| Wages Prevail over Safety Standards for Global Apparel Workers, Finds Cornell Study |
Workers Rights |
Wages |
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| Prague’s Clothing Bank Touches Lives of the Needy, Stops Garments from Going Waste |
Going Circular |
Czech Republic |
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| SAC, Fashion Charter Open Public Consultation on Guidance for Scope 3 Measurements |
Climate Action |
Scope 3 Guidance |
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| Textile Exchange Releases New Definition of 'Leather' |
Business of Leather |
Definition |
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| UNEP, GFA Launch Multi-Stakeholder Project on Existing Industry Aligned Targets |
COP27 UPDATES |
Industry Alignment |
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| Circular Bioeconomy Alliance, LVMH to Launch Sustainable Cotton Project in Chad |
COP27 UPDATES |
Africa Project |
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| Egypt to Showcase 'Green Fashion' Startup that Provides Livelihood to Marginalised Women and Upcycles Cutoffs |
COP27 UPDATES |
Egypt |
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| UNEP Releases its Sustainable Fashion Communication Strategy; Underlines Regional Nuance and Localised Approach |
Fashion Communications |
UNEP Strategy |
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| Textile Exchange Launches Guide to Tackle Integrity Issues in Organic Cotton Sector |
Going Organic |
Credibility Crisis |
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| Court Orders Zheng Yong Swaziland to Deduct and Remit Union Dues |
Workers Rights |
Swaziland Union |
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| Nanollose Creates First Set of Garments with Tree-Free Rayon |
Fibre Innovation |
Nullarbor |
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| UN Releases Manual for Organisations to Conduct Context-Based Sustainability Assessments |
Sustainability Assessment |
UN Manual |
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| Oeko-Tex Launches Responsible Business Tool for Due Diligence Compliance |
Due Diligence |
Oeko-Tex Tool |
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| Protein Evolution Unveils New Technology that Infinitely Recycles Textile and Plastic Waste |
Recycling Textiles |
New Tech |
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| Traditional Shopping Makes Fashionable Comeback in Australia, More Return Items Bought In-Store than Online |
Consumer Trends |
Australia |
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| Global Fashion Agenda to Launch Film Series on BBC.com |
Fashion Communications |
Film Series |
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| Thirty Years On, Oeko-Tex Undertakes Rebranding Exercise |
Branding |
Oeko-Tex |
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| Last Year's Promises Belied: Top Fashion Brands Instead Have Increased Emissions in 2022 |
GHG Emissions |
Brand Progress |
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| ZDHC Ban on PFAS is Now Official, MRSL 3.0 Launched |
Toxic Fashion |
ZDHC MRSL |
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| Australia Escalates 8 Fashion & Textiles Manufacturing Skills on The National Skills Priority List |
Human Resources |
Australia List |
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| Recommerce Platform Recovo Secures Investment from Mango, to Participate in Startup Accelerator |
Investments |
Mango - Recovo |
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| As Consumers Move Online, Amazon Leads over Walmart in US Retail |
Retail Watch |
Amazon vs Walmart |
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| Over Half of People in UK Throw Wearable Clothes in Bin |
Consumer Trends |
UK Clothing |
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| PFAS Found in Tampons, Including Organic Ones |
Toxics Usage |
Tampons |
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| Home Laundering of Healthcare Uniforms Fraught with Danger of Cross-Contamination |
Workwear Upkeep |
Nurses Uniforms |
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| New Consortium to Drive Closed-Loop Sorting, and Recycling of Household Textile Waste Across EU |
Closing the Loop |
T-Rex Project |
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| Brands Will Gain Most, Manufacturers to Bear Burden from EU PEF Rules; Methodology Based on 'Theoretical' Product |
EU Textiles Strategy |
PEF Burden |
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| German Startup RITTEC Begins Recycling Mixed Textiles that Contain Polyester |
Going Circular |
Recycling Blends |
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| Recover, BEXIMCO to Set Up Bengladesh's Largest Recycling Facility |
Going Circular |
Bangladesh Facility |
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| Standalone PEF Will Give Limited Picture of Environmental Impact, Lead to Misleading Claims by Fashion Industry |
EU Textiles Strategy |
PEF Loopholes |
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| Big Brands Fail Durability Tests; Nike and North Face Are Worst, Finds Mexico’s Consumer Authority |
Durable Fashion |
Mexico Findings |
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| Tartan T-Shirts Get Climate Stripes in Scotland |
Climate Action |
Prickly Thistle |
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| Reviving the UK’s Textile Industry Could Help Replace Fast Fashion with Homegrown Clothes |
Country Overview |
United Kingdom |
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| As Shopping Move Towards Sustainable Practices, Research Finds Five Types of Fashion Consumers |
Consumer Watch |
Sustainability Trends |
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| Human Rights Due Diligence Should be Mandatory and Effective, Says New Alliance |
Due Diligence |
Alliance Appeal |
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| Global Change Awards Open to Turn the Fashion Industry Planet-Positive |
Innovation |
GCA Awards 2023 |
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| Brexit Reduced Overall EU-UK Goods Trade Flows by Almost One-Fifth, Finds Study |
Brexit Fallout |
Research Paper |
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| Better Cotton Goes Whole Hog on Traceability, to Introduce New Chain of Custody Model |
Cotton Standards |
Chain of Custody |
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| Double Take: CmiA Now Recognised by Green Button, Certified by Cradle to Cradle |
Sustainable Cotton |
CmiA |
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| New Guide to Assist Trade Unions in Developing Framework for 'Just Transition' Plans |
Workers Rights |
Just Transition |
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| South Africa Needs to Act Soon to Put Textiles Value Chain on Climate-Compatible Pathway |
Country Overview |
South Africa |
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| Ten Years On: Australian Charity Threads Through an Ethical Response to Fashion's Excess |
Going Circular |
Australia |
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| Under Cover: One-Fourth of Companies Have SBTs, But Keep Progress a Secret |
Zero Disclosure |
Science-Based Targets |
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| Seasonal Profitability for Better Cotton Farmers in India Up by $82 Per Acre |
Farmer Incomes |
Better Cotton |
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| Circular.Fashion to Develop DPP Prototype for Textiles |
Going Circular |
Digital Passports |
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| So Fur, So Good: Traceability System Furmark Nets 150 Manufacturers, Unveils Plans for Expansion |
Traceability |
Furmark |
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| ACT Member Brands Show Solid Baseline Results in First Accountability Report |
Supply Chains |
Accountability |
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| Ebay UK Launches Circular Fashion Innovator’s Fund with British Fashion Council |
Going Circular |
Busisiness Funds |
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| Jaipur Set to Hold Conference on Sustainability and Recycling |
SCTRC Jaipur 2022 |
Curtain-Raiser |
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| Alarming Levels of Hormone-Disrupting Chemical Found in Sports Brands of Nike, Fila, North Face and Others |
Toxic Fashion |
BPA Usage |
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