Updates

In a bid to promote innovation in textile recycling and use research findings to address practical issues, the Singapore-based Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has set up a collaborative textile research centre.

In the first truly holistic approach to sustainability for the entire leather value chain, the Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) has come up with a dynamically linked Partner Profiles and QR Codes which directly link up an individual company’s own website, the SLF website and the company’s personal Transparency Dashboard. texfash.com reports.

An investigation by the Unearthed team of Greenpeace and Daily Mail newspaper have unravelled a scandal in Cambodia wherein off-cuts from Cambodian clothing factories that supply leading western brands, including Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors, are being used to fuel brick-kilns—exposing bonded workers to toxic fumes.

The Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has gone to court on two accounts of different entities trying to hitch on the khadi bandwagon.

Better Cotton has joined the Partners’ Conference of the Aird for Trade focused on building a more resilient cotton sector. Jointly organised by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Trade Centre (ITC), the event focused cotton’s contribution to mitigating climate change, reducing poverty, enhancing food security, and the creation of jobs, especially for women and youth.

Munich Fabric Start has unveiled a one-stop solution for holistic fashion sourcing at this year's event later this month. The new feature for international manufacturing, which will be running concurrently with Munich Fabric Start and Bluezone, is called ‘The Source’.

The textile trends of tomorrow were what about 1,900 fashion and textile enthusiasts, 98 exhibitors from 19 countries got to see at the recently concluded Première Vision New York (PVNY), the major sourcing hub for the North American market, according to the official post-event report.

A global, diversified provider of specialty chemicals serving the branded and performance textiles, packaging and paper, and coatings, adhesives, and sealants markets, Switzerland headquartered Archroma operates in over 100 countries. texfash.com talks business with Anjani Prasad, Managing Director and Head of the Archroma India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Business Cluster.

The official UK watchdog has expressed concern at the way three fast fashion chains are marketing their products to customers as eco-friendly, and said that it will examine environmental claims across the fashion retail sector to determine whether or not businesses are complying with consumer protection law.

The EU-funded New Cotton Project, already midway through, is all set to ride on Infinited Fiber’s Infinna fibre this autumn with commercial garment runs for Adidas and H&M.