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NGO helps Eileen Fisher to map supply chain
Sustainable fashion NGO Made-By has shared further details of its new supply chain mapping project with US women’s wear brand Eileen Fisher, along with details of its work on Bangladesh on textile wet processing.
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Consumers to decide in chemicals debate
Consumers face a stark choice between inferior products or major price hikes if they want their clothing to be 100 per cent free of potentially hazardous chemicals according to leading chemical testing and certification business, SGS.
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Garment park development fund receives $1.2 billion
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exports Association (BGMEA) has secured a deal worth US$1.2 billion to fund the Baushia Garment Park project, after Chinese trading company Orient International agreed to the investment in a bid to improve non-compliant facilities in garment factories.
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American Eagle extends recycling partnership
American Eagle Outfitters is to roll-out the closed loop textile recycling concept of I:CO to all 823 of its stores across the United States and Canada in an expansion of its existing partnership.
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Wool steps up sustainable campaign
The Campaign for Wool has stepped up its work in promoting the sustainable benefits of wool at a ceremony in London in which its Patron, The Prince of Wales, buried a wool sweater alongside a synthetic lookalike, both of which are to be dug up during Wool Week in four months’ time.
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New York home textiles fair
Upholstery, bath, bedroom and kitchen fabrics and products will be showcased at Home Textiles Sourcing Expo, to be held this July.
Home Textiles Sourcing Expo aims to provide manufacturers, retailers and designers with a one-stop venue for sourcing, with fabric and finished products will include wall and window coverings, bed, bath, tabletop and floor coverings, pillows and kitchen and outdoor textiles.
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June/July 2014 magazine issue
Sustainable cotton: the big debate, ‘Business as usual not an option in Bangladesh’ report analysis, Two Minutes with: Elin Larsson, corporate responsibility manager, Filippa K, Detox Deconstructed report stirs welcome debate, Is too much ‘fast fashion’ a design destined for trash? Tone Skårdal Tobiasson discusses. Invista launches bio-derived Lycra, International Wool Textile Organisation Congress round-up, Tiny fibres = big problem, New resource on plastic particles found on global shorelines and their link to the textile industry, Can retailers continue to ‘save the planet’ whilst simultaneously sharing aggressive growth plans?, Bangladesh call for action reaches Parliament, Unifi increases production capacity, The Bigger Picture – Soup of the day: plastic, Special report: organic cotton in Central Asia, China gets tough on polluters, and all the latest news, insight, analysis.
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