- OAKLAND – The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute has launched a new product certification platform targeted at sustainable product design across a range of industries including fashion and textiles. The C2C Certified Circularity platform, which is based on the recently updated C2C Certified Version 4.1 standard, has been designed to offer measurable goals to […]
- LONDON – Textile Exchange has expanded its suspension of Intertek Testing Services as an approved certification body for its Organic Content Standard (OCS). The industry body suspended Intertek's Indian office as a certification body for OCS in August but has now widened this to include all of its textile standards.
- DHAKA – The board of directors of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has been dissolved by the government and an administrator appointed until new elections are held. A notice from the Ministry of Commerce said that Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) vice-chairman Anwar Hossain had been appointed administrator to hold a "free and […]
- BRUSSELS – The European Manmade Fibres Association (CIRFS) has urged European Union (EU) institutions to accept a series of recent recommendations aimed at securing a sustainable textile industry in Europe amid the drive for net zero. Writing in an open letter to the European Council, Commission and Parliament, Frédéric Van Houte, director general, CIRFS, said […]
- ROME – Gender plays a key role in determining why people choose to buy sustainable clothing, according to a new academic paper on the complex motivations behind consumer choices in the fashion industry. Published in Scientific Reports, the paper investigates the factors influencing people’s decisions to buy sustainable clothing, which is defined as ‘eco-friendly’, second-hand, and […]