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“H&M makes a stand against underage cotton cultivation” – Retail Gazette – February 18, 2016

On February 18, 2016 Retail Gazette reported that “(f)ast-fashion retailer H&M announced its decision to stop using cotton from Syria and Turkmenistan due to underage workers being involved in cotton cultivation. The company have vowed to use materials coming only from sustainable sources by 2020.” You may read the article on the Retail Gazette internet […]

“Time for a new plastics economy” – Eco-Business – February 9, 2016

An article published on Eco-Business on February 9, 2016 describes a recent report that chronicles the scope of plastics pollution across Asia and calls for “a new way to look at the plastics economy.” “According to the report released last month by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the World Economic Forum, Asia is responsible for […]