Ecotextile News

Fashion for Good Accelerator graduates join Scaling Programme

Thu, 25 April 2019

AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has announced that the four newest innovators to join its Scaling Programme have previously participated its Accelerator Programme, meaning they have now progresses to a stage where they can benefit from running pilots with the ...

Fashion for Good Accelerator graduates join Scaling Programme

Wool on the red carpet — and in outer space

Thu, 25 April 2019

VENICE - “There is no ‘silver bullet’ or perfect fibre,” said keynote speaker and Eco-Age founder, Livia Firth, at the 88th IWTO congress in Venice, in the same building that houses the Biennale. Her new film about wool farmers in Tasmania, Australia opened the ...

Wool on the red carpet — and in outer space

PrettyLittleThing launches recycled range, reGAIN deal

Thu, 25 April 2019

LONDON — Online fashion retailer PrettyLittleThing (PLT) has debuted a new collection made using recycled materials, including pre-consumer factory offcuts and recycled polyester derived from discarded plastic bottles. PrettyLittleThing has also followed in the ...

PrettyLittleThing launches recycled range, reGAIN deal

BACK ISSUE ARCHIVE

- SKFK to open Circular Closet for rental customers
  
  Thursday, 25 April 2019
  BIZKAIA — Basque clothing brand Skunkfunk (SKFK) is set to launch a new monthly subscription...
  
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- Quiksilver joins European Outdoor Group
- Ternua launches 100 per cent recycled ba...

- ADIF and ZDHC announce collaboration
  
  Tuesday, 16 April 2019
  SHANGHAI – Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) and the China Dyestuff Industry...
  
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- Dye price chaos fears after fatal factor...
- Stahl expands finishing range to boost c...

- Adidas, Reebok, Patagonia top Transparency Index
  
  Wednesday, 24 April 2019
  ASHBOURNE — The three highest ranking brands in the 2019 edition of the Fashion Transparency...
  
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- ISKO joins Textile Exchange to prioritis...
- AAFA rallies behind India talks, Mongoli...

Sponsored Content
- Bluesign - A cloud on the horizon
  
  Wednesday, 03 April 2019
  Bluesign leads in ensuring safe, sustainable and efficient manufacturing in the textile industry. In 2019, Bluesign will fully-integrate its powerful set of tools, taking the system to the next level with a cloud-based platform. Conscious consumers increasingly want...
  
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- Traceability provider gets million dollar funding boost
  
  Thursday, 25 April 2019
  STONY BROOK — Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., which offers molecular tagging and authentication...
  
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- Puma 2020 sustainable fibre pledge “shar...
- Bearaby puts sustainability fears to bed...

- Tapestry Inc. unveils new 2025 CSR goals
  
  Wednesday, 24 April 2019
  NEW YORK — Tapestry Inc., the organisation behind brands such as Coach, Kate Spade New York and...
  
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- Tufts student venture offers healthcare ...
- Risky business: Cross-sector benchmarks ...

- Re.VerSo selected for Sustainable Thinking project
  
  Thursday, 18 April 2019
  FLORENCE – Representative of zero-waste circular production system for wool and cashmere, Re.VerSo...
  
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- HanesBrands scoops 10th straight EPA awa...
- Eileen Fisher exhibits desire to end clo...

Features
- Everlane outlines its 'sustainable' goals
  
  Thursday, 11 April 2019
  Using radical supply chain transparency to guide its ‘anti-fast fashion’ business model, Kim Smith, Everlane’s head of apparel gave John Mowbray an insight into how the US retailer works. We first came across Everlane around eight years ago when our mothballed sister...
  
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- Blue Signs
- The ups and downs of ‘closing the loop’

Editor's Pick
- OECD forum offers frank assessment of garment sector
  
  Thursday, 11 April 2019
  The fifth annual OECD forum on responsible supply chains in Paris offered up a frank assessment of the garment and footwear sectors. Key advances and achievements were tempered by stark warnings over persistent issues which plague the industry, such as human rights...
  
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- Pulp Friction
- Retailers blind to colour sampling impacts