Ecotextile News

Textile additive may be classified ‘carcinogenic’

Fri, 13 September 2019

BRUSSELS – One of the most widely used pigments in the textile industry could be controversially listed as a category 2 carcinogen by the European Commission in the coming weeks despite opposition from experts who say the ruling would be a ‘mis-reading’ of the ...

Textile additive may be classified ‘carcinogenic’

Zalando to trial use of reusable packaging for orders

Fri, 13 September 2019

BERLIN - Online retailer Zalando is launching a four-week pilot project to test reusable packaging for the delivery of customer orders. Orders will be shipped in reusable shipping bags to 10,000 customers in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Zalando aims to use ...

Zalando to trial use of reusable packaging for orders

Activists urged to spam Uniqlo over jobless factory workers

Thu, 12 September 2019

MILAN - An NGO is urging activists to spam fashion brand Uniqlo with social media messages - urging the company to pay severance money to garment workers who lost their jobs in Indonesia - on the day it opens a key new store in Milan. The Labour Behind the Label ...

Activists urged to spam Uniqlo over jobless factory workers

BACK ISSUE ARCHIVE

- BFC launches Institute of Positive Fashion
  
  Friday, 13 September 2019
  LONDON – The British Fashion Council (BF) has announced its intention to launch the...
  
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- Brand suppliers ordered to pay migrant w...
- Hugo Boss adopts CMiA cotton

- Indian garment workers protest unfair wages
  
  Thursday, 12 September 2019
  BENGALURU – Garment manufacturing workers in the Indian city of Bengaluru will...
  
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- Australian Circular Fashion Conference t...
- Kathmandu a certified B Corporation

- Timberland to plant 50 million trees by 2025
  
  Tuesday, 10 September 2019
  STRATHAM – VF Corporation brand Timberland has announced its ambition to plant 50...
  
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- DyStar details 2018 sustainability progr...
- World's first washing machine with micro...

- Microfibre Consortium adds three members
  
  Monday, 09 September 2019
  BRISTOL – The Microfibre Consortium has added three members to its ranks, with The...
  
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- Varvaressos introduces ‘sustainable’ cot...
- Sympatex receives B Lab sustainability c...

- Asda trials Re-Loved second-hand concept
  
  Friday, 06 September 2019
  LEEDS – British supermarket retailer Asda is this month trialling a second-hand...
  
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- Tchibo to receive Green Button certifica...
- Down supplier adopts DNA authentication

- Kohl's aims for 100% 'sustainable' cotton by 2025
  
  Friday, 06 September 2019
  WISCONSIN - US retail department store chain Kohl’s has announced plans to achieve...
  
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- H&M bids to make online shopping more su...
- Retailer commits to cutting out mulesed ...

Features
- Major minor setbacks
  
  Tuesday, 03 September 2019
  With the cacophony of discussion around how to make fashion ‘sustainable’ and ‘circular’ it’s easy to lose sight of the sector’s other pressing issues. David Styles examines several recent child labour reports which urge the industry to act in offering protection to...
  
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- We aren’t the robots
- Transparency gets a reboot

Editor's Pick
- All that can still be saved
  
  Tuesday, 03 September 2019
  Extinction Rebellion has, in its relatively short existence, become globally synonymous with climate activism. With its sights firmly on fashion’s environmentally harmful practices, the industry can expect more and more peaceful protests in the coming months. David...
  
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- Back to basics
- Traceability importance continues to grow