BRUSSELS - The Euratex textile industry trade body has issued a warning after members of the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to back the European Union's (EU) Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles and to take its proposals even…
BRUSSELS - Members of the European Parliament have given their backing to the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (EU CSDD) directive which would make companies liable for human rights and environmental issues in their global supply chains. A…
DARWIN - Environmentalists in Australia are claiming a partial victory after a company backed down from its plans to clear nearly 1,000 hectares of tropical savanna to grow cotton in the face of a legal challenge. However, they fear a new…
AUCKLAND - New Zealand government-owned company AsureQuality is no longer a certifier of responsible animal fibre (RAF) standards for the Textile Exchange industry body. AsureQuality's accreditation to administer the Responsible Wool Standard 2.2…
AMSTERDAM – The International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry has reached over 200 signatories. The legally binding agreement between garment brands and global trade unions, IndustriALL Global Union, and UNI Global…
PARIS – Representatives from 11 European cities have signed a declaration aiming to slow down the fashion industry in an effort to reduce its social and environmental impacts. The declaration calls on the European Union, the G7 and OECD to impose…
BRUSSELS - The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is urging MEPs to back the latest version of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (EU CSDD) directive at a key meeting next week. The legislation, which would make companies liable for human…
BERKELEY— The US-based Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) non-profit has expanded its YESS (Yarn Ethically and Sustainably Sourced) project, which aims to eliminate forced labour in the cotton industry, to India. RSN, which earlier this year carried…
WASHINGTON DC - The American Apparel & Footwear Association industry body, which represents more than 1,000 brands, has called for new incentives to promote environmentally-friendly textile imports into the US. Beth Hughes, vice president, trade and…
NEW YORK – The Eileen Fisher Foundation has set up a web-based resource to track proposed and existing environmental legislation in Europe and the USA that will impact the fashion sector. Integrated within the US retailer’s ‘Hey Fashion’ online…
AUGUSTA - The US state of Maine, which was the first to introduce a ban on products containing PFAS, is set to push back new reporting requirements for manufacturers. Maine's PFAS law, passed in 2021, doesn't apply until 2030 but it required…
ROSEVILLE - IOAS (International Organic Accreditation Service) has lifted the suspension of organic cotton certification body Control Union (CU) India. CU India was suspended from testing and sampling Indian organic textile products in March because…
AMSTERDAM – Japanese company Fast Retailing, which owns Uniqlo, has become the 58th company to sign the Pakistan Accord. As an early signatory, Fast Retailing says that the commitment “underlines its ongoing commitment to ensuring worker health and…
LOS ANGELES – Sportswear giant Nike is facing a lawsuit after laboratory analysis of an Air Jordan duffle bag found its water-resistant coating contained PFAS. The Ecological Alliance consumer group is suing the company because the bag did not carry…
LAMESA – The Textile Exchange industry body has released the first draft of its plans to move its material-specific certificates towards a single unified standard. The non-profit, which began a comprehensive revision of its standards framework in…
STOCKHOLM – Fashion brand H&M has beaten off a proposed class action in the US by two shoppers who claimed the fast fashion company misled them and others about the sustainability of its 'Conscious Choice' fashion line. US District Court Judge…
WASHINGTON – The animal rights organisation PETA has submitted a formal complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) and Responsible Animal Fibre standards that are controlled by US-based not-for-profit…
BRUSSELS - Member states of the European Union are reportedly poised to back calls for a ban on the destruction of unsold clothing to reduce the amount of waste produced by the fashion and textiles industry. Several leading brands and retailers have…
BRUSSELS - The European Parliament has comprehensively backed proposals to restrict companies from greenwashing and encourage them to make more durable and sustainable products. By 544 votes to 18, and 17 abstentions, a plenary session of the…
LOS ANGELES – US apparel brand Outerknown had joined the small number of apparel brands to have achieved Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) status for products. ROC status means a garment was made with organic cotton from farms working towards the…
GENEVA – Better Cotton has launched its new Chain of Custody standard that will offer both mass balance and physical chain of custody (CoC) models to support the need for more traceable cotton. Version 1.0 of the new CoC standard – which replaces…
AMSTERDAM - The Pakistan Accord, an extension of Bangladesh's 2021 International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry, now has 54 signatories. Hugo Boss, Solo Invest, Uhlsport, and Kmart Australia became the latest…
NEW DHELI - The Life and Building Safety (LABS) Initiative has launched a platform aimed at promoting safety and sustainable development in the apparel and footwear industry in India. The Platform for Safety in Apparel and Footwear Industry (PSAFI)…
METZAINGEN – Fashion brand Hugo Boss has signed the Pakistan Accord, and joins the likes of Bestseller, C&A, H&M, and Inditex in a legally binding commitment to garment worker safety. The brand says it will, "provide funds to support the successful…
FRANKFURT - A trade union and two NGOs have filed the first complaint under Germany's new Supply Chain Act against retail giants Amazon and IKEA over garment factory safety in Bangladesh. The National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) in Bangladesh…
BRUSSELS – MEPs have today adopted recommendations to ensure that textiles sold on the EU market are produced in a circular and more ‘sustainable’ way and meet human, social, and labour rights during their production. The vote in favour of moving…
BRUSSELS - European Union (EU) legislation to make companies liable for human rights and environmental issues in their supply chains look set to apply to more companies - but later - than originally envisaged. That was the outcome of a compromise…
BRUSSELS - Circularity efforts in the textile industry are more effective when they are local to textile collection, according to a new report from the RREUSE network. RREUSE, an international network of social enterprises active in circularity, is…
WASHINGTON DC - Fears of being accused of greenwashing are making fashion brands and retailers reluctant to share environmental information with consumers, according to the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA). In its formal response to…
GENEVA – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), which bills itself as the world’s leading sustainability initiative for cotton, will take a more local, farmer-centric approach, according to the new updates it has made to its Principles & Criteria…
WASHINGTON DC– New legislation is needed to address the mountain of textile waste generated by the fashion industry, according to a new report from the American Circular Textiles (ACT) coalition. Specifically, the report calls for existing extended…
BRUSSELS – One year after welcoming the launch of the European Commission’s vision for a more sustainable and circular textile industry, trade body Euratex says that while it remains cautiously optimistic, there are some ‘important pitfalls’ on the…
LONDON – Students at the London College of Fashion have worked with Sri Lankan handloom textiles manufacturer Selyn and technology specialist PaperTale Sweden on a multidisciplinary project to engage consumers with supply chains. In the latest stage…
ARTEIXO - Spanish fashion giant Inditex, which owns Zara, has stopped using its 'Join Life' consumer-facing sustainability label from garments, the company has revealed in its latest annual report. Inditex says that the label, which denotes that a…
BEIJING - Exports to the US from the Xinjiang region of China are reportedly down by 90% since the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act (UFLPA) came into effect last June. They crashed to US$497,440 in February, the first time on record they fell…
BRUSSELS - A coalition of environmental groups and trade bodies is urging the European Union (EU) to close a "gaping loophole" in proposed legislation designed to make products more sustainable. It is concerned that the EU's proposed Regulation on…
LONDON - Waste charity WRAP has today produced two new reports containing its recommendations to the British government on how best to reduce waste and carbon emissions from the fashion and textiles industry. The initiative says the UK should…
BRUSSELS - The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has expressed disappointment with the European Commission's newly published plan to combat greenwashing which it says "falls short" of its target. The SAC is particularly concerned that the European…
BRUSSELS - The European Commission has published proposals to protect consumers from greenwashing including restrictions on new environmental labels, and requirements for green claims to be backed by scientific evidence. A draft version of the…
AMSTERDAM - The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has launched a new membership model to encourage more companies to include sustainability as part of their business. The new 'candidate' membership, for companies with a revenue of over USD$100…
SINGAPORE - Textile innovation company Circular Systems has joined forces with traceable fibre technology specialist FibreTrace, to implement physical traceability technology into Texloop recycled cotton on a global scale. Texloop is the global…
WASHINGTON DC - Nearly US$30 million worth of US fashion imports have been stopped for forced labour inspections since the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) came into effect last June, according to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A…
STUTTGART – The latest version of the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has been released today and includes new requirements to conduct risk-based due diligence on certified entities with a broader human rights-focused approach and now…
LONDON - Activist investment platform Tulipshare has sent an open letter to Nike expressing concern about the sportswear brand's alleged failure to respond to queries about forced labour risks. Tulipshare, a long-term shareholder in Nike, says it…
AMSTERDAM – The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) will launch a ‘textile and apparel standard’ to boost sustainability reporting by clothing, footwear, fabrics and other textile manufacturers and retailers. The GRI says the new move aims to address…
BÖNNIGHEIM – Hohenstein has launched a new standardised test method that combines the analyses of textile fibre release, together with details on their biodegradability and ecotoxicity. Working with project partners Trigema, Freudenberg, DBL ITEX…
MIAMI – Intradeco Holdings, and its partner Recover Brands, have earned a Global Union Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) certification for their manufacturing of recycled t-shirts. The LCA certification was achieved as a result of a collaboration between…
LONDON - Britain's Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has revealed that the government currently has no plans to introduce an 'extended producer responsibility' (EPR) scheme for textiles. Thérèse Coffey was giving evidence to…
BANGLEDESH - Unions are calling for a big wage increase for garment workers in Bangladesh which has been hit by its highest rate of inflation in 11 years. Bangladeshi affiliates of the IndustriALL global union are demanding that the minimum wage…
WASHINGTON DC - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has extended a period of public consultation on a planned update to its official guidelines to help companies avoid accusations of greenwashing. The FTC's deadline for comments on the updated…
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