BEAVERTON - Sportswear giant Nike has published its FY20 Impact Report in which it reveals its progress against sustainability - and other - targets and sets ambitious new ones to achieve by 2025.Entitled 'Breaking Barriers', it reveals mixed progress on sustainability with the company meeting its target to source 100 per cent of its cotton more sustainably but failing to reduce its average product carbon footprint.Nike also reduced freshwater use in textile dyeing and finishing by 30 pe

IFF’s Health & Biosciences division announced the selection of Polyorganic Tecnologia Ltd as the distribution partner for the enzyme portfolio for textile processing in Brazil. The enzymatic solutions from IFF’s Health & Biosciences division are used in a large variety of textile processes, including desizing, biopolishing, bleaching and finishing of fabrics and garments.“With the help of Polyorganic, we will be able to provide better service and support to customers in Brazil,” says Ela

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SAN FRANCISCO – Almost a year since launching its #PayUp campaign, workers’ rights NGO Remake has embarked on a ‘Week of Action’, focusing on educating consumers on the plights of garment workers and rallying more people around its cause.Image credit: RemakeIt was the 30thMarch 2020 that Remake kick-started its campaign, demanding that fashion brands commit to paying those in their supply chain for orders they’d retracted upon the global outbreak of COVID-19.Though it’s helped generate upwards o

LOS ANGELES - Denim manufacturer Saitex - which claims to operate the "cleanest denim factories in the world" - has opened its first factory outside Vietnam - in Los Angeles.The company says the factory is a "first-of-its-kind" facility featuring laser cutting, semi-automated sewing, robotic spraying, 3D laser detailing, and one-step wash machines connected to a state-of-the-art water recycling system.Saitex wanted to open a factory in Los Angeles - which it regards as the he

AMSTERDAM - The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which runs certification schemes for products - such as man-made cellulosic fibres - to promote responsible management of the world's forests, is under fire from Greenpeace.The environmental movement has launched a new campaign - entitled 'Destruction: Certified' - which accuses forestry certification schemes, including the FSC, of "greenwashing" the destruction of ecosystems.However, the FSC immediately responded by accusin

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China Textile City will devote to serving existing business households well, attracting more textile merchants to settle in China Textile City and building digital smart market this year. QFC set up a popularization team to go to Zhili, Huzhou in early March with the aim ofpromoting the website and exploring resources of buyers. Thepopularization team went to 500merchants and 115merchants showed interest in thewebsite. 300 persons followed Wechat Public Account of Globaltextiles through this eve

Zhejiang China Textile City Group held the 2021 Economic Work Conference in early March. The theme of this conference was making every effort to build digital smart market and striving to play a promising role in "leading the race".The conference commended excellent staffs and summarized the achievements of 2020. China Textile City will devote to serving existing business households well, attracting more textile merchants to settle in China Textile City and building digital smart marke

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has welcomed the recent announcement by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), extending tariff exclusions for import of personal protective equipment (PPE) for six months. AAFA has long brought attention to the detrimental impacts of tariffs on US consumers, workers and businesses.Pic: Shutterstock"While we focus on COVID-19 relief and recovery, it is essential that these efforts not be undermined by production co