🚨European backing for €500m French recycling scheme🚨 The European Commission has approved a €500 million ($518m) French scheme to support the chemical #recycling of certain types of #plastic waste, including #synthetic #textiles. #France notified the Commission of its plans to introduce the scheme to support investment in the #chemical recycling of certain types of plastic waste, including textiles with a certain amount of #polyester content. Read the full story👇🏼

🚨Trump’s tariffs threaten Shein and Temu’s US sales🚨 Chinese-owned ultra fast fashion giants #Shein and #Temu face a new threat to their business model in the #US where #President #Trump has introduced trade tariffs on #Chinese imports. All Chinese imports will face a 10% tariff from today – but, potentially more crucially for the online retailers, Trump’s latest executive orders also close the ‘de minimis’ trade loophole which affects lower value shipments.

💡Cascale buys Better Buying Institute💡 Cascale, formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, has bought the ‘key assets’ of the Better Buying Institute for an undisclosed price in a bid to strengthen its efforts to promote responsible purchasing practices. Read more here👇🏼

🚨A new report from the China Labour Bulletin warns that international brands #sourcing from #China face growing risks due to escalating labour unrest at #manufacturing facilities🚨 The findings emphasise that escalating protests in #apparel and #shoe factories have worsened in 2024, with issues like layoffs and unpaid wages becoming more prevalent, and that unions and companies must both be held accountable.

🚨Shein ‘avoids Chinese cotton for US market’🚨 In a letter to #British #MPs, a leading #lawyer for #Shein reveals how the company ensures there is no #Chinese #cotton in products destined for the #US market👇🏼

💡#Cotton production in China’s #Xinjiang #Uygur Autonomous Region is set to strengthen despite a range of forced labour-related existing and impending sanctions, according to #Chinese State-run media outlets💡 The Beijing-based #news organisation noted how the Xinjiang province continued to be #China’s cotton powerhouse in 2024 with a #production of over 5.68 million tonnes, accounting for 92.2% of the national total. Read more here👇🏼

💡The cost of cleaning up #PFAS pollution in the #environment across #Europe could be as high as €2 trillion ($2trn) over 20 years, according to a new investigation💡 The Forever Lobbying Project is behind the report which accuses the #plastics industry of mounting a disinformation campaign to continue producing PFAS.

📣The @sciencetargets initiative has appointed David Kennedy, the founding chief executive of the UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC), as its new CEO replacing Luiz Amaral who stood down last summer📣 SBTi's chief legal officer, Susan Jenny Ehr, has been serving as interim CEO since the departure of Amaral who was at the heart of controversial proposals to expand the use of #carbon credits to offset #CO2 #emissions. Read more here👇🏼

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📣Fast #fashion giant #Shein has joined the US Customs and Border Protection Section 321 Data Pilot programme, which enlists companies to voluntarily submit additional import entry information about packages and shipments entering the #US📣 The announcement follows news from earlier this week that labelled the retailer’s work to tackle forced labour in its global supply chains as falling "significantly short" of sector leaders.

🚨Ultra #fastfashion retailer #Shein's work to tackle forced labour in its global supply chains falls "significantly short" of sector leaders - a red flag for investors ahead of the company's anticipated public listing in #London, according to a new report🚨 The @KnowTheChain programme, which benchmarks major companies across three sectors - #apparel and footwear, food and beverage, and ICT - on #humanrights risks in their supply chains, assessed Shein's practices against its methodology.

🎙️NEW PODCAST EPISODE- European textile recycling on brink of collapse🎙️ Our podcast host @PhilipBBerman sits down with Marie-Jeanne Gaertner, project and policy officer at @RREUSE_Brussels - Reuse and Recycling European Union Social Enterprises to find out why the #textile reuse and #recycling sector in the #EuropeanUnion is facing an unprecedented #crisis. Gaertner says that a recent open letter to the European Commission and member states, penned by RREUSE, explains why the sector is on the brink of #financial collapse, with social #enterprises bearing the brunt of this turmoil. You can find this Ecotextile Talks episode wherever you get your podcasts, or listen for free on our website👇🏼

📣Targeted #psychological interventions on the #environmental impact of #fashion returns can change shoppers' behaviours, according to the largest study of its kind📣 The study of more than 220,000 customers and more than 100,000 orders in eight #European countries was carried out by #digital consultants elaboratum GmbH, AI platform behamics and the University of St.Gallen in Switzerland. Their paper, entitled 'Psychology of Returns', says the analysis included various online fashion shops and evaluated the conversion rate, net sales and the return rate. Read more here👇🏼

📣Retailers ASOS, Boozt and the Selfridges Group have joined the Fashion Leap for Climate initiative, while Cascale, formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, has become a strategic partner📣 Fashion Leap for #Climate was co-founded by the About You YOU Group, Yoox Net-a-Porter and Zalando in 2022 in a bid to accelerate the adoption of science-based #climate targets across the #fashion industry. Read more here👇🏼

💡A new $45 million multi-agency initiative to reduce the #environmental impacts of the fashion industry, and also construction, in eight countries has been launched in #Cambodia💡 The six-year 'Eliminating Hazardous Chemicals from Supply Chains' programme, led by the UN Environment Programme, aims to reshape supply chains in Cambodia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago.

⚠️Global #fashion giants, including #H&M, #RalphLauren, #ASOS, #Mango, #MichaelKors, #Coach and #Gucci, have been linked to labour rights violations in their supply chains by new research released today⚠️ The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre NGO tracked 28 cases of alleged human rights abuses which it says are linked to "ruthless brand purchasing practices" between March and September this year. Read more here👇🏼

🚨#Garment workers in #Bangladesh are to receive a 9% pay rise in a bid to calm the unrest which has disrupted the industry since #student-led #protests brought down Sheikh Hasina's government in August🚨 The #government has decided to add a 4% increase to a 5% pay increment already due to workers this month meaning that garment workers' #wages will increase by a total of 9%. Read more👇🏼

🔔Ultra fast #fashion giant #Shein has appointed former CottonConnect chairman Ram Gidoomal CBE as chairman of its new External ESG Advisory Board🔔 The #Chinese-owned company has also established 'Regional Strategy and Corporate Responsibility Committees' to provide independent advice to Shein’s #leadership team. Read more👇🏼