Bangladeshi spinning mills are facing the brunt of the countrywide curve of movement to contain the Coronavirus cases.Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) President, Mohammad Ali Khokon revealed a grim picture in a letter which he prepared to submit to the finance ministry and other government offices next week.Figure 1:Bangladeshi spinning mills are facing the brunt of the countrywide curve of movement to contain Coronavirus cases.“Around TK35billion worth of yarn, fabrics piled in 250 s

Outdoor apparel brand Canada Goose has asked around 100 of its factory workers to put parka production on hold for now and devote themselves to making scrubs and patient gowns for Canadian hospitals instead.On March 30, with the rest of their colleagues continuing to make Canada Goose garments (in keeping with the safety protocols demanded by federal, provincial and local health authorities), 100 workers at the company’s facilities in Winnipeg and Toronto began making garments for frontline heal

US-based sportswear company New Balance has become the latest to adapt its manufacturing to help with coronavirus efforts by developing, making and delivering masks to hospitals.It published a graphic on LinkedIn stating: "Making shoes yesterday. Making masks today."On March 16, it closed offices, stores and factories “to ensure the health of our associates, customers, and communities”.CEO Joe Preston said: “We must all do our part to help contain the spread of COVID-19. We strongly en

BEIJING – Kontoor Brands, which owns the Wrangler and Lee brands, has joined the Green Supply Chain Map in 2020; a move which means the firm will disclose the environmental information of all their suppliers located in China.The online tool, launched in January 2018 by theThe Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE),makes the names, addresses and geolocations of supplier facilities readily accessible and provides real-time emissions d

LONDON - The Cotton 2040 initative has revealed details of the next stage of its mission to drive a systemic shift to increase the global mainstream uptake of sustainable cotton.With renewed funding from Laudes Foundation, which was formerly known as the C&A Foundation, the organisation is set to launch a new three-year programme of work.In an exclusive interview withEcotextile News, Sally Uren, the chair of Cotton 2040 and also chief executive of Forum for the Future, revealed how it would

KARACHI - More than a million garment and textile workers in Pakistan are set to lose their jobs because of the coronavirus crisis and most will get no financial support to ease the blow, according to trade union leaders.In an exclusive interview with Ecotextile News, Nasir Mansoor, deputy general secretary of the National Trade Union Federation in Pakistan, said most factories in the south-eastern Sindh province, the hub of the country's textile and garment industry, had closed because of a

The textile and apparel industry has been enduring profit erosion for the last couple of years. The expanded size of factories makes them more vulnerable. Bigger the size stronger the need to feed them for survival. The rapid expansion of the production capacity of factories shows counteracting signals to business.Figure 1: Rightsizing of the apparel business is not merely required to combat the current critical situation rather it is required even in a plain situation as a sustainable business

Five more global fashion brands—three European and two North American—yesterday assured Bangladeshi exporters of receiving readymade garments already manufactured or in the process of being made, while. Exporters welcomed the development in the face of cancellation of orders or halted shipments by many global buyers.Pic: ShutterstockSpanish clothing company Inditex, British multinational retailer Marks and Spencer, French retail company Kiabi and US retail companies PVH and Target informed the B

STOCKHOLM - The H&M Foundation has revealed the five innovative winners of its 2020 Global Change Award who will receive financial support totalling €1 million (US$1.1 million).They range from lab-grown cotton and creating fabrics from protein DNA, to tracking sustainable fibres by using blockchain technology, wastewater separation and converting carbon dioxide into sustainable polyester.The non-profit said it felt it was important to continue with its Global Change Awards, now in their fift

XINJIANG – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has set up what it describes as an expert task force to investigate allegations of the use of forced labour in areas such as the Xinjiang region of China.It comes after the BCI finally announced earlier this month that it wasfor the upcoming cotton season over persistent allegations of forced labour by Uyghur prisoners.The task force has been charged with reviewing the relevant elements of the BCI’s Better Cotton Standard System, and with producing r