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California is tackling the problem of textile and fashion waste with the country’s first law that requires clothing companies to implement a recycling system for the garments they sell.
Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP), formerly Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production, is an organization based in Arlington, Virginia, whose stated aim is promoting safe, lawful, humane and ethical manufacturing around the world. [1] It certifies factories according to twelve "Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production Principles".
STeP (Sustainable Textile and Leather Production) is a worldwide certification system for production facilities in the textile, leather, and clothing industry. It is a 2013 re-branding of the Oeko-Tex Standard 1000 that had been introduced in 1995. [5] Once issued, the STeP certificate is valid for three years. [5] [14] [19]
The new brand Tradegood was officially launched in August 2012 [4] in the SOURCING at MAGIC at Las Vegas, USA, the largest apparel and textile expo in North America. [5] It was then brought to the China market with a series of large scale launch events [6] spanning across 6 major cities with the participation of some 1,000 buyers, suppliers, industry associations and media.
[128] [129] American Apparel manufacturing system is designed around the concept of "Creative Reuse"—which converts excess fabric from one garment template into several additional garments such as bathing suit tops, belts, headbands, bows, bras, underwear and children's clothing. This otherwise wasted material reduces the amount of fabric the ...
The manufacturing of many of Carhartt's non-core apparel items have been outsourced to countries including China and Mexico. Carhartt requires its international suppliers to be Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) certified. As of 2003, Carhartt operated four factories in two Mexican states employing about 2,000 workers.
The Higg Index is an apparel and footwear industry self-assessment standard to rate environmental and social sustainability throughout the supply chain.The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) launched it in 2012 and owns and develops the suite of tools.
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition also launched the Higg Index, a self-assessment standard for the apparel and footwear industries. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] In 2019, the UK Parliament 's Environment Audit Committee published a report and recommendations on the future of fashion sustainability, suggesting wide-ranging systemic change, such as lowered value ...