John Mowbray

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.

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- Recycled T-shirt range uses AI to avoid textile waste
  
  Friday, 14 June 2019
  FRESHWATER — British apparel manufacturer Teemill has launched a new range of organic cotton...
  
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- Asics supports climate task force
- Ralph Lauren announces new sustainabilit...

- New concerns raised for chemical safety in China
  
  Friday, 31 May 2019
  BEIJING — March of this year saw a fatal explosion rip through a factory run by Jiangsu Tianjiayi...
  
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- Pilot yields C2C certified ‘biodegradabl...
- ADIF and ZDHC announce collaboration

- Levi’s, Nike, Calvin Klein among brands ‘deeply troubled’ by Myanmar
  
  Friday, 14 June 2019
  WASHINGTON — The American Apparel & Footwear Association and Fair Labor Association have...
  
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- UN wants ethical fashion to mitigate cli...
- Greenpeace trials tentative textile retu...

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- Sustainability in the apparel industry
  
  Wednesday, 01 May 2019
  Making the Case for Improving a Laudable Initiative Dalena White, IWTO secretary General The ever-increasing focus on sustainability in the apparel industry is both important and encouraging. Anyone who manufactures garments using natural materials like wool, or with...
  
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- Eastman transitions fibre line to 100% recycled PET
  
  Thursday, 13 June 2019
  KINGSPORT – Eastman Chemical Company has announced that Avra, its family of high performance fibres,...
  
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- Target set for renewable energy by 2030
- Unifi launches Repreve ocean plastics fi...

- Walmart and HanesBrands support National Parks
  
  Friday, 14 June 2019
  WINSTON-SALEM —US apparel firm HanesBrands has launched a new collection of T-shirts in support of...
  
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- Big-name brands back Cambodia contract r...
- SLCP tool to minimise social audit dupli...

- Environmental tools the focus for SAC, ZDHC forum
  
  Tuesday, 11 June 2019
  BARCELONA — The latest edition of the SAC and ZDHC Manufacturer Forum series will be held on 21st...
  
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- Kingpins highlights top ‘sustainable’ pr...
- A blueprint for denim change

Features
- The rise of rental
  
  Thursday, 13 June 2019
  Rental fashion offers perhaps the most disruptive alternative yet to the high volume, low price sales business model that has ruled the apparel industry for decades. Following the launch of its new apparel subscription service, David Styles caught up with SKFK’s Jon...
  
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- Everlane outlines its 'sustainable' goals
- Blue Signs

Editor's Pick
- Don't believe the hype
  
  Thursday, 13 June 2019
  Every four years the ITMA exhibition opens its doors to a range of exciting new developments from textile machine builders, chemical companies, service providers, and anyone else involved in the textile industry. Over the past 20 or so years the machinery builders and...
  
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- OECD forum offers frank assessment of garment sector
- Pulp Friction