Ecotextile News

New body aims to make supply chains sustainable

Tue, 26 May 2020

LONDON - A new foundation has been set up to create more sustainable supply chains in a number of sectors, including fashion, as the global economy turns its attention to post pandemic change. The Sustainable Future Foundation (SFF) brings together leading experts in ...

New body aims to make supply chains sustainable

BGMEA threatens to blacklist Edinburgh Woollen Mill

Tue, 26 May 2020

DHAKA – The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has threatened to blacklist British apparel retailer Edinburgh Woollen Mill (EWM) after ignoring calls to pay suppliers for fulfilled orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The BGMEA, with ...

BGMEA threatens to blacklist Edinburgh Woollen Mill

Digital payments on the rise in Bangladesh

Tue, 26 May 2020

DHAKA – An indicative survey of Bangladeshi garment workers finds that in the month of May, there’s been a surge in digital wage payments, more than three times as many as in April. Perhaps inspired by ongoing efforts to minimise direct contact, the spike in online ...

Digital payments on the rise in Bangladesh

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- Brands urged to pay levy to help garment workers
  
  Tuesday, 26 May 2020
  NEW DELHI - The Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), which campaigns to improve...
  
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- PETA urges Prada to ban animal skins
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- Ocean microplastics 'drastically underestimated'
  
  Tuesday, 26 May 2020
  PLYMOUTH - New research into the extent of microplastic pollution in the oceans...
  
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- Karnataka government increases working h...
- New report: Chemical Circularity in Fash...

- California Senate backs garment worker protections bill
  
  Friday, 22 May 2020
  CALIFORNIA – The California State Senate Committee has approved a new bill which,...
  
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- Bamboo textile brand raises seed funding
- India’s SMEs planning move from Mumbai

- BFC and CFDA call for industry reset
  
  Friday, 22 May 2020
  LONDON: The British Fashion Council and the Council of Fashion Designers of America...
  
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- Myanmar to resume wage discussions post-...
- Mulesed sheep wool less popular at aucti...

- Indian manufacturers get green light to export PPE
  
  Thursday, 21 May 2020
  TIRUPUR – The decision in India to enable garment manufacturers to export...
  
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- Brands accused of 'colonialism' over COV...
- Protests rife throughout Dhaka

- IndustriALL campaign raises awareness of ILO conventions
  
  Thursday, 21 May 2020
  GENEVA – The southeast Asian office of workers’ rights organisation IndustriALL has...
  
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- Garment workers 'fired on' during protes...
- Fashion innovators awarded funding suppo...

Features
- Tough measures on fluorochemicals loom
  
  Wednesday, 06 May 2020
  Dark Waters, the film that tells the story of a lawyer, Robert Bilott, and his long struggle to hold DuPont accountable for leakages of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) into the environment, and more disturbingly, its alleged attempts to cover up information relating to...
  
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- Standing tall
- A second chance

Editor's Pick
- Reporting mechanisms fail on apparel transparency
  
  Wednesday, 06 May 2020
  Unfounded sustainability claims are constantly bandied around by companies looking to steal a march on competitors, without any fear of the damage this hollow rhetoric can do. Until reliable, consistent and transparent reporting can be implemented industrywide, no meaningful...
  
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- The road to nowhere?
- Rooted in healthy soil