Garment workers in Pakistan have been able to secure a wage raise after being on strike for almost a month. The wage win is signifcant, especially in the backdrop of rising inflation and the devastating floods that have wreaked havoc in the country.

The UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has finally released a damning report on human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The report has categorically blamed China for crackdown against Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.

The 36th International Cotton Conference will be embedded inside a Cotton Week. With the motto ‘Cotton Decoded’, the event will explore cotton research as well as a wide range of topics along the entire supply chain.

Sulphur content in some high-performance fabrics weakens them when exposed to moisture. This finding by researchers at the University of Alberta is expected to help manufacturers work towards a solution.

The Global Fashion Summit: Singapore Edition 2022 will be hosted in Singapore on 3 November 2022. The new edition in Southeast Asia is the first time that the event will be hosted outside of Copenhagen since its inception in 2009, the organisers have announced.

The three-day Munich Fabric Start event kicked off on Tuesday confirming its standing as one of the most important European fabric fairs and trend authority: full exhibition halls, exciting highlights and innovations, new areas and a large number of visitors comprising international buyers, designers and product managers.

A new app developed by the H&M Group and WWF in Cambodia will support garment and textile factories reduce their potential contribution to deforestation.

Garment and footwear workers are disproportionately affected by road accidents; a new project under the aegis of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Vision Zero Fund and Nike Inc aims to find out why and offer tools to improve safety.

Indian market regulator SEBI has suspended trading in cotton futures on MCX for a month. The trading will remain suspended to revise contract specifications in consultations with various stakeholders and also allow wider value-chain participation.

Come 14 September and the city of Dornbirn in west Austria will play host to the 61st edition of the Dornbirn-Global Fiber Congress (GFC) 2022 — a three-day showcase of fibre innovations and deep dive sessions on sustainability, circular economy, recycling, smart functional surfaces, nonwovens, apparel & sports.