Ecotextile News e-bulletin 05.12.12

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Bestseller says no to Greenpeace

Danish fashion retailer Bestseller has become the first international brand to state publicly that it will not work with Greenpeace to meet its zero toxic discharge demands, suggesting the pressure group is being both unreasonable and hypocritical.

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Retailer selects Bamboo lyocell for denim

A Norweigian-based start-up clothing brand, which makes jeans and casual apparel ‘without cotton’, has developed a new range of apparel using bamboo textiles derived from the lyocell fibre process.

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 Sustainability drives textile fibre sales

Sustainable manufacturing has helped to boost Sri Lanka’s textile and apparel exports to the European Union in recent years, thanks to manufacturing efficencies which have helped to stabalise costs, according to a new report.

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Spanish duo commit to detox

Women’s fashion brand Mango has become the latest clothing retailer to commit to the zero discharge of hazardous chemicals by 2020, along with the world’s largest fashion retailer Zara last week. 

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ICAC: cotton output to hit four-year low

The Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) Initiative will begin working with around 30,000 smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe with the 2012/13 cotton harvest expected to yield around 18,700 tonnes of ginned cotton.

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Eco-Textile Labelling Guide 2012
The 2012 edition of the Eco-Textile Labelling Guide containing all of the relevant updates to over 50 different ecotextile labels and standards is now available in printed and electronic format.

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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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DEC/JAN - ETN
 

In the December/January issue of the magazine – OUT NOW!

 Greenpeace has reignited the debate on fluorinated repellent chemicals, RITE Group 2012 round up, Can fast fashion slow down? feature from Dr Pamela Ravasio, brands involved in the Roadmap to Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals speak to Ecotextile News about their next steps, Simon Ferringo asks whether the Soil Association should rethink their marketing strategy, mixed messages from Walmart on their sustainability efforts, and all the latest news, insight and analysis.

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