Editorial Staff
John Mowbray
John Mowbray is the owner and founder of MCL News & Media and the brains behind Ecotextile News, which he launched back in 2006. His primary aim for MCL is to provide inspirational content that motivates key textile industry stakeholders to make a positive difference to their global supply chains, through innovative, sustainable and responsible sourcing policies and practices.
He is an award-winning Environmental Biology graduate from The University of Manchester, and since 1992 has become a well-known environmental journalist who has been quoted in national and international media outlets. He doubles up as an FA qualified soccer coach, a mountain bike enthusiast and a part-time builder.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfmowbray/
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Garment workers 'need more support' - report
Wednesday, 08 July 2020NEW DELHI - The Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), which campaigns to improve...
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Boohoo dropped by Next, Asos and Zalando
Tuesday, 07 July 2020LEICESTER - Fast fashion brand Boohoo has been dropped by major retailers Asos,...
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EU recommits to textile reform despite COVID-19
Tuesday, 07 July 2020COPENHAGEN – In an ongoing live webinar hosted by the Global Fashion Agenda,...
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Wednesday, 01 July 2020
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XR activists target fast fashion giants
Tuesday, 07 July 2020LONDON - Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists are this week planning to stage...
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COVID-19: Brands advised on supplier relationships
Monday, 06 July 2020LONDON – The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) and FairWear have published joint...
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Uzbekistan cotton 'still faces challenges'
Friday, 03 July 2020DERRY - A new study on Uzbekistan's controversial cotton industry says the country...
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Features
Tough measures on fluorochemicals loom
Wednesday, 06 May 2020
Dark Waters, the film that tells the story of a lawyer, Robert Bilott, and his long struggle to hold DuPont accountable for leakages of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) into the environment, and more disturbingly, its alleged attempts to cover up information relating to...
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Editor's Pick
Reporting mechanisms fail on apparel transparency
Wednesday, 06 May 2020
Unfounded sustainability claims are constantly bandied around by companies looking to steal a march on competitors, without any fear of the damage this hollow rhetoric can do. Until reliable, consistent and transparent reporting can be implemented industrywide, no meaningful...
