Ecotextile News

Circularity suffering as material consumption soars

Mon, 20 January 2020

DAVOS – At the World Economic Forum, which gets underway in Davos today, impact organisation Circle Economy has launched a new report which finds that whilst global material consumption has grown to top 100 billion tonnes per annum for the first time ever, reuse and ...

Circularity suffering as material consumption soars

Debenhams sets 2020s 'sustainability' targets

Mon, 20 January 2020

LONDON - Retailer Debenhams has unveiled its new sustainability programme which it says highlights new benchmarks for UK department store retailing in the 2020s. New commitments include sustainably sourcing 100 per cent of its cotton by 2022, ensuring all own-brand ...

Debenhams sets 2020s 'sustainability' targets

Inditex supports job and recycling schemes

Mon, 20 January 2020

ARTEIXO - Fashion giant Inditex is donating another €8.5 million (US$9.4 million) to the Caritas charity to support social employment and circular economy initiatives in Spain. The company, which owns Zara and is the world's biggest fashion group, said the money would ...

Inditex supports job and recycling schemes

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  Wednesday, 08 January 2020
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- Cambodia pays out US$7.6m to workers on maternity leave
  
  Monday, 13 January 2020
  PHNOM PENH – Garment workers in Cambodia were last year afforded almost 20 per cent...
  
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- New policy brief addresses textile chemicals
  
  Friday, 10 January 2020
  GENEVA - The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) has...
  
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Features
- Let’s talk …
  
  Thursday, 19 December 2019
  Just as new technologies and communications are reducing the environmental impact of textile production – could the lives of garment workers benefit from similar advances? Recent news headlines show how environmental sustainability in the apparel and footwear industry...
  
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- Breaking Good
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Editor's Pick
- Vanity versus veracity
  
  Wednesday, 04 December 2019
  Do pilot-scale environmental projects in the textile and fashion sectors always fly in the right direction so they can be scaled up for both maximum impact and commercial success? Phil Patterson argues that some, but not all, are simply vanity projects driven by...
  
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- Red flags
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