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Südwolle develops wool-rich denim fabric
MILAN – Südwolle Group has developed a wool-rich denim fabric that keeps a classic indigo look while incorporating Merino wool
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Fashion logistics rerouted as Suez risk rises
LONDON – Fashion logistics were severely jolted over the weekend after US and Israeli strikes on Iran and subsequent retaliation.
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GOTS 8.0 released with tougher due diligence
STUTTGART – Global Standard has released Version 8.0 of the Global Organic Textile Standard, with a new focus on due
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Netherlands to pitch circular solutions at Techtextil
AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands will pitch a cluster of circular textile and digital traceability solutions to buyers and technology partners
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On opens robot-driven running shoe facility in South Korea
BUSAN – Swiss sportswear brand On has opened a robot driven running shoe facility near the port city of Busan
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SFA backs new calls for rangeland finance and standards
LONDON – UK peers will host a House of Lords reception on 25 February to put rangelands and pastoralist livelihoods
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France moves to lift textile EPR crisis
PARIS – France is stepping up interventions in its crisis-hit textile Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system. The government says exceptional
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Performance Days expands Creative Area for Spring 2026
MUNICH – Performance Days is expanding its Creative Area format for the Spring 2026 fair which takes place 18-19 March
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Italy seizes 905 tonnes of “second-hand” textile waste
ROME – Italian customs have seized more than 900 tonnes of textile waste that was being illegally shipped under the
Lenzing opens world’s largest lyocell plant in Thailand
3rd March 2022
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PRACHINBURI – Wood-based speciality fibre business, Lenzing Group, has opened the world’s largest lyocell plant in Thailand. The Є400m plant, which has a capacity of100,000
ILO outlines forced labour progress in Uzbek cotton
2nd March 2022
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GENEVA – Uzbekistan’s cotton sector appears to have taken another step towards coming in from the economic cold. The latest International Labour Organisation (ILO) report
Fashion to test fibres from agricultural waste
22nd February 2022
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AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a new project which aims to test technologies that can turn agricultural waste into textile fibres. Project partners
Banned PFAS chemicals found in outdoor clothing
8th February 2022
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LONDON – Potentially toxic “forever chemicals” were found in a wide range of outdoor apparel items tested by US researchers. Of 20 outdoor garments tested,
RMG bosses say fashion won’t back sustainability efforts
7th February 2022
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DHAKA – Ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh which have invested heavily in sustainability cannot convince to buyers to “pay two cents extra for garment
Shahi Exports claims it will pay minimum wage arrears
1st February 2022
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BANGALORE – India’s largest garment exporter, Shahi Exports, claims it will pay all wage arrears owed to garment workers in full by May 2022. Its
CmiA and Better Cotton form new collaboration
31st January 2022
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LONDON – Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF), which oversees the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative, and Better Cotton are establishing a new collaboration focused
BCI, GOTs, CmiA maintain Xinjiang links, paper claims
6th December 2021
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BERLIN – Textile certification schemes which claim to support “more sustainable cotton” continue to have links with Xinjiang in China, despite well-documented human rights risks,
Xinjiang case filed against Patagonia, Nike, C&A
2nd December 2021
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AMSTERDAM – Patagonia, Nike and C&A are accused of profiting from forced labour in the Xinjiang region of China in a criminal complaint filed by
