Ecotextile News

Adidas and Allbirds produce low carbon shoe

Tue, 11 May 2021

HERZOGENAURACH / SAN FRANCISCO - Sportswear giant Adidas and sustainable footwear brand Allbirds have produced the first result of their collaboration - a running shoe with a carbon footprint of less than three kilogrammes. They claim the 63 per cent carbon reduction ...

Adidas and Allbirds produce low carbon shoe

Brands back new initiative for garment workers

Wed, 12 May 2021

GLOBAL - Fashion brands and NGOs are coming together for a new initiative which aims to raise at least US$10 million to improve the lives of female garment workers in supply chains. The Resilience Fund for Women in Global Value Chains is a joint initiative from the UN ...

Brands back new initiative for garment workers

Scientists create 'leather' from silk proteins

Wed, 12 May 2021

BOSTON - Scientists have created a leather-like material from silk proteins which they say offers similar qualities to the real thing but from a more sustainable source. Researchers at the Tufts University School of Engineering in Boston, Massachussets, say their ...

Scientists create 'leather' from silk proteins

BACK ISSUE ARCHIVE

- Dutch firm Schijvens adopts tracing tech
  
  Wednesday, 12 May 2021
  HILVARENBEEK – Dutch manufacturer Schijvens Corporate Fashion has partnered with...
  
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- Circular services provider acquires Rebo...
- ADM signs recycled cotton deal with Reco...

- Coats launches new biodegradable ‘EcoRegen’ fibre
  
  Tuesday, 11 May 2021
  UXBRIDGE – Industrial thread manufacturer Coats has developed EcoRegen, a...
  
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- 20 injured as police open fire on worker...
- Charity shop marketplace launches in UK ...

- Partnership aims to tackle overproduction
  
  Monday, 10 May 2021
  SEATTLE - Slow fashion brand Public Habit has linked up with digital supply network...
  
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- New funds boost initiative tackling text...
- ZDHC welcomes new contributors to progra...

Sponsored Content
- Enhancing Sustainability Through Supply Chain Partnerships
  
  Thursday, 01 April 2021
  As bluesign technologies enters its second decade of operations, CEO Jill Dumain says supply chain transparency and partnerships will be essential to keep sustainability on track following the global pandemic. As a former Patagonia executive, Dumain was one of the...
  
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- Selfridges launches online fashion rentals
  
  Friday, 07 May 2021
  LONDON – Fashion retailer Selfridges is expanding the rental service it introduced...
  
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- Study details e-commerce's carbon benefi...
- Danish fashion consortium to drive circu...

- Fabletics probes Lesotho sexual abuse claims
  
  Thursday, 06 May 2021
  MASERU - Fabletics, the sportswear company owned by actress Kate Hudson, has...
  
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- Asket launches extended returns programm...
- Eurofins announces partnership with BeVe...

- Lindex, WaterAid support Bangladeshi workers
  
  Thursday, 06 May 2021
  GAZIPUR – Swedish fashion chain Lindex has again partnered with WaterAid to expand...
  
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- Wet processors 'failing to report on imp...
- Brands adopt resale software

Features
- Why legislation is vital to accelerate progress
  
  Thursday, 29 April 2021
  Even as a very small handful of leading brands and retailers begin to meaningfully reduce the environmental footprint of their business, the overall impacts of the apparel industry, which are shockingly large, are still accruing faster than the improvements. This was...
  
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- Are the robots coming for garment workers?
- Death knell sounded for Chinese cotton?