At the IAF Board of Directors Dinner held on Sunday November 7th in Antwerp, Han Bekke handed over the IAF Presidency to Cem Altan. Cem Altan is founder of Aycem Textiles and he is member of the Board of Directors of both the Istanbul Apparel Exporters Association (IHKIB) and of the Turkish Clothing Manufacturers Association […]
As most of our Creamoda member companies already know, there is a growing need for data in relation to the environmental impact of textiles. Today we are taking another step closer to help the global textile and fashion industry become more transparent and credible about our environmental impact. bAwear-score is a joint initiative of bAwear […]
The 36th IAF World Fashion Convention will kick off in less than two weeks at the Antwerp Hilton Old Town in Belgium. The IAF Convention, on Monday November 8, will feature renowned speakers including Guy Ryder, the director general of the ILO; David Sävman, Head of Global Supply Chain of H&M; Miran Ali, managing director […]
Elevate Textiles, a global provider of advanced, high-quality products and mission critical textile solutions, continues its leadership in sustainable manufacturing as the first global textile manufacturer to receive validation of its Science Based Target (SBTi) goals related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the highest levels recommended. As part of its commitment, Elevate recently increased […]
Yeşim, one of the leading companies in its sector with its social compliance, sustainability and corporate social responsibility studies, has focused on the issue of sustainability with the projects it has realized recently. The second term studies of “Take Action for a Sustainable Future!” project carried out in cooperation with Yeşim and İzmir University of […]
Fashion companies are looking for more employees now, than ever before. The number of jobs posted on FashionUnited’s platforms have gone up by 35% compared to pre-covid. The number of vacancies has well surpassed 20.000, compared to the 15.000 jobs that were online continuously in 2019. With the economy picking up consumers are spending more […]
Pakistan’s largest listed textile company and its second-largest exporter, Interloop, has launched its 2025 strategy – To become a full family clothing partner of choice. It is a unified multi-category strategy, which is growth led and guided by a customer first approach. Interloop’s strategic focus will be on offering multi-category products, delivered with value added […]
The International, European and Brazilian associations IAF, EURATEX and ABIT are collaborating on the content of their annual, international conferences in the fall of 2021. The International Apparel Federation (IAF) and ABIT, the national association for the Brazilian Apparel and Textile industry, have even given their conferences the same theme, namely ‘Transition of the Global […]
A new Centre of Innovation, Efficiency and Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) is being established to enhance competitiveness of the readymade garment industry of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) with the support of the government of Bangladesh is setting up the Centre at the newly built headquarters of BGMEA in Uttara […]
The white paper contains the core principles that manufacturers as part of the Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative (STTI) do not want to see breached by the companies that buy from them. And it suggests how manufacturers will collaborate to apply commercial compliance in the apparel sourcing business The initiative, led by the STAR Network, […]
