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 |
Related Articles
African cotton claims lower impact |
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HAMBURG – A recently concluded Life Cycle Assessment of Cotton Made in Africa, claims that cotton grown under this initiative can have up to a 40 per cent lower Greenhouse Gas Footprint, as well as significant savings in water consumption due to the cotton being rain-fed.
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