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Complaints lodged against brands over Myanmar

Complaints lodged against brands over Myanmar

YANGON - The IndustriALL globaI union has filed complaints against three leading brands – Next, New Yorker and LPP – over their continued sourcing from Myanmar despite "overwhelming evidence of continuous violations of workers’ rights" since the coup of ...

Cascale guide to California's climate laws

Cascale guide to California's climate laws

AMSTERDAM - Cascale, formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, and its technology partner Worldly, have published a new guide to help fashion companies comply with California's new climate laws. The Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and the ...

NGOs launch guide to improving EU CSDDD

NGOs launch guide to improving EU CSDDD

BRUSSELS - The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), which works for better pay and conditions for the world's garment workers, has linked up with eight other NGOs to publish a new guide to the European Union's (EU) Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). It ...

Ecotextile News e-bulletin

Wednesday 23 December 2015

Cotton Inc

MCL Global

Season's Greetings to our readers

As we close down for the Christmas period we'd like to extend 'Season's Greetings' to all of our readers, wish everyone all the very best for 2016 and as usual at this time of year, we can reveal our top five 'most read' stories in the last 12 months.

Südwolle launches wool plasma treatment

The German wool and worsted yarn spinner, Südwolle Group, has officially launched a new Plasma-based technology for treating wool fibres.

Apparel brands release industry RSL

A group of leading global apparel brands, including adidas, C&A, H&M, Hugo Boss, Levi Strauss, Nike and Puma have released a newly developed Restricted Substances List (RSL).

1,000s of Bangladesh factories operating "in the shadows"

A new US report claims almost three million garment workers in Bangladesh continue to be excluded from any international safety-improvement initiatives, with thousands of factories still operating "in the shadows."

Invitation to purchase assets

The Bowra Group is seeking offers to purchase the assets of Crailar or to make an investment in the company to allow it to achieve profitable production as an alternative to a sale of assets.

Assets for sale include:

* Intellectual property consisting of patents, trademarks, and proprietary knowledge

* Inventory of fibre products and equipment for production of fibre products located in South Carolina, USA

* Fibre supply agreements

The deadline to submit offers is 5 January 2016.

CAREERS IN TEXTILES - NEW JOB VACANCIES

NEXT - Assistant Textile Chemical and Restricted Substance Co-ordinator

Working in the Product Legislation Team you'll help to ensure Next are complying with all UK, European and global legislation relating to chemicals and restricted substances.

BOLT THREADS - Lead Scientist/Engineer - Fibre Spinning

Bolt Threads is looking for a hands-on scientist or engineer to play a key role on a multidisciplinary team leading process development, optimisation, and scale-up of its novel silk fibre spinning processes to manufacture novel silk protein fibres for the textiles and consumer apparel industry.

Textile industry companies and recruiters can also search Careers in Textiles for their latest talent. Make sure you're found. Upload your CV today.

Special offers on textile industry research

Multi-buy discounts are now available on MCL Global's sustainable textiles industry research insights, including Detox Deconstructed, Closing The Loop, and Sustainable Sourcing Map.

All packages also include a FREE one-year subscription (worth £199) to Textile Evolution (T.EVO), a new bi-monthly printed magazine to be launched in 2016, covering the global technical textiles and high performance apparel markets.

Waste to wardrobe

Efforts to 'close the loop' in the textile industry – a process whereby textile products, fabrics, and fibres are infinitely 'cycled' through connected loops – are rapidly gathering pace.

LATEST ISSUE: Ecotextile News Dec/Jan 2016

Planet Textiles 2016 teams up with SAC, Proposals by the European Commission to potentially ban a list of nearly 300 chemicals could have profound implications for the textile industry, argues Phil Patterson, New DWR research unveiled, Brands fall foul in China rankings, Greenpeace hints at strategy change, Further progress on closing the loop, Recycled polyester focus in Taiwan, Did Patagonia make right call on Ovis 21? Apparel industry bids to harmonise worker standards, Sustainable Apparel Coalition's Jason Kibbey on avoiding the compliance trap, Two minutes with... Stacy Flynn, CEO, Evrnu, Cotton Horizons - a regular feature on cotton and sustainability from cotton expert Simon Ferrigno, and all the latest news, insight, and analysis.

READ A PREVIOUS ISSUE OF ECOTEXTILE NEWS OR SUBSCRIBE HERE TODAY.

The Ecotextile News 2016 media kit is now available. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Ecotextile News e-bulletin

Wednesday 16 December 2015

Cotton Inc

Adidas HQ

Adidas praised for Chinese supplier progress

Adidas has been applauded by the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs' for its efforts to push its high environmental impact suppliers to publish emissions data in China.

Patagonia opposes TPP trade deal

Patagonia has become the first leading apparel brand to express opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the proposed free trade agreement between 12 countries including the United States, Vietnam, Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru and Singapore.

Online tool tracks textile supply chain

The challenges facing apparel businesses as they seek to gather robust, accurate information about their supply chains are addressed in a newly updated online solution that allows the sharing of information between organisations at every stage of the textile supply chain.

China mill shifts to BCI cotton

China's largest denim mill has announced it plans to produce all of its lightweight cotton denim fabrics from Better Cotton, the rapidly growing identity cotton programme.

Invitation to purchase assets

The Bowra Group is seeking offers to purchase the assets of Crailar or to make an investment in the company to allow it to achieve profitable production as an alternative to a sale of assets.

Assets for sale include:

* Intellectual property consisting of patents, trademarks, and proprietary knowledge

* Inventory of fibre products and equipment for production of fibre products located in South Carolina, USA

* Fibre supply agreements

The deadline to submit offers is 5 January 2016.

CAREERS IN TEXTILES - NEW JOB VACANCIES

NEXT - Assistant Textile Chemical and Restricted Substance Co-ordinator

Working in the Product Legislation Team you'll help to ensure Next are complying with all UK, European and global legislation relating to chemicals and restricted substances.

BOLT THREADS - Lead Scientist/Engineer - Fibre Spinning

Bolt Threads is looking for a hands-on scientist or engineer to play a key role on a multidisciplinary team leading process development, optimisation, and scale-up of its novel silk fibre spinning processes to manufacture novel silk protein fibres for the textiles and consumer apparel industry.

Textile industry companies and recruiters can also search Careers in Textiles for their latest talent. Make sure you're found. Upload your CV today.

Special offers on textile industry research

Multi-buy discounts are now available on MCL Global's sustainable textiles industry research insights, including Detox Deconstructed, Closing The Loop, and Sustainable Sourcing Map.

All packages also include a FREE one-year subscription (worth £199) to Textile Evolution (T.EVO), a new bi-monthly printed magazine to be launched in 2016, covering the global technical textiles and high performance apparel markets.

Spain to stage European Outdoor Summit

The European Outdoor Group has announced that the fourth European Outdoor Summit will take place from 29 – 30 September 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.

LATEST ISSUE: Ecotextile News Dec/Jan 2016

Planet Textiles 2016 teams up with SAC, Proposals by the European Commission to potentially ban a list of nearly 300 chemicals could have profound implications for the textile industry, argues Phil Patterson, New DWR research unveiled, Brands fall foul in China rankings, Greenpeace hints at strategy change, Further progress on closing the loop, Recycled polyester focus in Taiwan, Did Patagonia make right call on Ovis 21? Apparel industry bids to harmonise worker standards, Sustainable Apparel Coalition's Jason Kibbey on avoiding the compliance trap, Two minutes with... Stacy Flynn, CEO, Evrnu, Cotton Horizons - a regular feature on cotton and sustainability from cotton expert Simon Ferrigno, and all the latest news, insight, and analysis.

READ A PREVIOUS ISSUE OF ECOTEXTILE NEWS OR SUBSCRIBE HERE TODAY.

The Ecotextile News 2016 media kit is now available. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Ecotextile News e-bulletin

Wednesday 9 December 2015

Cotton Inc

Vietnam

Could Vietnam become China's "technology landfill?"

Vietnam's main textile trade body says it expects the country's garment and textile exports to expand by more than 10 per cent per annum between now and 2020, with the industry expected to generate revenues of US$50 billion by 2020.

Consumers want to know 'story' of their clothing

Customers are increasingly interested in the 'story' of their clothing according to two of the world's leading textile and apparel retailers interviewed at a recent cotton conference in India.

Adidas 3D printed footwear from oceanic plastic

Sportswear giant adidas has revealed a new concept in footwear design, which has a 3D-printed shoe midsole made with recycled polyester and discarded plastic gill net content recovered from the sea.

Research supports energy tax on textile firms

Analysis of data from 137 textile firms in China's Jiangsu province over a 12-month period strongly indicates that environmental efficiency has a positive impact on output efficiency in the textile industry because environmentally friendly practices reduce businesses costs through reduced inputs – most notably energy.

Invitation to purchase assets

The Bowra Group is seeking offers to purchase the assets of Crailar or to make an investment in the company to allow it to achieve profitable production as an alternative to a sale of assets.

Assets for sale include:

* Intellectual property consisting of patents, trademarks, and proprietary knowledge

* Inventory of fibre products and equipment for production of fibre products located in South Carolina, USA

* Fibre supply agreements

The deadline to submit offers is 5 January 2016.

CAREERS IN TEXTILES - NEW JOB VACANCIES

NEXT - Assistant Textile Chemical and Restricted Substance Co-ordinator

Working in the Product Legislation Team you'll help to ensure Next are complying with all UK, European and global legislation relating to chemicals and restricted substances.

BOLT THREADS - Lead Scientist/Engineer - Fibre Spinning

Bolt Threads is looking for a hands-on scientist or engineer to play a key role on a multidisciplinary team leading process development, optimisation, and scale-up of its novel silk fibre spinning processes to manufacture novel silk protein fibres for the textiles and consumer apparel industry.

Textile industry companies and recruiters can also search Careers in Textiles for their latest talent. Make sure you're found. Upload your CV today.

Special offers on textile industry research

Multi-buy discounts are now available on MCL Global's sustainable textiles industry research insights, including Detox Deconstructed, Closing The Loop, and Sustainable Sourcing Map.

All packages also include a FREE one-year subscription (worth £199) to Textile Evolution (T.EVO), a new bi-monthly printed magazine to be launched in 2016, covering the global technical textiles and high performance apparel markets.

Intertek launches chemical screening service

Inspection and testing organisation, Intertek has launched a new service designed to help clients detect the presence of restricted substances in chemicals and auxiliaries used in the textile, apparel and footwear manufacturing process.

NEW ISSUE: Ecotextile News Dec/Jan 2016

Planet Textiles 2016 teams up with SAC, Proposals by the European Commission to potentially ban a list of nearly 300 chemicals could have profound implications for the textile industry, argues Phil Patterson, New DWR research unveiled, Brands fall foul in China rankings, Greenpeace hints at strategy change, Further progress on closing the loop, Recycled polyester focus in Taiwan, Did Patagonia make right call on Ovis 21? Apparel industry bids to harmonise worker standards, Sustainable Apparel Coalition's Jason Kibbey on avoiding the compliance trap, Two minutes with... Stacy Flynn, CEO, Evrnu, Cotton Horizons - a regular feature on cotton and sustainability from cotton expert Simon Ferrigno, and all the latest news, insight, and analysis.

READ A PREVIOUS ISSUE OF ECOTEXTILE NEWS OR SUBSCRIBE HERE TODAY.

The Ecotextile News 2016 media kit is now available. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Ecotextile News e-bulletin

Wednesday 2 December 2015

Cotton Inc

Textile to fibre coloured powder

Dyestuffs reclaimed from textile scraps

Producing textile colorants derived from recycled clothing and second-hand fibrous materials is what one Italian textile chemical company claims to have done with its new range of finely powdered coloured cotton derived from textile waste.

Colombia develops organic cotton production

Organic cotton is now being grown in Colombia for the first time thanks to a pioneering project initiated by German company, La Siesta, which has been manufacturing hammocks using organic cotton since 2008.

Kapok fibre wins eco-award

Chinese textile brand, Flocus, has been awarded an eco-award from Performance Days in recognition of its work on developing a new method for processing the natural fibre, kapok, a cellulose fibre found in the dried fruit of the kapok tree.

Study says Rana Plaza 'didn't damage apparel brands'

Research from the US which examined the stock market performance of 39 publicly traded global apparel retailers in the immediate wake of the Rana Plaza disaster found the economic impact on the businesses was "insignificant."

DyStar launches process optimisation system

Sustainable textile auxiliaries and colorants supplier, Dystar, has launched a newly developed, internet-based tool for product selection and process optimisation in the dyeing process called 'eliot'.

NEW JOB VACANCY - TECHNICAL DYER

WOOLTEX UK LTD.

UK textile manufacturer Wooltex are looking for a technical dyer with several years practical experience of dyeing wool and polyester yarns, following a multi-million pound investment in a new dyeing and finishing facility.

Find out more and apply today at Careers in Textiles.

Textile industry companies and recruiters can search Careers in Textiles for their latest talent. Make sure you're found. Upload your CV today.

Special offers on textile industry research

Multi-buy discounts are now available on MCL Global's sustainable textiles industry research insights, including Detox Deconstructed, Closing The Loop, and Sustainable Sourcing Map.

All packages also include a FREE one-year subscription (worth £199) to Textile Evolution (T.EVO), a new bi-monthly printed magazine to be launched in 2016, covering the global technical textiles and high performance apparel markets.

Green light for UK textile re-shoring project

A multi-million pound investment will see a significant cotton spinning enterprise established in Greater Manchester, a former textile manufacturing heartland in the United Kingdom.

NEW ISSUE: Ecotextile News Dec/Jan 2016

Planet Textiles 2016 teams up with SAC, Proposals by the European Commission to potentially ban a list of nearly 300 chemicals could have profound implications for the textile industry, argues Phil Patterson, New DWR research unveiled, Brands fall foul in China rankings, Greenpeace hints at strategy change, Further progress on closing the loop, Recycled polyester focus in Taiwan, Did Patagonia make right call on Ovis 21? Apparel industry bids to harmonise worker standards, Sustainable Apparel Coalition's Jason Kibbey on avoiding the compliance trap, Two minutes with... Stacy Flynn, CEO, Evrnu, Cotton Horizons - a regular feature on cotton and sustainability from cotton expert Simon Ferrigno, and all the latest news, insight, and analysis.

READ A PREVIOUS ISSUE OF ECOTEXTILE NEWS OR SUBSCRIBE HERE TODAY.

The Ecotextile News 2016 media kit is now available. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Ecotextile News e-bulletin

Wednesday 24 December 2014

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MCL Global

Season’s Greetings to our readers

As we close down for the Christmas period we’d like to extend 'Season's Greetings' to all of our readers, wish everyone all the very best for 2015 and as usual at this time of year, we can reveal our top five 'most read' stories in the last 12 months.

Report slams Thai garment manufacture

A new report on garment manufacture in Thailand suggests that the migrant workers who carry out the majority of the work in the sector are completely in the dark about the brands they are producing for.

Best practice for sustainability claims

Global sustainability standards association the ISEAL Alliance is to publish a new best practice guide for sustainability claims and labelling.

Is your garment sourcing sustainable?

Do textile manufacturers in the countries which your business sources from adhere to acceptable environmental and social standards? Does your business face any broader economic and political risks in the countries from which it sources?

US tightens textile chemicals regulations

The US Environmental Protection Agency has taken steps to tighten up regulations around a number of chemicals used in textile manufacturing, including nine benzidine-based dyes and DnPP, a phthalate, which is used in PVC plastics.

CAREERS IN TEXTILES - NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Careers in Textiles

GOTS - EU REPRESENTATIVE (BRANDS) - EUROPE

KERING - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST - FRANCE

PUMA - CHEMICAL ENGINEER, ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS - GERMANY

Register as a jobseeker or get in touch to advertise your vacancy at Careers in Textiles.

Vietnam report highlights safety issues

The latest report by Better Work Vietnam (BWV) suggests that non-compliance with fire safety regulations remains "persistently high" in the country's rapidly expanding garment manufacturing sector.

Sponsorship opportunities for Planet Textiles

Position your brand alongside some of the leading industry figures and key executives involved in the global sustainable textile sector by sponsoring Planet Textiles.

Sponsorship packages include pre-show and on-site branding, as well as lead generation opportunities. We can build a package that suits your needs to help you deliver your vision, values and strategy on sustainability to our unique audience of key textile industry decision makers.

NEW ISSUE: Ecotextile News Dec/Jan 2015

Land grabs for cotton in Ethiopia, Textile Exchange sustainability conference report, Impact Economy Q&A, Extended producer responsibility for the apparel industry, Sustainability insight from Puma, New bio-based textile fibres technology, Pamela Ravasio discusses NGO activism versus progress, Sustainable Sourcing Map update, Vietnam gears up for growth, Environmental 'cost'of making a cotton t-shirt: US$3.75,Made-By ups ambitions with new tool, The Bigger Picture – EU requirements for apparel,and all the latest news, insight, analysis.

SUBSCRIBE HERE TODAY.

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