your practices or continue down the path of unsustainable and
