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US Cotton Trust Protocol doubles participation in one year

The US Cotton Trust Protocol has announced a new milestone for the 2021/22 crop, doubling the programme’s participation since its pilot last year. The initiative is focused on setting a new standard for sustainable cotton production which pushes for transparency and reducing environmental footprints. “During our second year we doubled the number...

May 20, 2022

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US Sen. Gillibrand introduces FABRIC Act to support garment workers

In support of American garment workers, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has announced the introduction of the Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC) Act, already garnering industry-wide support. The legislation comes as a response to the increasingly unsafe working conditions often endured by American workers,...

May 16, 2022

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Isko opens first UK product development centre

Denim textile manufacturer Isko has announced the opening of its first product development centre in the UK. It comes as part of the firm’s Creative Room Services (CRS) initiative, a division of Isko that is dedicated to streamlining simple solutions for denim production. Located in London, the facility will focus on sustainable washing and...

May 13, 2022

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PVH and Timberland discuss rapid supply chain digitisation at PI Apparel’s Supply Chain Forum

As the pandemic shifted the world’s way of working, people and brands were forced to move more and more online, accelerating the need for a revamped supply chain that pushed digitalisation to new extents. This topic was a prominent subject matter at PI Apparel’s Supply Chain Forum Europe, which was hosted in Amsterdam from April 28 to 29. As...

May 10, 2022

Business

Primark to expand sustainable cotton programme with new partnerships

Budget retailer Primark has announced plans to grow its Sustainable Cotton Programme, pledging to add 125,000 more smallholder farmers to the initiative. The expansion will take the total of participating farmers across India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to over 275,000 by the end of 2023, which the retailer said would increase the availability of...

May 6, 2022

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H&M expands collaboration with TextileGenesis

H&M Group is extending its partnership with H&M Foundation’s Global Change Award winner TextileGenesis to roll out its innovative traceability technology for all man-made cellulosics and recycled polyester, as it looks to enhance traceability and transparency in its supply chain. The fashion retail group first piloted TextileGenesis'...

May 4, 2022

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PI Apparel Supply Chain Forum returns in-person after almost three year hiatus

Like so many other fashion events, PI Apparel has made its return after a pandemic-induced hiatus that saw its in-person networking events readjust to a new digital format. Now, almost three years after its last event took place in 2019 in Italy, the organisation hosted its Supply Chain Forum Europe in Amsterdam, where it was initially set to...

Apr 29, 2022

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Higg raises 50 million US dollars in Series B

Higg, the sustainability insights platform for the consumer goods industry, has raised 50 million US dollars in a Series B funding round to accelerate supply chain sustainability. The funding was co-led by technology growth investor Silversmith Capital Partners and Tom Steyer and Katie Hall’s Galvanize Climate Solutions, along with participation...

Apr 28, 2022

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Shopperbird: inclusion and diversity for a more transparent fashion industry.

As years pass and climate change becomes a heating topic (that just touched 1.7° in 2022), shoppers are getting more aware of what they wear and where they buy it from. People have struggled, and still are, when it comes to trusting fashion brands. Greenwashing, inaction and manipulative marketing campaigns are a desperate call from leading...

Apr 25, 2022

Business

BASF’s e3 Sustainable Cotton program joins the UN’s Conscious Fashion and Lifestyle Network

The largest multinational chemical production company, BASF, has announced that its e3 sustainable cotton program will co-host a series of roundtable events as a part of the Conscious Fashion and Lifestyle Network, an online platform hosted by the United Nations for industry stakeholders, media, governments, and UN entities with the aim of...

Apr 19, 2022

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Levi’s head of logistics Europe on new distribution centre: "We’re making this investment to stay in Europe”

US fashion group Levi Strauss & Co. has laid the foundation for a new distribution centre in Dorsten, Germany. Time seems to have stood still in this little town while the machines in the excavation pit are working at full speed - because this is where the denim group is building its new European logistics hub. FashionUnited spoke to Torsten Mü...

Apr 13, 2022

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Boohoo opens manufacturing facility to be used as ‘centre of excellence’

Fast fashion retailer Boohoo Group has opened its new manufacturing facility in Leicester, which it said will be used as a “centre of excellence” to reintroduce local garment production back into the UK. The 23,000 square foot factory also includes office spaces and will house trainings on responsible sourcing and technical garment creation for...

Apr 12, 2022