FASHION AND RETAIL
| Walmart unveils its own Bangladesh plan |
| Political push to ‘reclaim responsibility’ |
| Engelbert Strauss supports African cotton |
LABELS AND LEGISLATION
| Bluesign revises criteria – adds new partners |
| EU clothing industry energy saving tool |
| Europe boosts GOTS certification |
MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION
| New water and stain repellents for textiles |
| RITE changes course for a better future |
| Cotton linked to US$1.9 trillion ‘true’ water cost |
DYES AND CHEMICALS
| Indigo-free denim knits |
| DyStar provides discharge data report for top brands |
| Clariant textiles to be rebranded Archroma |
SHOWS AND EVENTS
| Ethical Fashion Show reports new interest |
| Copenhagen Fashion Summit date released |
| ITMA Asia + CITME date announced |
ECOTEXTILE MACHINERY
| Greener soft coating for textiles |
| Texprocess to feature green textile assembly trends |
| Milan selected to host ITMA 2015 |
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Analysis: Goodbye to the curse of dual certification? |
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LEEDS - The February 15th news that the EU and US have agreed to allow the sale of organic products certified under each other's specific organic standards in both markets has been greeted with a certain amount of triumphalism, as “supporting jobs and businesses on a global scale”. What does this mean for organic fibres and textiles, asks Simon Ferrigno? A closer inspection reveals that this measure is really only good news for producers and manufacturers in the US and EU as “Currently, this agreement only covers products exported from and certified in the United States or the European Union”.
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