MARRAKESH – The clothing industry has contributed to disaster relief operations in Morocco, where it is now known that more than 2,900 people were killed in an earthquake in the High Atlas Mountains. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has issued an emergency appeal for 100 million Swiss francs ($112 …
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BERLIN: Online apparel retailer Zalando has introduced a private label line that was developed by its in-house Zign Studio and mostly uses recyclable and renewable materials. The Zign Studio line was created utilizing a fashion design “atelier” technique; it is essentially a condensed capsule collection that is focused on a single, overarching creative idea, in …
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LENZING: To increase the transparency of carbon emissions, Austrian fiber maker Lenzing has partnered with supply chain solutions provider Project44 to introduce a real-time maritime cargo tracker. ITohelp Lenzing’s customers meet their carbon emission goals, the tracker gives them access to Scope 3 carbon emission data that has been validated by the Global Logistics Emission …
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Maxim Textile Technology, based in Malaysia, is a fully integrated mill supplier that offers services along the whole textile value chain, including knitting, dyeing, printing, and fabric finishing. The business describes how OEKO-TEX STeP certification, in addition to having the OEKO-TEX Standard 100 accreditation, is helping it achieve its sustainability objectives. According to a press …
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SEATTLE: Through a joint development agreement, WL Gore & Associates and Arzeda will work together to create sustainable textiles using the latter’s protein design technology. To build wholly new proteins and enzymes, Arzeda blends a physics-based protein design methodology with artificial intelligence algorithms. The basic materials needed in industries like textiles, food, home care, and …
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As sustainability takes center stage, there is a paradigm shift taking place in the fashion business. A key industry in the fashion industry, textiles are changing to become more socially and environmentally responsible. The sustainable fashion textile business is poised to transform the way we approach style as consumers want more eco-friendly substitutes. Eco-friendly materials …
NEW YORK – The state of Victoria in Australia has announced a financial support package for Ethical Apparel Australia to advance the area’s sustainable apparel manufacturing industry. Manufacturers of textiles, apparel, and footwear are accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia to verify that strict guidelines, such as paying employees fairly and providing safe working conditions, are …
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SINGAPORE – Singapore FibreTrace, a provider of traceability technologies, and Alpine Group, a maker of garments, are working together on an initiative to speed up supply chain transparency in the fashion industry. Through a combination of digital and physical technology, the FibreTrace system is intended to give visibility into the travel of textile fibers. It …
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KARACHI: To encourage brands to join the Pakistan Accord, the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) has used the 11th anniversary of a fire in a Pakistani textile factory. In September 2012, a fire at the Ali Enterprises clothing factory in Karachi resulted in the deaths of over 250 workers, prompting calls for improved social audit measures …
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AMERICA – In August, key industry players gathered to discuss the prospects and challenges facing the sector in Pakistan. This was a significant step forward for the Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) initiative’s efforts to develop organic cotton cultivation methods in South Asia. Participants from a wide range of organizations, including brands, regional farm groups, NGOs …
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