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Textile Exchange updates sustainability standards for textile value-chain

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 19, 2016

Textile Exchange has come up with new versions 2.0 of its Content Claim Standard (CCS) and Organic Content Standard (OCS), to make textile value-chain more sustainable. The certification bodies...

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Govt to resolve committed liabilities under TUFS

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 19, 2016

The Government is working to resolve the issue of settlement of committed liabilities of around Rs 3,000 crore arising out of 'blackout and leftout' period cases under technology upgradation...

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New online resource guide for textile standards & legislation tool

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 15, 2016

MCL Global and the European Outdoor Group have launched an exclusive on-line resource, www.textilestandards.com replete with information on over 70...

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Textile ministry to seek Cabinet nod on new policy

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 15, 2016

The Textile Ministry will soon seek the Cabinet’s approval for the new textile policy, under which 35 million jobs will be created in the industry, informed Union Minister Santosh Gangwar....

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Maharashtra delinks subsidy from bank loans

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 15, 2016

The textile industry in Maharashtra received a great impetus, when the BJP-led government in the state decided to provide subsidy to textile owners that would not be linked to bank loans....

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Adar Poonawalla invests Rs 100 cr in waste management PPP

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 11, 2016

Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has committed R100 crore for the first of its kind PPP model to scientifically mange waste along with the civic body. The Adar Poonawalla Clean City...

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India’s biggest textile park to be built at Warangal

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 8, 2016

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has affirmed that Warangal will have the biggest textile park and the town would be developed on the lines of Hyderabad. The government confirmed...

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Supply chains play crucial role in cutting carbon emissions

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 7, 2016

The recently concluded climate change conference in Paris called on corporate houses to reduce their carbon emissions from their supply chain.

Until now, far too many companies have focused only on carbon emissions from their corporate offices and retail spaces. In...

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Wastecorp Introduces Mobile Wastewater Pump for Government and Industry

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 6, 2016

Wastecorp Pumps has unveiled what it says is the first engine driven double disc pump for mobile pumping applications.

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TN (India) textile mill owners urge for interest-free loan

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 5, 2016

Textile manufacturers in Komarapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India have urged the Central Government of India and the State Government of Tamil Nadu to grant them ‘interest-free’ loans for setting up the...

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