Ecotextile News Bulletin 02.09.2020
Wednesday, 2nd September 2020
New Fashion Conveners coalition to drive industry forward
GLOBAL – A new coalition headed up by leading organisations across the fashion and textile industries has been created in a bid to align agendas, drive improvements on the sustainability front and to reduce duplication of effort.
Called the ‘Fashion Conveners’, it comprises the Apparel...
Timberland targets circularity, net positivity by 2030
STRATHAM – Fashion brand Timberland has outlined the bold new environmental target of becoming carbon negative by 2030.
The US firm says a two-pronged approach will be adopted to achieve this,...
Progress on infinitely recyclable polymers
COLORADO – Research on recyclable plastics is gaining further momentum with the publication of a new study which claims to have developed a ‘new’ generation of plastic that can be recycled over...
Criticisms mount against Boohoo inquiry
LEICESTER - The Labour Behind the Label initiative has added its voice to criticism of Boohoo's QC-led inquiry into allegations of workers' rights abuses in its UK supply chain.
It comes after...
USA joins MacArthur Foundation’s Plastics Pact network
FALLS CHURCH – The mission-statement of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global Plastics Pact has been significantly strengthened with the launch of a new U.S. Plastics Pact in the States.
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US organisations call for WRO on Xinjiang cotton
XINJIANG – A group of human and labour rights organisations in the United States have filed a formal petition with the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), urging it to issue a regional withhold release order (WRO) on all cotton-made goods linked to the Xinjiang region of China, where mounting evidence...
Fashion emissions to 'double Paris limit by 2030'
COPENHAGAN - The global fashion industry will emit carbon emissions equivalent to double the Paris Agreement limit by 2030 unless drastic action is taken, according to a new report.
The study, entitled Fashion on Climate, from the Global Fashion Agenda and consultants McKinsey & Co, says...
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