Traceability is becoming ‘core infrastructure’ Cascale report argues
Trade policies have made nearshoring, dual sourcing and multi-country sourcing high priorities for the fashion industry. This pushes supply chains…
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How Good Earth Cotton wants to help rewrite fashion’s environmental claims
The EU’s Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (EmpCo) is beginning to come into force across member states, raising the…
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Canopy revises Hot Button criteria for man-made cellulosic fibres
The changes in Canopy's Hot Button Report introduce stricter goals, a simplified ratings system, and a stronger emphasis on scaling…
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Fashion’s next supply chain crisis could be a lack of water
The fashion industry is fundamentally built on the future, designing collections months, and often entire seasons, in advance. Long before…
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Does Apparel Really Need More Fibre Capacity?
I’ve wanted to write about fibre capacity for a while, and Textile Exchange’s new Materials Market Report got me back…
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ADB $50m loan to support Bangladesh polyester production, cut imports
The financing will support MSL's expansion of polyester chips production capacity from 107 tonnes to 407 tonnes per day and…
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Madagascar clothing industry bets on cost, compliance, resilience
The shift comes as fashion companies rethink supply chains amid higher transport costs, geopolitical tensions and tighter environmental rules. For Madagascar, the…
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Komar built a sustainability scorecard for measurable change. Here’s what happened
Komar said that while brands have access to countless pieces of data, the problem is reconciling them well enough for…
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DPPs promise transparency, but can consumers always trust them?
Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are set to transform how apparel brands share product information. With DPP implementation expected in 2027,…
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Week in Review: When transparency becomes costly
Italian luxury brand Gucci has taken an unusual step – it is producing in China, and it isn’t hiding this.…
