PARIS - A sustainable future for the global denim industry was the overwhelming focus of last week's Denim by Première Vision in Paris, with many mills boasting new technology to conserve water, energy and other natural resources. By John Mowbray.
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Tuesday, 18 September 2018Textile innovators awarded by green challenge
AMSTERDAM – The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, which awards environmentally-minded start-ups a share of one million euros, has selected five recipients for its most recent prize. Of the five chosen organisations chosen, two are from the textile… -
Friday, 14 September 2018Unifi crowns Intradeco Champions of Sustainability
MIAMI – Intradeco Apparel has received the Unifi Repreve Champions of Sustainability Award in recognition for its sustainability strategy and work to protect the environment. -
Wednesday, 12 September 2018Innovation in focus at WEAR 2018
TORONTO – Ahead of WEAR Conference 2018 in Toronto we caught up with the founder of Fashion Takes Action, Kelly Drennan, to discover what to expect from this year’s edition and how the event has evolved since its launch. -
Friday, 07 September 2018Tess Whitfort scoops Redress Design Award 2018
HONG KONG – Designer Tess Whitfort has received first prize at the 2018 edition of the Redress Design Award for a punk-inspired apparel collection made using industrial end-of-roll materials and zero-waste patterns. -
Tuesday, 04 September 2018Performance Days dives into water stewardship
MUNICH – The focus of this November’s Performance Days in Munich will be on the industry’s responsibility when it comes to water usage and pollution. As such, the show’s agenda will feature workshops and speakers from a broad spectrum of… -
Thursday, 30 August 2018Call for innovators as Global Change Award returns
STOCKHOLM – The H&M foundation has opened applications for the 2019 edition of its global change award. Five selected innovators will once again share a €1 million grant and receive entry to a year-long innovation accelerator programme delivered in… -
Thursday, 30 August 2018Unifi pitches US swing towards recycled fibres
GREENSBORO – Global textile firm Unifi utilised the platform of the Wyndham Championship PGA Tour golf tournament to raise awareness on the topic of plastic recycling and its potential for apparel sector applications. -
Wednesday, 29 August 2018Planet Textiles 2019 – ITMA Barcelona
BARCELONA – It’s less than one year now to Planet Textiles 2019, which will take place on 22 June in Barcelona at the giant ITMA event, which every four years becomes the meeting point for the global textile industry. The textile industry… -
Tuesday, 28 August 2018SDG Leadership Forum explores circular economy
TORONTO – In partnership with GlobeScan, C&A Foundation will be hosting an SDG Leadership Forum focusing on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), designed to shed light on how to accelerate a transition… -
Friday, 24 August 2018Latest Fashion Summit HK details revealed
HONG KONG – As the 2018 edition of Fashion Summit HK fast approaches, organisers have revealed the latest information on the show’s agenda which will focus predominantly on the theme of ‘Circular Economy’. One of the most significant details to have… -
Friday, 24 August 2018Burkina Faso to host West Africa cotton conference
KOUDOUGOU – This year’s International Cotton and Textile Conference (SICOT), set to be held in Burkina Faso, will feature a four day programme of talks and presentations focused on organic and Fairtrade cotton in West Africa. -
Thursday, 23 August 2018Zalando to host transparency event at Berlin hub
BERLIN – Online fashion retailer Zalando is set to host an event focusing on supply chain transparency in collaboration with partner organisations betterplace lab and Fashion for Good; at which it will discuss the findings of the TRANSPARENT:… -
Tuesday, 21 August 2018Textile Exchange and bluesign in conference collaboration
ST GALLEN – Textile Exchange will work alongside bluesign technologies in the delivery of back-to-back conferences in the city of Milan which will focus on sustainable textile and apparel production. Hundreds of industry leaders and representatives… -
Tuesday, 21 August 2018Fashion for Good exhibits plan for a better future
AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has revealed that on October 5 it will open the doors of its new interactive, technology-driven museum focusing on sustainable and circular fashion innovation. The Fashion for Good Experience seeks to educate visitors –… -
Thursday, 16 August 2018Event highlights US second-hand apparel market
BELLEVUE – To mark National Thrift Shop Day in the Unites States, apparel retailer Savers has released its sixth annual Thrift Shopping Survey; examining the relationship between American consumers and the used garment market. To promote the reuse… -
Friday, 10 August 2018Circular Economy focus of Fashion Summit HK 2018
HONG KONG – The 2018 edition of Fashion Summit HK, which looks set to be Asia’s largest sustainable fashion conference to date, will focus on the theme of ‘Circular Economy’. The objectives of this year’s summit, as set out by its organisers, are to… -
Tuesday, 07 August 2018California dreaming of a circular future
OAKLAND – The agenda for Clean Economy Week, a new initiative starting in California, has been announced with a focus on all areas of circularity and sustainable innovation – many of which directly impact the textile sector. Between October 15-19 in… -
Thursday, 26 July 2018EOCA surpasses milestone in Friedrichshafen
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN – The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) has confirmed that over the four-day agenda of the 25th OutDoor show it has raised more than €25,000 for conservation projects and, in the process, gained three new member… -
Wednesday, 25 July 2018TAITRA talks Taiwanese textiles in Denver
DENVER – At this year’s Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Denver, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) hosted a Taiwan New Products Launch session, debuting the new products of four Taiwanese textile manufacturers. The four… -
Monday, 16 July 2018Helsinki Fashion Week partners with Circle Economy
HELSINKI – As part of a drive to put circularity at the top of the fashion agenda, Helsinki Fashion Week (HFW) has confirmed Circle Economy as a knowledge and content partner for its annual industry event. This year’s edition of the event, taking… -
Friday, 13 July 2018Unifi partners with sustainability platform Pac-12
BOULDER – Unifi has announced a long-term partnership with Pac-12 which will see the Repreve fibre manufacturer serve as the Founding Sustainability Partner of Pac-12 Team Green and as a sponsor of the Pac-12 Sustainability Conference. As part of… -
Wednesday, 11 July 2018Outdoor coalition opens assembly doors to entire sector
BRUSSELS – The It’s Great Out There Coalition has invited stakeholders in the outdoor apparel sector to attend its 2018 Annual Assembly, set to take place on the eve of the EOG (European Outdoor Group) Outdoor Summit in Malmo. The non-profit… -
Friday, 06 July 2018Netherlands, India further sustainable textile partnership
AMSTERDAM – The latest Netherlands Trade Mission to India has been completed, with a record participation level and progress cited by all parties on the focus topic of Sustainable Business. The 2018 trade mission – which was the first for three… -
Thursday, 05 July 2018Denim initiative to address UN SDG conference
AMSTERDAM – The Alliance for Responsible Denim has announced that it will be presenting as part of this month’s High-Level Political Forum at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Speaking on the theme of ‘Transformation towards sustainable… -
Wednesday, 04 July 2018Première Vision Paris gets smart
PARIS - The next edition of global upstream fashion trade show Première Vision Paris (PVP) will be enhanced by the inclusion of a series of new initiatives which reflect the changes currently taking place across the industry. Elements such as… -
Wednesday, 20 June 2018Textiles a focus of London Circular Economy Week
LONDON – As part of the inaugural Circular Economy Week in London, businesses, charities and social enterprises are being urged to implement circular practices and tackle the biggest issues facing, amongst other industries, the textile sector. -
Tuesday, 19 June 2018Student designers seek alternative wool PETA prize
NEW YORK – The winner of the 2018 PETA Prize for Animal-Free Wool will be decided this week, with three shortlisted designers hoping their innovative alternative to wool fibres will be chosen at an awards ceremony at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in… -
Tuesday, 19 June 2018Book review: Will the organism devour the host?
Transnational corporations are in the process of taking over debates on the environment and sustainability, writing the rules and bending the targets to suit their commercial aims. Their grand plan is to create “a regulatory setting amenable to… -
Monday, 18 June 2018Textile waste t-shirts for World Cleanup Day collaboration
TALLINN – Ahead of World Cleanup Day, designer Reet Aus has teamed up with the Let’s Do It! Foundation to produce a range of t-shirts by salvaging around five tonnes of textile which would otherwise have been destined for landfill. The collaboration… -
Friday, 15 June 2018Innovation Fest celebrates one year of Fashion for Good
AMSTERDAM – To mark its first anniversary, Fashion for Good has hosted Innovation Fest – an event which brings together around 180 brands, retailers, suppliers, non-profit organisations, investors and innovators to discuss cutting-edge solutions to… -
Wednesday, 13 June 2018Blockchain the focus of industry ‘Twitter chats’
AMSTERDAM – An initiative seeking to educate the industry on blockchain technology and its potential role in supporting and enabling circular supply chains, Circle Lab and Circle Economy are hosting a series of ‘Twitter chats’. Several major… -
Tuesday, 12 June 2018Runway runaway
It is a cruel irony that an event designed to engender sustainability in a sector crying out for an ethical and environmental overhaul would find itself financially unsustainable. It was this – along with several other influencing factors – which… -
Thursday, 07 June 2018Messe Frankfurt’s Berlin fashion shows get Neonyt rebrand
BERLIN – Messe Frankfurt’s Greenshowroom and the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin are to merge, forming a single Neonyt event. The rebrand signals a change of management and new direction for the German sustainable fashion shows. At next month’s Berlin… -
Wednesday, 30 May 2018Esprit commits to more sustainable viscose production
HONG KONG – Fashion giant Esprit has joined the Changing Markets Foundation Roadmap to promote more sustainable viscose production and says it will work with suppliers and viscose manufacturers to move to a closed loop production system by 2023-25.… -
Tuesday, 29 May 2018Warm threads: How can local make a difference?
FREKHAUG - How could launderettes, dietary requirements and local wool change consumer behavior and mitigate climate change? Close to 80 activists, researchers, academics, designers, small-scale entrepreneurs and sheep farmers explored language and… -
Thursday, 24 May 2018Planet Textiles 2018: mission accomplished in Canada
VANCOUVER – Textile technology that can recycle discarded clothing to produce both petroleum and plant-based monomers, unique technology to improve the biodegradability of polyester, new textile dyes from biosynthetic and wood-based feedstocks and… -
Wednesday, 16 May 2018Burberry, Gap, H&M join circular fashion initiative
COPENHAGEN – The Burberry Group, Gap Inc., H&M, HSBC, Nike and Stella McCartney have today been announced as new core partners of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Make Fashion Circular initiative. David Styles reports from the Copenhagen Fashion… -
Tuesday, 15 May 2018Bottom lines, not hemlines the focus of Copenhagen agenda
COPENHAGEN – The sixth edition of Global Fashion Agenda’s Copenhagen Fashion Summit has begun in the Danish capital. Getting underway in the event’s signature style, a range of speakers took to the stage to open the summit which will take place over… -
Thursday, 10 May 2018A Pitch for our Planet: ColorZen
VANCOUVER – With Planet Textiles less than two weeks away, our attention turns to ColorZen, a New York-based firm which will be pitching its dyeing process which uses no salt or alkali courtesy of its proprietary fibre pre-treatment process.… -
Wednesday, 09 May 2018Planet Textiles 2018 due to sell out soon
VANCOUVER – Delegate places are almost sold out at the 400 capacity Sheraton Vancouver Wall Center, as Planet Textiles 2018 looks set to be a seminal international event for sustainability and textiles in Canada. The event organisers, MCL News &… -
Wednesday, 09 May 2018C&A Foundation blazes trail for organic cotton co-operation
BHOPAL – C&A Foundation and the Government of Madhya Pradesh have co-hosted ‘Cotton Trailblazers’, an event held in Bhopal which highlighted, among other things, the role of organic cotton cultivation in improving the livelihood of farmers in the… -
Tuesday, 08 May 2018Ethiopia government in sustainable cotton push
HAWASSA – A workshop on promoting sustainable cotton which was held in Ethiopia last week as part of a four-year government plan to reach export earnings of US$1 billion from its textile and clothing sector by 2019. The garment and textile… -
Tuesday, 08 May 2018Levi’s unveils Collaboratory climate change class of 2018
SAN FRANCISCO – Levi Strauss & Co has announced the line-up for the second edition of its ‘Collaboratory’ sustainability programme, made up of twelve figures from the textile industry. The global denim brand has confirmed that this year’s class of… -
Wednesday, 02 May 2018A Pitch for our Planet: Nature Coatings
VANCOUVER – As Planet Textiles edges ever closer, we examine the credentials of another of the textile industry innovators which will make up the line-up of companies taking part in the 'Pitch for our Planet' session at the sustainability conference… -
Friday, 27 April 2018Art exhibition occupies disused Cambodian garment factory
PHNOM PENH – ‘Clothing the Loop’, an art exhibition aiming to highlight both the environmental and societal impacts of the garment sector has been installed in a disused Cambodian garment factory. The Tak Fak site was chosen as, following its… -
Wednesday, 25 April 2018A Pitch for our Planet: Tyton Biosciences
VANCOUVER – The latest in our series profiling the companies which will present at the ‘Pitch for our Planet’ session at Planet Textiles, Tyton Biosciences LLC are put under the Ecotextile News microscope. The firm’s technology, which is designed to… -
Wednesday, 25 April 2018Manakai Earth Day event targets plastic pollution sea change
MAUI – Hawaiian swimwear brand, Manakai has held what its founder describes as the ‘first of many’ community events aimed at turning the tide on oceanic plastic pollution on the island. In celebration of Earth Day 2018, Manakai and community… -
Tuesday, 24 April 2018Campaigners target a Slow Fashion Summer
AMSTERDAM – A ‘Slow Fashion Summer’ campaign has been launched on crowdacting website, Collaction, seeking to get 2,500 consumers to forego buying new clothes for the summer of 2018. When launching the campaign opposing fast fashion, organisers… -
Tuesday, 24 April 2018Pure London adds sustainability platform to agenda
LONDON – Pure London has announced the launch of a new exhibition space and seminars dedicated to brands which prioritise ethical and sustainable practices ahead of the July edition of the show. The newly-established ‘Pure Conscious’ will be debuted… -
Monday, 23 April 2018New manifesto signals start of Fashion Revolution Week
ASHBOURNE – Fashion Revolution has published a new edition of its manifesto and Fashion Transparency Index to coincide with the beginning of the fifth annual Fashion Revolution Week. The organisation says its manifesto sets out clear demands for a… -
Friday, 20 April 2018
Transformers highlights B2C sustainability disconnect
AMSTERDAM – The series of presentations at this week’s Kingpins Transformers highlighted many innovative and sustainable ways in which the denim sector has been cleaning up its environmental reputation. Much of what was discussed was impressive, but… -
Friday, 20 April 2018Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2018 line-up finalised
COPENHAGEN – The line-up of speakers for the 2018 Copenhagen Fashion Summit has now been finalised with the addition of several industry figures including Nike’s chief operating officer, Eric Sprunk. It was announced in February that the keynote… -
Thursday, 19 April 2018A Pitch for our Planet: Colorifix
VANCOUVER – In the second instalment of this pre-event series, we cast an eye over UK-based Colorifix, a firm which has developed a novel method of harnessing protein DNA to produce microorganisms with the ability to deposit and fix dyes to fabrics.… -
Wednesday, 18 April 2018Planet Textiles: In with the innovators
AMSTERDAM - With the 2018 edition of Planet Textiles - which will feature the inaugural ‘Pitch for our Planet’ innovation platform - fast approaching, Ecotextile News has taken the opportunity to visit Fashion for Good’s headquarters to discuss what… -
Wednesday, 18 April 2018Freudenberg launches student sustainability competition
WEINHEIM – The Performance Materials Apparel arm of Freudenberg has launched a ‘Fashioning Sustainability’ competition open to fashion and design students across Europe. 25 colleges in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK are taking part… -
Tuesday, 17 April 2018Cotton traceability under spotlight at Transformers
AMSTERDAM – The opening presentations of the transparency edition of today’s Kingpins Transformers have focused on the role of cotton identification techniques that aim to achieve reliable traceability in the sector. Representatives from Supima,… -
Tuesday, 17 April 2018Lenzing urges denim industry to reject ‘greenwash’
AMSTERDAM – Speaking at Kingpins Transformers, Lenzing’s director of global business development, Tricia Carey spoke of a worrying rise of ‘greenwash’ in textile and denim industry communications and urged those in attendance to be more active in… -
Friday, 13 April 2018Labour Behind The Label announces Accord activism week
BRISTOL – Labour Behind The Label has announced a week-long ‘Brand Hustle’ campaign aimed at encouraging brands including Debenhams and Sainsbury’s to sign up to the Bangladesh Accord extension. Beginning on Monday 23rd April, the NGOs efforts will… -
Wednesday, 11 April 2018Planet Textiles: Deforestation panel finalised
VANCOUVER – With the 2018 edition of Planet Textiles being held in a nation which is home to ten per cent of the world’s forested land, there has never been a more appropriate time and setting to put the issue of deforestation – which is so often… -
Tuesday, 10 April 2018US exhibition commemorates Rana Plaza victims
NORTHFIELD – The Price of Our Clothes, an exhibition commemorating the lives of the 1281 garment workers who lost their lives at the Rana Plaza collapse is now open at Minnesota’s Perlman Teaching Museum’s Braucher Gallery. A variety of works are… -
Friday, 06 April 2018Adidas to present at Amfori conference
AMSTERDAM – Amfori – formerly the Foreign Trade Association – has shared the first speakers for its Unleash Opportunity conference, to be held in Amsterdam in June. Frank Dassler, general counsel at sportswear giant Adidas Group will discuss how… -
Thursday, 05 April 2018Fashion Revolution Week looks to thrive at five
ASHBOURNE – The 2018 edition of Fashion Revolution Week, the initiative behind the ‘whomademyclothes’ and ‘imadeyourclothes’ hashtags which have become synonymous with garment workers’ struggles across the globe is looking for further growth as it… -
Thursday, 29 March 2018A Pitch for our Planet: Nanollose
VANCOUVER - In the build-up to Planet Textiles 2018, Ecotextile News will cast an eye over those firms developing innovative solutions to the textile industry’s environmental issues. The first of these articles takes a look at Australian… -
Tuesday, 27 March 2018Kingpins Transformers targets transparency turnaround
NEW YORK – Transparency, described by organisers as ‘The Mother Lode’ of textile industry issues, will be high on the agenda of the Kingpins Transformers shows set to be held in Amsterdam and New York in the coming months. The biannual events will… -
Tuesday, 27 March 2018Asos takes modern slavery campaign to House of Lords
LONDON – Asos are today hosting a modern slavery event at the House of Lords in order to identify and address shared risks in the apparel sector. The meeting has been organised in collaboration with Baroness Lola Young, co-chair of the All Party… -
Monday, 26 March 2018Bremen event spotlights sustainability
BREMEN – Supply chain transparency, the African cotton sector and sustainability were top of the agenda at last week’s ‘Cotton Insights’ event in Germany which attracted over 500 participants from over 40 countries from throughout the supply chain.… -
Friday, 23 March 2018Sustainable Textile School back for second term
ZURICH – The second edition of the Sustainable Textile School has been announced, with the main theme of the event being confirmed as the engineering of circular recycling chain in the textile and fashion industry. The speakers for the 2018 edition… -
Friday, 16 March 2018
Green innovation to make a splash in green Vancouver
VANCOUVER – Cutting-edge fashion and textile innovations designed to reduce the environmental impact of the apparel industry will be showcased in a special session at the ninth edition of Planet Textiles, the annual summit on textiles and… -
Wednesday, 14 March 20182018 Global Change Award finalists announced
STOCKHOLM – The H&M Foundation has announced the five innovative fashion brands which have been nominated to receive a share of a €1 million grant as part of the 2018 Global Change Award. Crop-A-Porter, Algae Apparel, Smart Stitch, The Regenerator… -
Tuesday, 13 March 2018Paris Fashion Week concludes with sustainability round table
PARIS – To mark the conclusion of Paris Fashion Week, the Ambassador of Great Britain hosted a fashion sustainability round table discussion at the British Embassy in the French capital. The event was organised in collaboration with LCF (London… -
Friday, 09 March 2018Copenhagen Fashion Summit to debut Innovation Forum
COPENHAGEN – This year’s Copenhagen Fashion Summit will play host to the event’s inaugural Innovation Forum, aimed at promoting the acceleration of sustainability ventures in the fashion sector. This new component of the show has been introduced to… -
Wednesday, 07 March 2018UN assesses role of fashion at SDG event
GENEVA – The UN has held an event in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss the impact of the fashion industry on the organisation’s target of achieving its self-imposed SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). The fashion sector has been cited by the UN as… -
Thursday, 01 March 2018Resyntex announces second Value Chain Workshop
BRUSSELS – The second instalment of the Resyntex Value Chain Workshop series is set to take place in the French city of Lyon, and will centre on the recycling of polyamide and polyester textile fibres. In December of last year, Slovenian capital,… -
Monday, 26 February 2018
FFC targets Amazon deforestation in 2018 campaign
LONDON – Fashion for Conservation (FFC) has debuted its latest collection, aimed at promoting the conservation of the Amazon rainforest, as part of the Rainforest Runway at London Fashion Week. In partnership with the Whitley Fund for Nature, FFC… -
Wednesday, 14 February 2018Holland to host Circular Fashion Games
AMSTERDAM – C&A Foundation and Veerle Luiting are set to hold this year’s ‘Circular Fashion Games’, a multidisciplinary bootcamp programme designed to yield circular economy innovations for the fashion industry. The two bootcamps will be held the… -
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Copenhagen Fashion Summit reveals keynote speakers
COPENHAGEN – Two of the headline speakers for the 2018 edition of fashion sustainability event, Copenhagen Fashion Summit have been confirmed by Global Fashion Agenda. This year’s summit, to be held at the Danish capital’s Concert Hall, will be… -
Monday, 12 February 2018OutDoor members choose Messe München as new partner
MUNICH – The European OutDoor Group has announced that Messe München has been voted to be the long term partner for the outdoor trade fair. OutDoor members voted from 1-7 February following proposals at the group’s annual assembly. -
Thursday, 08 February 2018
Pure Origin reveals sustainability speakers
LONDON – Pure Origin, a new sourcing and manufacturing show has announced the line-up for a topical programme of education, industry intelligence and insights into the future of sustainable fashion. Organisations including WGSN, Coloro, ASBCI,… -
Wednesday, 07 February 2018Industry input required for Pulse Report 2018
COPENHAGEN – Global Fashion Agenda and The Boston Consulting Group are seeking respondents to the 2018 Pulse of the Fashion Industry report. Last year saw the first edition of the study, and once again this year the report will be launched at the… -
Friday, 02 February 2018Calling all industry innovators
VANCOUVER – A unique opportunity for young, innovative companies to pitch to all corners of the textile sector will be made available through the collaboration of Planet Textiles and Fashion for Good. At the 2018 edition of the annual… -
Thursday, 01 February 2018
International Cotton Conference 2018 set for Bremen
BREMEN – Cotton industry experts from around the world will be converging on the German city of Bremen for the Annual International Cotton Conference on March. Topics announced on this year’s agenda include: sustainability, cotton quality, seed… -
Thursday, 01 February 2018Planet Textiles agenda takes shape
VANCOUVER – Preparations for this year’s edition of Planet Textiles, to be held at Vancouver’s Sheraton Hotel on May 22nd, are gathering pace as further speakers have been confirmed for the event’s line-up. The ever-growing issue of textile… -
Friday, 19 January 2018EOCA embarks on ISPO donation drive
MUNICH – The European Conservation Association (EOCA) has confirmed its attendance at ISPO Munich in order to raise funds which support conservation projects around the world. This round of fundraising is hoped to provide the necessary support in… -
Wednesday, 17 January 2018Berlin sees sustainable surge
BERLIN – A strong theme of sustainability is in evidence across the various shows which form Berlin Fashion Week. FashionTech, held this year at Kraftwerk, has featured brands and speakers with more of an environmental focus than ever before. To… -
Thursday, 21 December 2017Ecotextile News’ highlights of 2017
Following a year of change, innovation and development for Ecotextile News, we wanted to share with you our top ten stories of 2017. These stories span a wide variety of topics, reflecting the diversity of both our expertise and the loyal readership… -
Monday, 18 December 2017
Copenhagen Fashion Summit updates format
COPENHAGEN – An updated format, which includes a new Innovation Forum, will be part of the 2018 Copenhagen Fashion Summit set to be held in May at the city’s Concert Hall. The sixth edition of the two-day event will centre around ‘sustainable… -
Thursday, 14 December 2017Collaboration underpins ZDHC event
AMSTERDAM – The ZDHC Foundation (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) today held its inaugural, invitation-only ‘Implementation Experience’ day across two venues in Amsterdam. The event, which culminated in the launch of the new ZDHC… -
Saturday, 09 December 2017‘Disruptive innovation’ focus at Fashion for Good
AMSTERDAM – Following the launch of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s industry report last week, which called for the collective implementation of more sustainable strategies to introduce a circular economy, the Fashion for Good end-of-year event… -
Wednesday, 06 December 2017Fashionsustain Berlin set for January
BERLIN – Messe Frankfurt has announced the launch of Fashionsustain, a new two-day event in the textile industry calendar, set to be held in January 2018 as part of Berlin Fashion Week. Described by the organisers as an ‘incubator for responsible… -
Thursday, 23 November 2017Planet Textiles 2018 – Registration open
WAKEFIELD– Registration is now open for Planet Textiles 2018 which will be held on 22nd May in Vancouver in partnership once again with the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. The event will be held at the Sheraton Wall Centre, one day before the SAC… -
Friday, 10 November 2017Brazil event links digital production to textile sustainability
RIO DE JANEIRO – Over 350 participants descended on Rio De Janeiro recently, for the 33rd annual IAF World Fashion Convention. At which, speakers from globally recognised brands, manufacturers and consulting firms including Hugo Boss, Esquel,… -
Thursday, 09 November 2017Messe Frankfurt looks to Greenshowroom
BERLIN – As we lead up to Greenshowroom and Ethical Fashion Show Berlin in January, Messe Frankfurt says sustainable fashion is increasing in demand. The show in Berlin will showcase environmentally-friendly fashion, such as jeans made from organic… -
Wednesday, 08 November 2017GOTS India event debates social compliance
DELHI – Weighty issues such as labour rights, living wages and land grabs were on the agenda at today’s Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) meeting on social compliance which was being held as a precursor event to the on-going 19th Organic World… -
Wednesday, 01 November 2017Nature inspired apparel showcased by V&A
LONDON – V&A has announced that it will showcase over 300 environmental garments at the company’s next fashion exhibition. The Fashioned From Nature exhibition aims to show how fashionable dress can use nature for inspiration, with garments designed… -
Tuesday, 24 October 2017Kingpins teams up with ZDHC on denim
NEW YORK – Global denim event Kingpins and the ZDHC Group have entered into a collaboration to drive more sustainable chemistry and to accelerate innovations to improve environmental performance for the denim industry. The first steps in this… -
Friday, 13 October 2017Amsterdam to host responsible denim event
AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has announced it is set to host Long Live Denim!, an event that will enable brands to gather and discuss the progress made by the two-year long Alliance for Responsible Denim (ARD) project, which has recently passed its… -
Thursday, 12 October 2017GM cotton report sparks war of words
WASHINGTON – The cotton industry has never been free from controversy. Whether debating sustainability, organic cotton status or genetic modification (GM), views across the industry have seldom been aligned. Following the release of the recent Soil… -
Thursday, 12 October 2017
India drags on organic cotton volumes
WASHINGTON – Latest organic cotton production figures show that total global production fell 4 per cent in the 2015 – 16 season with volumes at 107,980 metric tonnes as production in number one region India fell to just over 60,000 metric tonnes –… -
Thursday, 12 October 2017Kering sustainable fashion award winners confirmed
LONDON - Over 350 guests, including sustainability experts, journalists and fashion industry professionals gathered in London last night for the 2017 Kering Talk, where Marco Bizzarri, president and CEO of Gucci, was the guest of honour and keynote… -
Wednesday, 11 October 2017More brands sign sustainable cotton initiative
WASHINGTON – 36 apparel brands and textile manufacturers have today joined the 13 original Sustainable Cotton Communique signatories in a pledge to use 100 per cent sustainable cotton by the year 2025. The announcement came at the annual Textile…
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