| Supply Chains Account for 95% of All Emissions by Swedish Fashion Brands |
GHG Emissions |
Swedish Brands |
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| Let’s go to rural India where labour and land are available but people migrate for work |
Straight Talk |
Destination India |
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| Stakeholder approach: Shifting business models to make them more innovative and sustainable |
Development |
UNEP InTex |
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| Industry Groups Call for Law to Stop Sale of Dangerous Counterfeits Online |
Counterfeits |
IPR |
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| Testing Positive: Finnish Factory Spins a Climate Positive Textile Fibre |
Climate Impact |
Spinnova |
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| Importers of 'mitumba' should be held responsible for the waste this sector creates |
Circularity |
Kenya |
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| Goodbye colouring agents; nanoscopic particles from wood may soon be here |
Biomaterials |
Colours |
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| Africa-unbound: 40% of 'pre-loved' clothing is actually textile waste |
SecondHand |
Ground Truth |
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| We never wanted to copy-paste a European collection and recycling model |
Circularity |
Kenya |
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| Industry's order intake was good in early 2022, says VDMA chief |
Machinery |
VDMA |
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| Top European brands flunk on circularity; avg score 1.99 on 10 |
Circularity |
Fashion Index |
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| Indian Apparel: Caught Between an Old Policy and Need to Brand as Sourcing Destination |
Country Wrap |
Destination India |
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| German Fashion Sector Has 0.4% of Emissions. Reason: Only 5% Garments Made at Home |
Fashion Footprint |
Germany |
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| INSIDE LOOK: The Good, Bad and Ugly of India as Sourcing Hub |
Country Wrap |
Destination India |
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| Things Have Changed: D2C is the New Normal! |
Guest Column |
D2C |
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| Major Fashion Brands Launch Regenerative Fashion Manifesto |
Initiative |
Regenerative Fashion Manifesto |
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| New Bestseller project to trace 25 million garments this year |
Traceability |
Bestseller |
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| Game Has Changed, but India Not Playing Russian Roulette Yet |
Country Wrap |
Destination India |
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| Cleaning Up the Leather Supply Chain |
Guest Column |
Business of Leather |
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| India Has Left Behind Pandemic Blues, But China Still Far Ahead |
Country Wrap |
Destination India |
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| Certified Fabrics from ‘Preferred’ Mills |
Manmade Fibres |
Sorona |
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| Apparel Export Pie: India Still Looking for that Bigger Slice |
Country Wrap |
Destination India |
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| Cotton a risk crop, increasing pressure to certify, says Control Union |
Cotton Row |
Control Union |
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| Gujarat town gets Patagonia booster for handcrafted denim fabric |
Sourcing |
Handcrafted Denim |
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| Slow fashion: Saving the Planet with Style |
Fast Fashion |
Opinion |
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| UNCOVERED: If you are stylish, you are more likely to buy secondhand clothes |
SecondHand |
Research |
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| Nearshoring Delusion: Sourcing gets closer to US, but it’s Chinese companies setting up facilities in Mexico |
Sourcing |
Reshoring Index 2022 |
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| It's gonna get worse: WTO slashes trade growth to 3% |
World Trade |
Forecast 2022 |
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| ETI, Fair Wear disclose it all for transparent buying practices |
Buying Practices |
DISCLOSURES |
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| Kohl's, Walmart caught greenwashing; fined $5.5 million for marketing rayon products as bamboo |
Greenwashing |
Legal Action |
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| Consumers unaware most vegan leather made of PVC, PU, plastics |
In-Depth |
Leather Naturally |
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| EU Textiles Strategy to have domino effect on rest of world |
Wide Angle |
EU Textiles Strategy 2030 |
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| US Ports See Brief Slowdown, Imports Remain High, Surge Expected in Summer |
Supply Chains |
Shipping Slowdown |
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| Levi Strauss and Victoria's Secret eliminating known carcinogen; most apparel brands cut sorry figure |
Toxic Fashion |
Brand Rankings |
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| Consumers Key to Ending Fast Fashion in Europe |
Wide Angle |
EU Textiles Strategy 2030 |
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| The Earth is Not Sustainable, if People are Expendable |
Guest Column |
People & Planet |
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| Five Global Change Award winners for 2022 announced |
Innovation |
GCA Awards |
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| The rest of the world now needs to follow suit |
Wide Angle |
EU Textiles Strategy 2030 |
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| IPCC report calls for bio-textiles, wants cotton to give way to cellulose-based textiles |
Climate Crisis |
IPCC Report |
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| EU aims to increase transparency and sustainability in global trade |
Wide Angle |
EU Textiles Strategy 2030 |
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| Laudable, but with Some Shortcomings |
Wide Angle |
EU Textiles Strategy 2030 |
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| In a biZARA twist, Inditex goes with cudgels after one-woman biz |
Legal Wrangle |
Trademark |
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| Sustainable leather, yarn and paper—from bread-eating fungi |
Research |
Alternatives |
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| View Premium Selections returns from COVID-19 in June |
Munich Fabric Start |
Preview |
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| NIFT grad grabs Milan award for Imagining Sustainable Fashion |
Fashion Communications |
Award |
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| EU launches far-reaching strategy to crack down on fast fashion and textile waste |
Textile Strategy |
Announcement |
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| Where Down goes Up: Reducing Carbon Footprint |
Alt Fabrics |
Allied Feather + Down |
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| It is not easy to communicate responsibility values |
Fashion Communications |
CLASS |
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| New method recycles plastic waste into highly functional textile |
Circularity |
Plastic Waste |
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| From Naught to More |
From the Factory Floor |
Amutha's Story |
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