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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

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

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 ...

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Wednesday 27 July 2016

SAC to expand Materials Sustainability Index
Textile material suppliers will now be able to submit apparel, footwear and home textiles material data into the Higg Index's Materials Sustainability Index (MSI), after the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) launched the MSI Contributor in a move aimed at expanding data around materials sustainability to inform design, development and sourcing decisions for SAC members.

Award for US organic cotton farmers

A group of farmers from the Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative (TOCMC) will receive the prestigious Organic Farmer of the Year Leadership Award from the Organic Trade Association.

Dystar to set up global innovation hub

Global textile dyestuffs supplier Dystar is setting up a new global innovation centre at the production site of DyStar Nanjing Colours Co which, among other things, is aimed at helping the company to provide products with a more beneficial environmental profile.

Indian textile business commits to ZDHC

Textile manufacturing business Arvind Limited and certification company TÜV Rheinland have announced a commitment to eliminating the use of hazardous chemicals across their supply chains by 2020.

Kering publishes natural capital findings

French luxury, sport and lifestyle brand group Kering has published its third environmental profit and loss (EP&L) report.

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Organic cotton production down 3.8 per cent

Global production of organic cotton declined 3.8 per cent from 2014 to 2015 according to new figures released by Textile Exchange in its 2016 Organic Cotton Market Report.

Information exchange on garment worker support

Delegates from the SMART Myanmar project met with women's community organisations and garment industry affiliates in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and garment industry affiliates to share best practices on outreach and educational programmes for garment workers.

LATEST ISSUE: Ecotextile News June/July 2016

Actions speak louder than words, emphasis on practical, real-life, innovative solutions in Copenhagen, Phil Patterson says it's not surprising we are witnessing a rise in the pooling of knowledge on textiles and environmental issues, Visitor numbers up at Performance Days, Re:newcell to build pilot plant for textile waste into pulp, Electro-chemical indigo, Award for nanocellulose dyeing research, Brands warned against Greenpeace's MRSL, 'Living wage' from clothing premium, US business produces 'plant-based polyester' shirts, Levi jeans made using post-consumer cotton waste, A German retailer withdrew from the German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles following the admission of Primark, New storm brewing for wool, Archroma leads sustainable denim pilot, H&M: smoke & mirrors? Cotton Horizons, and all the latest news, insight, and analysis.

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Wednesday 20 July 2016

Textile standards and labels guide now published
MCL News & Media has officially published its fifth edition of its unique, printed guidebook to global textile standards, labels and legislation. The guide is a definitive reference tool for apparel retailers, brands and other textile industry stakeholders who want to minimise the environmental and social impacts of their businesses.

Researchers test alternatives to fluorinated liquid repellents

New European Union backed research which compared conventional, fluorocarbon-based durable water and oil repellents (DWOR) with alternative, non-fluorinated solutions claims that alternatives such as silicon-based DWORs pose "no significant environmental hazard."

Brands respond to fashion revolution

American Apparel, Marimekko, Massimo Dutti, Pull & Bear and Zara are among more than 1,000 fashion brands and retailers that responded to Fashion Revolution's challenge to demonstrate their commitment to supply chain transparency.

Inditex deal with Lenzing to 'close the loop' on textiles

At its AGM, Pablo Isla, Inditex Group chairman and CEO revealed the Spanish retail giant has struck a deal with Tencel fibre supplier Lenzing to provide an initial 500 tonnes of textile waste from its operations to make "premium textile raw materials from textile waste."

New start for US flax fibre manufacturer

The intellectual property and production know-how of Crailar Technologies, the recently bankrupted North American-based flax fibre manufacturer, have been purchased by Crailar Fibre Technologies International.

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Senior Manager of Ethical Trade

zLabels is looking for somebody to work in its Ethical Trade team in Berlin, Germany, building strong co-operation with source field teams, vendors, suppliers and factories

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Major Ethiopia textile park targets apparel brands

The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, has inaugurated a major new 1.3 million square metre business park as part of the country's latest bid to draw international apparel brands to the fast-growing textile production hub.

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Brands react to Greenpeace reports

Outdoor brand Vaude has told Ecotextile News it is the "ethical obligation" of apparel businesses to phase out PFCs and other potentially harmful chemicals rather than waiting for government regulations to compel them to act.

NEW ISSUE: Ecotextile News June/July 2016

Actions speak louder than words, emphasis on practical, real-life, innovative solutions in Copenhagen, Phil Patterson says it's not surprising we are witnessing a rise in the pooling of knowledge on textiles and environmental issues, Visitor numbers up at Performance Days, Re:newcell to build pilot plant for textile waste into pulp, Electro-chemical indigo, Award for nanocellulose dyeing research, Brands warned against Greenpeace's MRSL, 'Living wage' from clothing premium, US business produces 'plant-based polyester' shirts, Levi jeans made using post-consumer cotton waste, A German retailer withdrew from the German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles following the admission of Primark, New storm brewing for wool, Archroma leads sustainable denim pilot, H&M: smoke & mirrors? Cotton Horizons, and all the latest news, insight, and analysis.

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Wednesday 13 July 2016

Greenpeace Detox slams Patagonia and Mammut
Greenpeace has released the results of air tests in the stores of outdoor brands, Mammut, The North Face, Norrona and Haglöfs which claim to show that concentrations of volatile PFCs "are up to 60 times higher in these stores than in an average enclosed room, and up to 1,000 times higher than in outside air."

ZDHC publishes draft wastewater guidelines

The issue of potentially hazardous chemicals in textile supply chains rises to the top of the agenda this week with the imminent publication of the latest Greenpeace report on the hazards associated with Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs).

C&A-led fund completes factory fire payments

The Tazreen Claims Administration Trust has completed compensation payments to the victims of the 2012 Tazreen Fashion fire which killed 103 workers in Bangladesh in 2012 and injured a further 174.

Inditex publishes wet processing suppliers

Inditex, parent company of Zara, has published a list of its wet processing units. Inditex's list notably includes direct and indirect wet processing units that have been contracted by direct suppliers.

Vaude extends PFC-free outdoor range

German outdoor brand Vaude has said 95 per cent of its products will be PFC-free for its spring/summer 2017 Collection following a series of tests with different materials to ensure the new alternatives meet its performance requirements.

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The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has an opportunity for a Membership Engagement Coordinator.

The role involves regular interaction with fashion retailers and brands and other commercial members of the BCI, essential for creating Better Cotton demand and generating related volume based fees.

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Mistra Future Fashion partners with economics institute

Mistra Future Fashion has announced that the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University has become a research partner and will provide policy and general guidelines on a more sustainable fashion industry.

Apparel sourcing at Texworld USA

Billed as the largest apparel sourcing event in North America, Texworld USA returns to New York this July.

Designers, merchandisers, sourcing professionals and garment buyers will have the opportunity to see apparel fabrics, trims and accessories for children's, women's and menswear, with showcased textiles including cotton, denim, linen and wool.

Texworld USA will be held 12-14 July 2016 at the Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street, New York.

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NEW ISSUE: Ecotextile News June/July 2016

Actions speak louder than words, emphasis on practical, real-life, innovative solutions in Copenhagen, Phil Patterson says it's not surprising we are witnessing a rise in the pooling of knowledge on textiles and environmental issues, Visitor numbers up at Performance Days, Re:newcell to build pilot plant for textile waste into pulp, Electro-chemical indigo, Award for nanocellulose dyeing research, Brands warned against Greenpeace's MRSL, 'Living wage' from clothing premium, US business produces 'plant-based polyester' shirts, Levi jeans made using post-consumer cotton waste, A German retailer withdrew from the German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles following the admission of Primark, New storm brewing for wool, Archroma leads sustainable denim pilot, H&M: smoke & mirrors? Cotton Horizons, and all the latest news, insight, and analysis.

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Wednesday 6 July 2016

Greenpeace sticks boot into ZDHC Group
The European Greenpeace has used its latest Detox 'Catwalk' to launch a strongly worded critique of the work of the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) group, claiming the ZDHC's list of chemicals is "inadequate," while also repeatedly describing the ZDHC's chemical elimination system as "flawed".

Gore to launch PFC-free outdoor range

Technical fabric brand W L Gore says it plans to launch a range of outdoor clothing using non-PFC-based DWR (Durable Water Repellency) technologies.

Dutch textile agreement gathers momentum

G-Star Raw, O'Neill Europe and C&A Netherlands are among the 57 textile brands and retailers which have now signed the Dutch Agreement on a Sustainable Garment and Textile Sector.

Greenpeace clarifies stance on ZDHC

Greenpeace has contacted Ecotextile News to clarify its position on the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) group following the article we published this week on the launch of the latest Detox Catwalk.

KappAhl increases sustainable fashion range

Leading Nordic fashion brand KappAhl, says it has increased the proportion of its sustainability labelled fashion range from 24 to 38 per cent over a 12 month period.

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Better Cotton Initiative

The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has an opportunity for a Membership Engagement Coordinator.

The role involves regular interaction with fashion retailers and brands and other commercial members of the BCI, essential for creating Better Cotton demand and generating related volume based fees.

Find out more and apply today at Careers in Textiles.

Sustainability drives R&D for Italian textile machinery

An increasingly stringent regulatory environment in the global textiles industry is driving innovation and R&D in Italy's textile machinery industry – that was the key message at this year's annual Italian textile machinery manufacturer's meeting where it was pointed out that advanced technologies contribute to more sustainable and innovative production processes.

Apparel sourcing at Texworld USA

Billed as the largest apparel sourcing event in North America, Texworld USA returns to New York this July.

Designers, merchandisers, sourcing professionals and garment buyers will have the opportunity to see apparel fabrics, trims and accessories for children's, women's and menswear, with showcased textiles including cotton, denim, linen and wool.

Texworld USA will be held 12-14 July 2016 at the Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street, New York.

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NEW ISSUE: Ecotextile News June/July 2016

Actions speak louder than words, emphasis on practical, real-life, innovative solutions in Copenhagen, Phil Patterson says it's not surprising we are witnessing a rise in the pooling of knowledge on textiles and environmental issues, Visitor numbers up at Performance Days, Re:newcell to build pilot plant for textile waste into pulp, Electro-chemical indigo, Award for nanocellulose dyeing research, Brands warned against Greenpeace's MRSL, 'Living wage' from clothing premium, US business produces 'plant-based polyester' shirts, Levi jeans made using post-consumer cotton waste, A German retailer withdrew from the German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles following the admission of Primark, New storm brewing for wool, Archroma leads sustainable denim pilot, H&M: smoke & mirrors? Cotton Horizons, 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 29 July 2015

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Sustainable plasma-treated machine washable wool

A new plasma-based easy-care treatment for machine-washable wool textiles, which avoids the use of chlorine-based chemicals for shrink-proofing is set to change early stage wool processing.

ZDHC releases chemical management tool

The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Group has released a new Chemical Management System (CMS) guidance manual aimed at helping textile factories, brands, retailers and suppliers to develop an in-house CMS.

Cotton report slams India's child labour stats

Around 60 per cent of cotton seed farm workers in India are under the age of 18 – a figure which is on the rise according to a new report published by the Stop Child Labour Coalition and the India Committee of the Netherlands.

Steep rise in garment factories in Cambodia

The number of garment and footwear factories in Cambodia increased from 528 in late 2013 to 640 in March 2015 – a 21 per cent rise – while exports are up by more than 10 per cent in the past 16 months.

Berghaus launches new green label

UK outdoor brand Berghaus has launched a new 'green' label which will include performance gear which has a reduced environmental impact.

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IWTO Congress goes Down Under

Next year's International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO) Congress will take place in Sydney, Australia.

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Brand collaboration key to 'closing the loop'

A system of closed loop textile recycling in the apparel industry will only happen if brands and retailers work together – that's the view of Nick Morley, associate director with research and consulting company Oakdene Hollins.

NEW ISSUE: Ecotextile News Aug/Sept 2015

Could we end up eating our textiles? Tone Tobiasson reports on the 'easy care' properties of modern textiles which could be causing unforseen problems in the oceanic environment, Legislators, laboratories, and lobbyists need to act collaboratively to restore credibility to chemical management argues Phil Patterson, A new resource productivity tool from Bluesign aims to help textile mills slash water, energy and chemical consumption, India takes hard line on polluters, Walmart refutes NGO allegations, RITE Group hits right note, Forest fibre support set to grow, EU resolution backs mandatory textile reporting, Accord head calls for RMG industry change, The Water Footprint Network enables the textile industry to see water is precious, Researchers question Bangladesh effulent treatment, Two minutes with...Frank Michel, executive director, ZDHC group, Cotton Horizons - a regular feature on cotton and sustainability from cotton expert Simon Ferrigno, and all the latest news, insight, and analysis.

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