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H&M’s evolving sourcing map speaks to global supply chain shifts

"When it comes to the global fashion supply chain, there’s no longer a status quo to buck." ...

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Shwepyithar Sun Rise Garment Factory workers protest for wage increase, negotiations still unresolved

"About 900 workers at the Sun Rise (Myanmar) Fashion garment factory in the Sadukan Industrial Zone, Shwe Pyi Thar Township, Yangon Region, have been protesting...

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Rrising heat in Delhi has caused widespread panic as a textile factory in Okhla burns to the ground
Apr 29 1 min read

Rrising heat in Delhi has caused widespread panic as a textile factory in Okhla burns to the ground

"A massive fire broke out at a textile factory in Okhla, Delhi. Nearby residents noticed heavy smoke billowing from inside the factory. Factory workers immediat...

Epic Group unveils US $100 million net-zero garment facility in Odisha
Apr 29 1 min read

Epic Group unveils US $100 million net-zero garment facility in Odisha

"Epic Group has opened its Trimetro Manufacturing Campus in Khordha, Odisha, a US $100 million garment facility, which will be India’s first fully net-zero carb...

Shahi Exports, Innovo Fiber scale tech for low-impact cotton processing
Apr 29 1 min read

Shahi Exports, Innovo Fiber scale tech for low-impact cotton processing

"India-based apparel manufacturer and exporter, Shahi Exports, has partnered with US-based Innovo Fiber LLC to scale the Fibre52 cotton pretreatment technology ...

How sustainable is United by Blue? Updated ethical brand review
Apr 29 1 min read

How sustainable is United by Blue? Updated ethical brand review

"United By Blue is an outdoor and lifestyle brand known for casual apparel, outerwear, bags, and everyday essentials. The brand has built its identity around en...

Program delivers path to 1.6 million tCo2e reduction for consumer goods manufacturers
Apr 29 1 min read

Program delivers path to 1.6 million tCo2e reduction for consumer goods manufacturers

"MCAP Graduation, At A Glance: 52 manufacturers graduated from MCAP in March 2026. 8 Cascale Brand and Retailer members are actively supporting their manufactur...

Shein touts supply chain wages amid scrutiny
Apr 29 1 min read

Shein touts supply chain wages amid scrutiny

"Ultra fast fashion giant claims most supply chain workers earn at least a local living wage in new study conducted with WRAP and Cascale" ...

New consumption patterns demand changes in business
Apr 29 1 min read

New consumption patterns demand changes in business

"At a time when secondhand goods and circularity are gaining importance, today's consumers are increasingly demanding transparency, purpose, and experience, for...

Accelerating Circularity launches new workshop targeting the key barrier to textile circularity: internal misalignment
Apr 29 1 min read

Accelerating Circularity launches new workshop targeting the key barrier to textile circularity: internal misalignment

"Accelerating Circularity today launched Textile-to-Textile Circularity Foundations, a two-day workshop developed from its industry programs to support cross-fu...

Open Supply Hub launches ‘OS Hub Spotlight’ with 10 founding partners
Apr 29 1 min read

Open Supply Hub launches ‘OS Hub Spotlight’ with 10 founding partners

"Open Supply Hub (OS Hub) has today announced the launch of OS Hub Spotlight — a significant expansion of its data offerings through a new suite of integration ...

Retex starts home collection of textile waste in Maia
Apr 29 1 min read

Retex starts home collection of textile waste in Maia

"The new textile circularity platform will launch with a pilot door-to-door collection service, currently only available in the municipality of Maia, with the a...

Researchers convert surplus wool into insulation
Apr 29 1 min read

Researchers convert surplus wool into insulation

"A project at the Hof University of Applied Sciences in Germany is developing sustainable textile panels using wool from regional production surpluses, intended...

Your 'recycled polyester' leggings are not as sustainable as you think
Apr 28 1 min read

Your 'recycled polyester' leggings are not as sustainable as you think

"Recycled polyester activewear and swimwear are now everywhere. Major global brands sell leggings, swimsuits and puffer jackets with labels that claim they're "...

Egypt welcomes more investments from Turkish apparel manufacturers
Apr 28 1 min read

Egypt welcomes more investments from Turkish apparel manufacturers

"Egypt’s Qantara West Industrial Zone is receiving more investments from its Turkish neighbors." ...

12 sustainable brands that prove you can be stylish and ethical at the same time
Apr 29 1 min read

12 sustainable brands that prove you can be stylish and ethical at the same time

"Over the last decade, sustainability has been a buzzword across the fashion industry. Shoppers have started asking tough questions about how clothing is produc...

Consensus-based recommendations to embrace sustainable luxury: a Delphi study
Apr 28 1 min read

Consensus-based recommendations to embrace sustainable luxury: a Delphi study

"Integrating sustainability into luxury practices presents unique challenges. Using a two-phase Delphi method, this study develops consensus-based recommendatio...

Mulberry launches circularity-focused capsule with British Pasture Leather
Apr 28 1 min read

Mulberry launches circularity-focused capsule with British Pasture Leather

"Mulberry has launched a special collection of accessories in a link-up with British Pasture Leather to mark 55 years of the luxury bags brand and five years of...

Li-Ning releases 2025 ESG report, showcasing “green sports” innovation on the global stage
Apr 26 1 min read

Li-Ning releases 2025 ESG report, showcasing “green sports” innovation on the global stage

"Chinese sportswear group Li-Ning has published its 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report, outlining progress across product innovation, green ...

Kiabi tests circularity: shifting focus from pilot projects to profit margins
Apr 29 1 min read

Kiabi tests circularity: shifting focus from pilot projects to profit margins

"The French company, having merged with Beebs and ventured into rental, repair, and resale, seeks to profit from redefined margins and demand, while platforms l...

Tmall ramps up Earth Day push with “Green Living” initiative to embed sustainability into everyday consumption
Apr 26 1 min read

Tmall ramps up Earth Day push with “Green Living” initiative to embed sustainability into everyday consumption

"As public awareness of environmental issues continues to grow, brands are increasingly challenged to move beyond one-off campaigns and embed sustainability int...

First-ever investigation into wool farm with ties to H&M group reveals extreme cruelty to sheep
Apr 27 1 min read

First-ever investigation into wool farm with ties to H&M group reveals extreme cruelty to sheep

"Just-released footage from the first-ever PETA Asia investigation into a NATIVA-certified wool operation in South Africa reveals rampant cruelty to and abuse o...

Tintoremus: one million round of funding, entry into El Corte Inglés and external know-how to grow
Apr 29 1 min read

Tintoremus: one million round of funding, entry into El Corte Inglés and external know-how to grow

"The Spanish company specializing in natural dyes for clothing has begun cultivation in Huesca and Kenya and has strengthened its workforce to begin exploring i...

Ecco launches shoe made from leather waste
Apr 29 1 min read

Ecco launches shoe made from leather waste

"Ecco and Spinnova bring a five-year leather by-product collaboration to market with the release of a limited-edition shoe" ...

Threads of accountability: a new era of legislative compliance
Apr 28 1 min read

Threads of accountability: a new era of legislative compliance

"Are you simply surfing the waves with your sustainability strategy, or is it the engine helping you “shape the ocean”?" ...

Debrand reports circularity still falls short as recycling scale lags
Apr 28 1 min read

Debrand reports circularity still falls short as recycling scale lags

"Next-life solutions provider Debrand framed its inaugural 2025 Transparency Report not as a milestone, but as an acknowledgment of how far the industry still h...

Textile recycling hits tipping point as SuperCircle scales circular solutions
Apr 28 1 min read

Textile recycling hits tipping point as SuperCircle scales circular solutions

"SuperCircle is chipping away at its goal to divert more than 1 billion individual textile products from landfills by 2030." ...

'Crisis after crisis’: Brands silent as tariff and oil shocks devastate garment workers
Apr 28 1 min read

'Crisis after crisis’: Brands silent as tariff and oil shocks devastate garment workers

"When the Business and Human Rights Centre queried 25 of the U.S. market’s biggest fashion companies—including Gap Inc., H&M Group, Nike and Zara owner Inditex—...

Nigeria spends $6bn on imported clothing annually
Apr 28 1 min read

Nigeria spends $6bn on imported clothing annually

"Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olajumoke Oduwole spoke at the commissioning of a garment factory and the unveiling of a new brand, where she urged...

Fashion has a petroleum problem. Here's how we can solve it
Apr 28 1 min read

Fashion has a petroleum problem. Here's how we can solve it

"The fashion industry has long treated sustainability as a marketing tool. Geopolitics is about to make it a survival one." ...

Inside India’s garment workers’ silent struggle
Apr 28 1 min read

Inside India’s garment workers’ silent struggle

"Behind cheap clothes in India are garment workers facing heat, low wages and exhaustion. This is the unseen cost of fast fashion." ...

Nearly 700 workers in limbo after bankruptcy forces Poipet factory to close
Apr 28 1 min read

Nearly 700 workers in limbo after bankruptcy forces Poipet factory to close

"Hundreds of workers protested on Monday after ML Intimate Apparel (Cambodia) Ltd, a garment factory in Poipet, went bankrupt and closed down, leaving nearly 70...

Industry alert: Heat stress threatens $65 billion in exports and millions of jobs
Apr 28 1 min read

Industry alert: Heat stress threatens $65 billion in exports and millions of jobs

"The fashion and textile industry is facing a “pressure cooker” crisis as rising global temperatures collide with outdated factory infrastructure. In a panel di...

UHUMANS, Fashion Enter launch surplus fabric initiative to tackle period poverty
Apr 28 1 min read

UHUMANS, Fashion Enter launch surplus fabric initiative to tackle period poverty

"Global humanitarian initiative UHUMANS has partnered with UK social enterprise Fashion Enter on a solution aimed at addressing period poverty through deadstock...

AAFA pushes for swift House passage of key anti-counterfeiting customs enforcement measure
Apr 27 1 min read

AAFA pushes for swift House passage of key anti-counterfeiting customs enforcement measure

"The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) today urged the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a key anti-counterfeiting measure that is scheduled to...

Energy is the focus of Adalberto's strategy
Apr 28 1 min read

Energy is the focus of Adalberto's strategy

"Energy is one of the most important factors for the competitiveness of the European textile and clothing industry, highlighted Mário Jorge Machado, CEO of Adal...

2,400 tons of wool wasted in the Nordics
Feb 23 1 min read

2,400 tons of wool wasted in the Nordics

"Every year, around 2,400 tons of wool are wasted in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, while industry imports large volumes of wool and wool yarn. ...

Welcome to the golden age of thrifting
Apr 27 1 min read

Welcome to the golden age of thrifting

"At eBay’s recent New York activation, shoppers couldn’t enter unless they listed an item for resale. The three-day event, which ran April 17–19, required atten...

Target requires 150 remote merchandising employees to relocate
Apr 28 1 min read

Target requires 150 remote merchandising employees to relocate

"Impacted employees can move to the retailer’s Minneapolis HQ or leave the company. Target hopes that in-person collaboration will help it regain merchandising ...

Assault on Bangladeshi worker sparks outrage
Apr 27 1 min read

Assault on Bangladeshi worker sparks outrage

"The Ministry of Employment and Labour said on Saturday it had launched a special labour inspection into the textile factory, where the son of an executive is a...

Supima CEO: Sustainable fashion requires ‘responsible pricing’ and radical transparency
Apr 28 1 min read

Supima CEO: Sustainable fashion requires ‘responsible pricing’ and radical transparency

"At the recent Sourcing Journal Sustainability Forum, titled “Road to 2030: Dealing with Disruption,” Supima President and CEO Marc Lewkowitz challenged the fas...

Fashion is lurching toward a compliance reckoning
Apr 27 1 min read

Fashion is lurching toward a compliance reckoning

"With digital product passports (DPPs) and extended producer responsibility (EPR) moving toward enforcement, compliance is shifting from a strategic considerati...

There is no such thing as a universal decarbonization roadmap
Apr 23 1 min read

There is no such thing as a universal decarbonization roadmap

"Bang for Buck will launch on 29 April. Register for our upcoming Bang for Buck webinar sessions on the 13 & 14 of May, which will cover an introduction to the ...

Kappahl Group doubles revenue from circular business and continues to reduce climate emissions
Apr 28 1 min read

Kappahl Group doubles revenue from circular business and continues to reduce climate emissions

"Swedish fashion retailer reports a 102% rise in circular business revenue and a 30% reduction in climate emissions against 2022 baseline." ...

What everyone needs to know about biodegradability claims
Apr 20 1 min read

What everyone needs to know about biodegradability claims

"Biodegradability is one of the most widely used, and misunderstood, claims in the textile industry. A material being “biodegradable” does not mean it will safe...

Podcast: Sustainability through a different lens
Apr 28 1 min read

Podcast: Sustainability through a different lens

"How a combination of hard-coded values around size and price inclusivity, a willingness to recognise the limits of existing systems, and commitment to looking ...

Turning cast-offs into cash: China’s Zhuanzhuan looks to Europe and the US for growth
Apr 28 1 min read

Turning cast-offs into cash: China’s Zhuanzhuan looks to Europe and the US for growth

"From phones to luxury bags, the recycling platform wants to take its 'trash to treasure' model global as second-hand demand accelerates." ...

China’s leading secondhand platform “Zhuanzhuan” lands in Hong Kong as OASES announces sixth batch of strategic enterprises
Apr 23 1 min read

China’s leading secondhand platform “Zhuanzhuan” lands in Hong Kong as OASES announces sixth batch of strategic enterprises

"The Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES) held a signing ceremony today to welcome a new batch of strategic enterprises establishing or expanding...

China warns EU over ‘Made in Europe’ plan, vows countermeasures
Apr 27 1 min read

China warns EU over ‘Made in Europe’ plan, vows countermeasures

"China on Monday criticised European Union plans to shield key industries from Chinese competition, warning it would take countermeasures if the measures are ad...

NFW shows off plastic-free outsole compound
Apr 28 1 min read

NFW shows off plastic-free outsole compound

"US materials science firm claims new bio-based rubber compound matches synthetic performance — without petrochemicals or plastics." ...