The ECO AGOA bill would make duty-free access contingent on African beneficiary countries enforcing their own environmental laws and meeting international commitments.

As the Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive takes effect, brands must back up environmental marketing with specific evidence—or risk silence becoming its own liability.

Eight people were killed in a blaze at a denim-washing facility in southern China, the same day two factory incidents in Bangladesh left at least 10 workers dead and more than 135 others injured.

The American Apparel & Footwear Association's new heat-stress toolkit gives brands and suppliers a practical path to protect garment workers, but implementation will test who bears the costs and trade...

As brands struggle to offer long-term purchasing guarantees, suppliers are being asked to bear the cost of deep emissions cuts. New models could spread the risk, but only if buyers commit.

At its annual meeting in Athens, the industry group is asking who pays, who profits and what it will take to turn shared data into shared progress.

As rising costs, geopolitical pressures and buyers' fixation on cheap unit prices push U.K. factories to the brink, a small group of manufacturers is making the case for local production as a route to...

Swedwatch warns the EU’s Public Procurement Act touts “promising steps” on quality and transparency but leaves room for exploitative suppliers to win on price alone.

Four former warehouse employees said the e-commerce giant denied basic pregnancy accommodations, then fired them when they took medically necessary breaks.

Forged in response to Washington’s Section 301 tariffs, Hanoi’s new supply-chain tracing requirements raise compliance stakes for companies sourcing through Vietnam.

A city compliance notice concerning the lingerie giant's local casting activity has become a fresh pressure point for labor groups seeking accountability after a worker’s death at a Sri Lankan supplie...

Also in this edition: LPP suspends new orders and product-development work in Bangladesh, risking a potential blacklist, while workers at a Myanmar factory have been protesting for higher wages for a ...

New Jersey’s attorney general says Amazon used its market dominance over delivery partners and drivers to suppress wages, undermine unionization efforts and curb competition.

Intertop warned of slightly longer delivery times, while Puma said shortages of certain products could last weeks or months.

An IndustriALL Global Union affiliate says the brands failed to act on a dispute at Eroğlu Giyim that highlights the limits of global sourcing commitments.

The comprehensive economic agreement, which will give most goods moving between the two countries preferential duties, aims to boost bilateral trade.

The southern African nation has escaped the latest round of tariffs, retaining its duty-free access to the United States, but insiders say the damage may already be done.

Beijing and a cotton industry group criticized the expanded import blacklist, saying the forced labor allegations "lack factual and legal basis."

Also in this edition: Migrant workers in Taiwan who paid recruitment fees have received more than $4 million in reimbursements, and three garment workers in Cambodia who were fired after forming a uni...

This marks the roster's largest expansion yet of companies targeted by the United States over the persecution of Muslim minorities in China's Xinjiang region.

A new study found that correcting garment workers’ near vision with glasses boosted productivity by 6 percent and delivered a 337 percent return on investment.

Exiger's free AI platform aims to make forced labor supply chain screening accessible as tariffs, EU rules and customs enforcement increase worldwide.

At Sourcing Journal’s Visions of Tomorrow event, Unspun and Eileen Fisher spoke about why innovation matters and how circular fashion depends on trust, from consumers to manufacturers.

A new report argues that fashion brands need to look beyond price and tap into Bangladesh's deeper sourcing ecosystem.

The Southeast Asian nation is getting a high minimum wage next year, even as trade headwinds intensify.

In Accra’s vast Kantamanto Market, designers are reclaiming castoff denim as both creative material and a quiet protest against fashion’s growing waste crisis.

Also in this edition: Factory fires keep erupting, extreme heat is costing India’s informal workers billions in lost wages, another factory on the Thai-Cambodian border closes, and how to make sure Se...

New legislation on destroying unsold apparel, footwear and accessories could force brands to rethink overproduction and invest in better planning, according to supply chain veteran Anne-Laure Descours...

By September, the government could remove the so-called "80/20 rule" that allows Export Processing Zones to sell 20 percent of their output locally.

Once dismissed as an unprofitable luxury, a marketing bonus or even a quaint holdover from a make-do-and-mend past, durability now becoming a mandate, not a nice-to-have.

Eleven new investors have joined a High Court lawsuit brought by 50 claimants seeking damages from Boohoo after its share price collapse in 2020.

Canada Goose is using hard data, operational cuts and a new nature pillar to hone the next phase of its sustainability strategy.

Also in this edition: Two Cambodian factories were fined for burning fabric scraps as fuel, a study found that shareholders penalized Covid cancellations, and three Bangladeshi manufacturers halted wo...

London mayor Sadiq Khan spoke about the fashion industry's impact Wednesday night at the British Fashion Council's summer party.

Textile-to-textile recycler Re&Up can now claim to meet B Lab standards for social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

Textile-to-textile recycler Re&Up can now claim to meet B Lab standards for social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

The Albanese government plans to introduce a new criminal offense after the United States threatened a 12.5 percent tariff on its imports for failing to block goods made with forced labor.

Source Fashion paired showmanship with education to help buyers and suppliers navigate the turbulent future of U.K. and global manufacturing.

Project Re:claim, which is turning polyester-rich textile waste into new yarn, is now backed by Global Recycled Standard certification, strengthening its recycled content claims.

Proponents of an import prohibition say Britain risks falling behind in barring goods made with forced labor, after once being a world leader a decade ago.

At the same time, sourcing teams are failing to treat the risk as a priority, according to a new report from Verisk Maplecroft.

The UFLPA has reshaped supply chains, but weak enforcement, trade tensions and cuts to foreign-aid capacity are complicating efforts to export the model abroad.

Hyosung, The Lycra Company and Yulex are pouring millions into bio-based elastane made from sugarcane, corn and rubber—and counting on progress, not perfection, to solve fashion's stretch problem.

German nonprofit Deutsche Umwelthilfe is taking legal action against Shein after tests found hazardous chemicals in most items analyzed, adding to growing EU scrutiny of the e-tail Goliath.

A new executive order by the president promises to help American farmers build what he called the "healthiest, most abundant and most affordable food supply in the world."

Also in this edition: Indian garment workers train AI that could potentially replace them, while Bangladesh grapples with what a just transition means for its sector.