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Sustainability now key to customers - survey

Fri, 22 October 2021

GLOBAL - Being environmentally-friendly is now the most important brand value overall to consumers around the world, according to a new survey of more than 15,000 people in 16 countries. The Global Consumer Barometer Study by market research company Toluna also found ...

Sustainability now key to customers - survey

Coalition urges G20 to ban Xinjiang imports

Fri, 22 October 2021

ROME - Ahead of the G20 Summit in Rome, the Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region is calling on world leaders to ban the import of products, including cotton and yarn, from the Xinjiang region of China. As G20 leaders prepare for the summit, on October ...

Coalition urges G20 to ban Xinjiang imports

Shein ‘most manipulative’ fast fashion firm

Fri, 22 October 2021

READING – Chinese fast fashion brand Shein has been labelled the industry’s ‘most manipulative’ company after a study found its website to be littered with marketing tricks. Web design agency Rouge Media analysed more than 30 of the biggest fast fashion retailers in ...

Shein ‘most manipulative’ fast fashion firm

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- SBTi backs Avery Dennison's emissions targets
  
  Friday, 22 October 2021
  LOS ANGELES — Garment label manufacturer Avery Dennison's emissions reductions targets...
  
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- Accelerating Circularity kicks off US trials
  
  Thursday, 21 October 2021
  More than 22 US companies are now taking part in ongoing trials to collect, sort...
  
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- Inditex, Patagonia commit to net zero shipping
  
  Thursday, 21 October 2021
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  Friday, 01 October 2021
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- Public support for EU due diligence proposals
  
  Wednesday, 20 October 2021
  BRUSSELS - More than 80 per cent of consumers across the European Union (EU) back...
  
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- Nanjing Chemical Fiber undergoes latest audit
  
  Wednesday, 20 October 2021
  NANJING – Chinese viscose manufacturer Nanjing Chemical Fiber has completed its...
  
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- PFAS roadmap welcomed, 'bolder action ne...

- 'Long way to go' - ethical fashion report
  
  Tuesday, 19 October 2021
  SYDNEY - Fashion companies have begun to make progress on key issues such as...
  
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- BHF calls on brands amid Textiles Action...
- Fashion house Chloé attains B Corp statu...

Features
- One year on: UK's Textile Circularity Centre
  
  Thursday, 21 October 2021
  At the end of a dismal 2020 came optimism, courtesy of a newly launched research facility to “stimulate innovation and economic growth in UK textile manufacturing”. The Textiles Circularity Centre (TCC) was the focus of £5.4 million in funding last year and is just one...
  
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- Accelerating Circularity kicks off US trials
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