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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- Amazon invests to support circular economy
  
  Wednesday, 17 October 2018
  SEATTLE – Online retail superpower Amazon – which continues to grow its presence in the apparel...
  
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- H&M faces new claims of destroying unsol...
- Fashion Revolution report lifts lid on B...

- Is a chemically compliant Brexit Britain out of REACH?
  
  Friday, 19 October 2018
  BRUSSELS – To coincide with the latest round of Brexit talks, Cefic, CHEM Trust, the European...
  
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- LJ Specialities cites REACH constraints ...
- Huntsman strengthens DWR ties with Chemo...

- CE100 Network adds DuPont and Mud Jeans
  
  Monday, 15 October 2018
  COWES – The Circular Economy 100 (CE100) Network, led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has...
  
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- MADE-BY enters administration
- Platform seeks to eradicate sportswear n...

Sponsored Content
- Collaborating for a More Sustainable Bioeconomy
  
  Monday, 01 October 2018
  Over the last few years, the bioeconomy – a global economy that uses biological resources and waste from the land and sea as inputs to food, industrial and energy production1 – has been a major point of discussion for scientists and policymakers alike, as companies...
  
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- Podcast: Biochemist aims to change how polyester is recycled
  
  Wednesday, 17 October 2018
  WAKEFIELD – In our latest podcast released today, Mike Schragger talks to Akshay Sethi about the...
  
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- Predicted polyester growth contradicts f...
- Oritain reveals ‘100 per cent traceable ...

- Business and investors ignoring human rights, experts claim
  
  Friday, 19 October 2018
  NEW YORK – Companies and investors the world over are turning a blind eye to human rights...
  
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- Cambodia wary of imminent EU trade sanct...
- Event series explores fashion’s biodiver...

- Graduate wins award for textile waste project
  
  Tuesday, 16 October 2018
  BALTIMORE – The McGuire Business Plan Competition, run by Laureate International Universities, has...
  
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- Implementation and innovation on ZDHC ag...
- National Geographic art in sustainable f...

Features
- The way to B
  
  Monday, 22 October 2018
  The certification which self-identifies as being to business what Fair Trade is to coffee and USDA Organic is to milk, B Corp is becoming an increasingly sought after moniker in the apparel sector. David Styles assesses whether this easily recognisable and strictly...
  
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- SDGs offer opportunity for industry progression
- Smart by design

Editor's Pick
- REACH: benefit or burden?
  
  Friday, 19 October 2018
  European industrialists continue to rail against the REACH regulations as a crisis hits the global markets for textile dyes and chemicals.
- Consumers differ on what sustainability means
- Hide and seek