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Ecotextile News Bulletin 30.04.2024

This e-mail contains graphics, if you don't see them » view it online. Tuesday, 30th April 2024 MPs to quiz Boohoo, H&M on fashion impacts LONDON - Boohoo and H&M are among those set to give evidence to the UK's influential Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) as it revisits its landmark 2019 inquiry into fast fashion. The EAC is to hold an evidence session as it looks again at its 'Fixing Fashion' report which made 18 recommendations... Read More Video: Supply Trace makes forced labour risk data open access Supply Trace, a pilot established jointly by Sheffield Hallam University and Northeastern University, is using machine learning to develop a free-to-access, se

Ecotextile News Bulletin 25.04.2024

This e-mail contains graphics, if you don't see them » view it online. Thursday, 25th April 2024 Better Cotton Brazil probe 'flawed' - NGO LONDON - The Earthsight NGO has branded Better Cotton's investigation into allegations linking its licensed farms with illegal deforestation in Brazil as "so flawed to be almost worthless". Earthsight recently released a report focused on two of Brazil's biggest cotton producers - Horita Group... Read More Lenzing says fire disruption was 'minimal' AMSTERDAM – Speaking to  Ecotextile News  today at the on-going Kingpins denim exhibition in the Netherlands, Lenzing CEO Stephan Sielaff said that  last week’s fire at

Ecotextile News Bulletin 23.04.2024

This e-mail contains graphics, if you don't see them » view it online. Tuesday, 23rd April 2024 Better Cotton reveals Brazil audit findings LONDON - The Better Cotton inititative claims an independent audit has revealed that licensed farms in Brazil - owned by companies accused of deforestation in Brazil - were not in breach of its standard. However, the auditors called for better protection to ensure "land conversion" did not... Read More Success for Puma compostable trainers HERZOGENAURACH – Following a two-year pilot project, sportswear giant Puma is to make a commercial version of its compostable Re:Suede sneaker available for sale. As part of the experiment,...