June

Ecotextile News e-bulletin 25.06.14

By Stacey Dove
25 June 2014


		Cotton Australia signs BCI deal Cotton Australia has signed an agreement with the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), which means that Australian cotton produced under its myBMP certification can now be sold into the global market as BCI cotton. Read more

		M&S details ‘refreshed’ Plan A objectives A need for greater customer engagement with UK retailer Marks and Spencer’s Plan A environmental and social sustainability goals was one of the key theme at the M&S Plan A update. Read more

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		Green light for South African sustainability cluster In an ambitious move aimed at providing consumers with more traceable and sustainable textile and apparel products while supporting local industry, the South African government is to pump US$18.9 million into a new ‘sustainable textile national cluster’ with its own five year production plan Read more

		Call for Bangladesh labour law change Garment factory leaders have called on the Bangladesh government for a new ‘democratic’ labour law, at a meeting on garment workers’ rights and the role of trade unions. Read more

		Norway adopts PFOA sales ban Norway has become the first European country to introduce legislation that bans the sale of products and textiles containing PFOA. Read more

		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. Read more

		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. Subscribe here today