John Lewis recently announced plans to fund a three-year programme run by the Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA) to support the expansion of the latter’s new Cashmere Standard from Mongolia to the Inner Mongolia region of China. Climate change and increased global demand for cashmere are putting pressure on the fragile ecosystems the cashmere industry relies upon.Pic: John Lewis PartnershipIn response to this, a global standard has been developed by SFA to promote best practice in land management,

According to data from the United Nations, it is estimated thatthe global fashion industry is responsible for10% of global carbon emissions, 92 million tons of annual landfill waste, and 20% of water wastage.It is paramount that the fashion industry deals with waste on an urgent basis. One such initiative is seen with Ralph Lauren-Backed Materials Company, Natural Fiber Welding (NFW), a technology company commercializing sustainable materials for a circular economy,will be setting up anew facili

The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector has emerged as the growth engine of the economy and is showing signs of revival after the pandemic-led de-growth in early part of the current fiscal, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das, who recently said the sector has been rendered vulnerable by the pandemic.Pic: Shutterstock"MSME has emerged as the growth engine of the economy with a vast network of about 6.33 crore enterprises contributing 30 per cent of

A staff of Globaltextiles will give a lecture from 15:30 to 16:30 on March 4th. She will teach you how to operate on Globaltxetiles in the live stream chatting room.

The latest episode of "Preferred Fabric from Textile City -- Live Stream Series of Suppliers"is going to be carried out from 9:30-11:00a.m. on March 4th. At that time, Globaltextileswill go to Xinlong Wall Cloth, Chenyi Decoration and JinhuichangWall Clothand show youseamless embroidery wall cloth, embroidery wall cloth, jacquard wall cloth and plain cloth.

AMSTERDAM – Textile chemicals authority, the ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals), has announced the integration of the Open Apparel Registry (OAR) facility identifier (ID) within its Gateway. The OAR is a sector-specific online transparency tool that highlights the locations ofyarn and fabric mills, textile dye-houses, finishers and garment manufacturing facilities worldwide via an interactive Google-powered map.Frank Michel, executive director of the ZDHC Foundation, said:“As supply ch

SAN FRANCISCO – Technology company Higg and the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) have launched the latest version of the Higg Brand & Retail Module (BRM).The new version of the Higg BRM, a tool only in its second year of existence, enables more than 500 brands and retailers to assess 16 social and 11 environmental impacts of their global value chains.From today through to 30th June, SAC member brands and retailers can use the tool to self-assess the sustainability of their 2020 business a

PARIS – Online consignment store Vestiaire Collective has announced the completion of a €178 million (US$204m) financing round led by luxury fashion conglomerate Kering and US investment firm Tiger Global Management.Vestiaire has said it will use the finances to scale its technology and data innovation roadmap, which focuses on building the company’s new ‘Brand Approved’ buy-back scheme, empowering its global community of ‘fashion activists’, achieving carbon neutrality by 2026 and becoming a ce

TheKhadi and Village Industry Commission’s (KVIC)foray into the online marketing segment has resulted in a gross turnover of over ₹1.12 crore in just eight months of the launch of its dedicated portal for the same. Launched on July 7 last year,Khadi e-portalhas delivered orders to over 10,000 customers out of the 65,000 who visited the portal to date.Pic: ShutterstockKVIC has also delivered more than a lakh articles and commodities to these customers, it claimed in a press release.During this pe

Walmart recently launched a new Vriddhi e-Institute in Agra to provide small businesses in Uttar Pradesh access to skills and competencies to grow in a post-pandemic environment through online and offline channels like Flipkart’s marketplace and Walmart’s international supply chain.With this, Walmart is expanding its Vriddhi Supplier Development Programme towards empowering 50,000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across India for growth.The program provides MSMEs with specific trainin