FRIEDRICHSHAFEN - The European Outdoor Group has released details of its annual summit which takes place in Friedrichshafen, Germany from 11-14 July. Highlights of the show include a seminar on ‘Understanding the Sustainable Consumer,’ where retailers and forecasters will look at look...
FRANKFURT – Tucked away at the rear of the Rudolf Chemie stand at last week’s Techtextil in Germany, a lab-scale yarn coating machine that uses water-based finishes and infra-red drying was being billed as a new way to produce high performance coated textiles using a minimal amount of...
HAMBURG – Baroness Lola Young, chair and founder of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, has joined the Aid by Trade Foundation’s board of trustees, whose Cotton made in Africa initiative aims to improve the lives of cotton farmers and their fa...
New ZDHC roadmap aims develop Collaboration key to tackle sustainability issues Nylon biopolymer creates new interest Using technology to go sustainable Copenhagen sustainable fabrics fair postponed Muji to use natural dyes in Cambodia Organic growers claim ‘partial victory’ v Monsant...
WASHINGTON – A bid by a group of organic seed growers to pre-emptively sue GM giant Monsanto to try gain protection against patent infringement should they ever become contaminated by Monsanto's GM seed has once again been turned down by the US courts. However, Organic Seed Growers & ...
New ZDHC roadmap aims develop Collaboration key to tackle sustainability issues Nylon biopolymer creates new interest Using technology to go sustainable Copenhagen sustainable fabrics fair postponed Bluesign approved Patagonia baselayer Oeko-Tex sustainability award winners Al Gore ta...
ZURICH – Oeko-Tex has announced the winners of its sustainability awards, with Lenzing, Sun Hing Industries, Mattes & Ammann, YKK Corporation and Century Rayon all winning individual categories for distinguishing themselves, “by their special commitment to sustainability.”
LONDON – Former US Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Al Gore held up Marks and Spencer’s Plan A sustainability initiatives as an aspirational example to other retailers as at its sixth Plan A Conference yesterday, where more than 1200 delegates heard new proposals from M&S, ...
New ZDHC roadmap aims develop Collaboration key to tackle sustainability issues Greenwashing fear of sustainable marketing Marks and Spencer Plan A progress Nylon biopolymer creates new interest Greenpeace slams latest ZDHC Roadmap A STeP towards transparency? SAC launches interactive...
FRANKFURT – At an awards presentation in Frankfurt this week, Oeko-Tex, revealed further details of its new STeP (Sustainable Textile Production) certification system for textile manufacturers that will replace the Oeko-Tex Standard 1000 environmental standard. Ecotextile News finds o...
New ZDHC roadmap aims develop Collaboration key to tackle sustainability issues Greenwashing fear of sustainable marketing Marks and Spencer Plan A progress Nylon biopolymer creates new interest Greenpeace slams latest ZDHC Roadmap A STeP towards transparency? SAC launches interactive...
Alternative textile fibres at Techtextil Adidas hits 1 million yards of CO2 dyed fabric Greenwashing fear of sustainable marketing Collaboration key to tackle sustainability issues Sustainable polyester compound waste recycling Baltex showcases recycled spacer fabrics New ZDHC roadmap...
LONDON – The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Group, formed of leading retailers including Adidas, Inditex, Jack Wolfskin and Nike, has today released a new updated version of its Joint Roadmap which outlines the coalition’s plans to achieve zero discharge of hazardous che...
FRANKFURT - Three leading German technology companies used Techtextil to outline how smart technology can be used to address key sustainability issues facing the textiles industry as part of the VDMA Blue Competence Sustainability Initiative. The initiative garners expertise from Germ...
Alternative textile fibres at Techtextil Adidas hits 1 million yards of CO2 dyed fabric Greenwashing fear of sustainable marketing Sustainable polyester compound waste recycling Marks and Spencer Plan A progress Using technology to go sustainable Copenhagen sustainable fabrics fair po...
BERGAMO– The Radici Group has reported growing interest in its nylon fibre yarns produced with biopolymers derived from castor oil plants. Originally produced as staple fibres only, the company has now developed a new continuous filament yarn derived from the same renewable source. Jo...
Alternative textile fibres at Techtextil Adidas hits 1 million yards of CO2 dyed fabric Timberland boosts use of eco-textiles Eco-denim factory plans Walmart fined US$81.6m for waste offences Collaboration key to tackle sustainability issues Textiles coloured with sand-like particles ...
Alternative textile fibres at Techtextil Adidas hits 1 million yards of CO2 dyed fabric Timberland boosts use of eco-textiles Eco-denim factory plans Walmart fined US$81.6m for waste offences Greenwashing fear of sustainable marketing Marks and Spencer Plan A progress Sustainable poly...
LONDON - Marks and Spencer (M&S) has today published its latest Plan A report which highlights progress with it 180 sustainability commitments, and includes how close the retailer is to achieving 2015 targets on sustainably sourced cotton, products certified as Plan A quality, and bei...
Paris reveals shades of green denim Alternative textile fibres at Techtextil Adidas hits 1 million yards of CO2 dyed fabric Timberland boosts use of eco-textiles Eco-denim factory plans Sustainable polyester compound waste recycling Sustainability focus at Intertextile Shanghai Radici...
Paris reveals shades of green denim Alternative textile fibres at Techtextil Adidas hits 1 million yards of CO2 dyed fabric Timberland boosts use of eco-textiles Eco-denim factory plans Sustainable polyester compound waste recycling Sustainability focus at Intertextile Shanghai Radici...
Paris reveals shades of green denim Timberland boosts use of eco-textiles Alternative textile fibres at Techtextil Walmart fined US$81.6m for waste offences Eco-denim factory plans Radici showcases new yarns at Techtextil Denim mill prospers by going green Adidas hits 1 million yards ...
Paris reveals shades of green denim Timberland boosts use of eco-textiles Alternative textile fibres at Techtextil Walmart fined US$81.6m for waste offences Eco-denim factory plans Radici showcases new yarns at Techtextil Denim mill prospers by going green Adidas hits 1 million yards ...
Paris reveals shades of green denim Walmart fined US$81.6m for waste offences Timberland boosts use of eco-textiles Responsible Source award for Unifi Eco-denim factory plans Adidas hits 1 million yards of CO2 dyed fabric Alternative textile fibres at Techtextil Timberland boosts use ...
Paris reveals shades of green denim Planet Textiles adds high profile speakers “Invisible hand” not enough to stabilise OC market Eco-costs threaten small suppliers H&M remains committed to Bangladesh Timberland boosts use of eco-textiles Eco-denim factory plans CSR reporting stuck in...
LONDON – CSR reporting is broken and stuck in the 1990s, and far too many businesses treat it as a tick-box exercise rather than trying to shed genuine light on their sustainability activities. That’s the damning verdict of an in-depth investigation into the issue by Ecotextile News c...
BENTONVILLE – Walmart has been fined nearly US$82 million after pleading guilty to dumping hazardous waste, including bleach and fertilizer, in the US several years ago. A decade-long investigation uncovered the illegal handling and disposing of hazardous waste at Walmart's US retail ...
New water and stain repellents for textiles Eco-costs threaten small suppliers Planet Textiles adds high profile speakers “Invisible hand” not enough to stabilise OC market H&M remains committed to Bangladesh Responsible Source award for Unifi Paris reveals shades of green denim EU Fa...
Indigo-free denim knits New water and stain repellents for textiles Bluesign revises criteria – adds new partners Eco-costs threaten small suppliers Planet Textiles adds high profile speakers Paris reveals shades of green denim EU Fairtrade cotton awards H&M remains committed to Bangl...
