Ecotextile News e-newsletter 16.12.15

By Stacey Dove
16 December 2015

Ecotextile News e-bulletin

Wednesday 16 December 2015

Adidas praised for Chinese supplier progress

Adidas has been applauded by the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs’ for its efforts to push its high environmental impact suppliers to publish emissions data in China.

Patagonia opposes TPP trade deal

Patagonia has become the first leading apparel brand to express opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the proposed free trade agreement between 12 countries including the United States, Vietnam, Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru and Singapore.

Online tool tracks textile supply chain

The challenges facing apparel businesses as they seek to gather robust, accurate information about their supply chains are addressed in a newly updated online solution that allows the sharing of information between organisations at every stage of the textile supply chain.

China mill shifts to BCI cotton

China’s largest denim mill has announced it plans to produce all of its lightweight cotton denim fabrics from Better Cotton, the rapidly growing identity cotton programme.

Invitation to purchase assets

The Bowra Group is seeking offers to purchase the assets of Crailar or to make an investment in the company to allow it to achieve profitable production as an alternative to a sale of assets.

Assets for sale include:

* Intellectual property consisting of patents, trademarks, and proprietary knowledge

* Inventory of fibre products and equipment for production of fibre products located in South Carolina, USA

* Fibre supply agreements

The deadline to submit offers is 5 January 2016.

NEXT – Assistant Textile Chemical and Restricted Substance Co-ordinator

Working in the Product Legislation Team you’ll help to ensure Next are complying with all UK, European and global legislation relating to chemicals and restricted substances.

BOLT THREADS – Lead Scientist/Engineer – Fibre Spinning

Bolt Threads is looking for a hands-on scientist or engineer to play a key role on a multidisciplinary team leading process development, optimisation, and scale-up of its novel silk fibre spinning processes to manufacture novel silk protein fibres for the textiles and consumer apparel industry.

Textile industry companies and recruiters can also search Careers in Textiles for their latest talent. Make sure you’re found. Upload your CV today.

Special offers on textile industry research

Multi-buy discounts are now available on MCL Global’s sustainable textiles industry research insights, including Detox Deconstructed, Closing The Loop, and Sustainable Sourcing Map.

All packages also include a FREE one-year subscription (worth £199) to Textile Evolution (T.EVO), a new bi-monthly printed magazine to be launched in 2016, covering the global technical textiles and high performance apparel markets.

Spain to stage European Outdoor Summit

The European Outdoor Group has announced that the fourth European Outdoor Summit will take place from 29 – 30 September 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.

LATEST ISSUE: Ecotextile News Dec/Jan 2016

Planet Textiles 2016 teams up with SAC, Proposals by the European Commission to potentially ban a list of nearly 300 chemicals could have profound implications for the textile industry, argues Phil Patterson, New DWR research unveiled, Brands fall foul in China rankings, Greenpeace hints at strategy change, Further progress on closing the loop, Recycled polyester focus in Taiwan, Did Patagonia make right call on Ovis 21? Apparel industry bids to harmonise worker standards, Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s Jason Kibbey on avoiding the compliance trap, Two minutes with… Stacy Flynn, CEO, Evrnu, Cotton Horizons – a regular feature on cotton and sustainability from cotton expert Simon Ferrigno, and all the latest news, insight, and analysis.

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