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WRAP Tender opportunities: BID FOR PROJECT WORK
To support the work of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan, WRAP is commissioning new project work. WRAP is looking for individuals or teams to bring industry knowledge and expertise to support their team working with the clothing sector. These tender opportunities will enable you to strategically input into WRAP’s future clothing work and help shape the development of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan, as it moves into a new phase.
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Clariant launches sustainability measurement tool
Swiss specialty chemicals group Clariant has developed a new tool using precise data measurement and analysis to help mill and brand owners to accurately compare the resource savings or CO2 emissions of different production processes with the aim of making their products more ecologically and economically sustainable.
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Pacific Textiles backs bio-based enzymes
DuPont Biosciences has teamed up with Hong Kong-based Pacific Textiles to demonstrate the sustainability benefits of bio-based enzymes over traditional textile chemistry, which, it claims, looks set to be heading from the laboratory to full-scale commercialisation.
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Brussels eyes up Higg Index
Despite the new environmental assessment tool still being in its infancy, both the European Commission and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are understood to be already examining the Higg Index, developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), presumably with a view to using it as the potential basis for future legislative measures. Adrian Wilson reports.
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FTC updates Green Guidance
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has this week updated its ‘Green Guides’ that are designed to help marketers ensure the environmental claims they make about their products are properly substantiated.
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Bio-based alternative for solvents and pigments
A collaboration between Proviron and Reverdia has resulted in the introduction of a new bio-based succinic acid that can be used as a solvent and a raw material for fine chemicals such as pigments and UV stabilizers in the textile industry.
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Dow launches anti-microbial for textiles
A new fully recyclable silver-based anti-microbial agent, which claims to offer greater reliability and durability to anti-microbial performance, has been launched by Dow Microbial Control (DMC).
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Greenpeace ramps up Detox pressure
As part of its global Detox campaign, Greenpeace has asked a number of leading apparel and footwear retailers for details of any relationship they may have (or had) with specific, named textile factories in China, Indonesia and Mexico, who the pressure group believes are flouting international environmental standards.
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Eco-Textile Labelling Guide 2012 – now available
The 2012 edition of the Eco-Textile Labelling Guide containing all of the relevant updates to over 50 different ecotextile labels and standards will be available for purchase next week.
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136-page Sustainable Cotton Guide:
The Insiders Guide to Cotton and Sustainability, written by Simon Ferrigno and edited by John Mowbray, is now available. Published by MCL Global, producers of Ecotextile News and Knitting Trade Journal, the 136 page booklet covers the ecological impact of cotton production and the environmental challenges that this presents.
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In the October-November 2012 issue of the magazine – OUT NOW
Interviews: two minutes with Detlef Braun, Member of the Board, Messe Frankfurt; and Joost Oorthuizen, Executive Director at IDH; Central Textiles completes module assessment ofHigg Index; an in-depth look at how retailers can ‘brand’ sustainability and choose between metrics; in-person report from Munich Fashion Start which delivered on sustainability; exclusive review of innovative new denim softening technology from Jeanologia; detailed advice on how to tackle GM issues; FAST Retail’s latest CSR report reviewed and all the latest news, insight and analysis.
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