Ecotextile News

Meet the innovators: Bear Fiber

Wed, 8 April 2020

NORTH CAROLINA – As part of a new series, Ecotextile News will speak with the 13 innovators announced to be taking part in global sustainability initiative Fashion for Good’s latest Accelerator programme, which vies to scale the next generation of burgeoning ...

Brands cancel 31 per cent of global orders

Wed, 8 April 2020

ZURICH - Brands and retailers have now cancelled an average of 31 per cent of orders with their suppliers in the global textile value chain during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new statistics. The figures have been compiled by the International Textile ...

Brands cancel 31 per cent of global orders

Brands urged to follow through on order payments

Wed, 8 April 2020

GLOBAL – Workers’ rights NGO Remake has launched an online petition urging major fashion brands to #PayUp for orders in production from key manufacturing nations, particularly across southeast Asia, where those in textile supply chains continue to be crippled in the ...

Brands urged to follow through on order payments

BACK ISSUE ARCHIVE

- PETA calls for Levi’s to stop using leather
  
  Wednesday, 08 April 2020
  SAN FRANCISCO -When will Levi's make the environmentally imperative decision to...
  
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- Textile Exchange releases Organic Conten...
- Factory fire report paints grim safety p...

- Sustainable fashion searches up, says new report
  
  Tuesday, 07 April 2020
  LONDON – Global fashion search platform Lyst has published its 2020 Conscious...
  
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- Sweden reveals details of apparel chemic...
- Primark criticised over supplier wages o...

- BHive app update compares data
  
  Monday, 06 April 2020
  HONG KONG – Sustainability accelerator GoBlu International says its chemical...
  
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- Factory owners slammed over workers' ret...
- Bangladesh shouldn’t ‘cut corners’ on su...

Sponsored Content
- 20 Years Ahead
  
  Wednesday, 01 April 2020
  A lot has happened in the last 20 years. Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone. Facebook launched its social platform. The last 20 years were witness to technologies which changed communication and information sharing as we know it today. However, there is a general...
  
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- Time to ditch “outdated” supply chains?
  
  Monday, 06 April 2020
  ANN ARBOR -American product testing, inspection and certification organisation NSF...
  
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- Brands heeding calls to help garment wor...
- Levi’s donates US$3m to support supply c...

- Textile mills 'also need help', say owners
  
  Friday, 03 April 2020
  DHAKA - Textile mill owners in Bangladesh are appealing for financial support from the...
  
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- Factory owners 'can't afford to pay work...
- Unions call for factory closures in Myan...

- COVID-19 threat to 1m workers in Pakistan
  
  Thursday, 02 April 2020
  KARACHI - More than a million garment and textile workers in Pakistan are set to...
  
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- Cotton 2040 aims to take mission to next...
- Kontoor Brands joins Green Supply Chain ...

Features
- A second chance
  
  Wednesday, 26 February 2020
  Integrating repair services into a company’s operations, as well as including product care guidance, is a surefire way of extending any product’s lifespan. When executed well, such measures not only drive customer loyalty, but can safeguard brands from accusations that...
  
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- Is sharing caring?
- Let’s talk …

Editor's Pick
- The road to nowhere?
  
  Friday, 13 March 2020
  Selective ‘good-news-only’ environmental marketing and a focus on single issues risks sending the textile industry in completely the wrong direction, argues Phil Patterson. For example, recycled textile fibres are a great way to demonstrate that clothing should be viewed as...
  
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- Rooted in healthy soil
- Vanity versus veracity