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Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board demolishes 5 dyeing units

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 31, 2016

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (PCB) has taken a severe action against five dyeing units in Anthiyur town near Coimbatore for not complying with the Board’s directives on effluent treatment...

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Tonello launches water saving tech for garment finishing

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 9, 2016

Italian textile machine builder Tonello has launched a new tech solution, applicable to all of its existing garment finishing machine range, which claims to ensure water savings of 56 per cent...

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Sustainable Apparel Coalition Opens Higg Index Access to SME Community

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 9, 2016

To increase access and adoption of a common measurement standard and basis for sustainability improvements within the global apparel, footwear and home textile industries, the Sustainable...

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Italy-based Thermore produces 100% recycled down jackets

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 5, 2016

Thermore, the Italy-based company, that researches, produces and markets thermal insulation for apparel has taken the next major step towards sustainability by converting the entire ’Ecodown®’...

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Extension for Bangladesh cleaner textile initiative

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 29, 2016

The Bangladesh Water PaCT: Partnership for Cleaner Textile has been extended for another year, with program activities now slated through to June 30, 2017. PaCT brings together buyers, wet...

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Subject Tags: sustainability , Textiles

SAC looks to expand Materials Sustainability Index

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 27, 2016

Textile material suppliers will now be able to submit apparel, footwear and home textiles material data into the Higg Index’s Materials Sustainability Index (MSI), after the Sustainable Apparel...

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Subject Tags: sustainability , Textiles

Indian textile company Arvind joins ZHDC Programme

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 27, 2016

One of India's biggest textile and apparel producer, Arvind Ltd has joined the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme.

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Sustainia100 now includes 10 apparel firms

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 14, 2016

Sustainia100, a guide to 100 sustainable solutions which cover 10 sectors and 188 countries (on deployment of ‘sustainable solutions’), has now also included 10 companies from apparel/textile...

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Subject Tags: sustainability , Textiles

ZDHC publishes draft wastewater guidelines

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 13, 2016

The issue of potentially hazardous chemicals in textile supply chains rises to the top of the agenda this week with the imminent publication of the latest Greenpeace report on the hazards...

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Dutch textile agreement gathers momentum

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 7, 2016

G-Star Raw, O'Neill Europe and C&A Netherlands are among the 57 textile brands and retailers which have now signed the Dutch Agreement on a Sustainable Garment and Textile Sector. The...

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Subject Tags: sustainability , Textiles