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When the UK left the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2021, it also left the EU’s comprehensive REACH chemical control system, which was formally replaced by a UK REACH system. This mirrored EU REACH, grandfathering existing registrations and restrictions to the national system, although GB companies lost access to EU databases run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).…

Production of ‘burel’, a traditional Portuguese wool fabric, which almost ceased in the last century, has been reborn as a natural and biodegradable material with unique functional characteristics for sports footwear.
 “We are currently rediscovering burel” and its “various applications” and “excellent features”, António Braz Costa, general director at the Portuguese Technological Centre for Textile and Clothing (Centro Tecnológico Têxtil e Vestuário – CITEVE) and the affiliated Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials (Centro de Nanotecnologia e Materiais Técnicos, Funcionais e Inteligentes – CeNTI), told WTiN.…

As consumer goods brands are increasingly burdened with a flood of regulations for the reduction of emissions and waste, and consumers are incorporating more sustainability criteria into their consumption decisions, there is a strengthening rationale for including packaging machinery-makers at the start of the product development process.…

Disruptions to the supply chain in the Red Sea are driving up shipping costs for the clothing and textile sector, causing alternative routes to be used, and may result in longer-term shifts in sourcing as well as logistics, if the crisis continues.…

The seizure of criminal proceeds has been a policy priority of the current Singaporean presidency of FATF (the Financial Action Task Force) (1). But while it and jurisdictions such as the European Union (EU) are developing reforms to boost asset recovery, more change is needed for this tactic to become a truly effective weapon against organised crime.…

AML experts are increasingly concerned that jurisdictions worldwide are still failing to act against key enablers of money laundering, such as lawyers, trust and company service providers (TCSPs), accountants, estate agents, casinos and luxury goods traders, who ask no questions or ignore money laundering (ML).…

Treasurers operating in the European Union (EU) are being offered a regulation that could help them assess which environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings providers to use, when evaluating the sustainability performance of their own companies, potential commercial partners and investors.…

The European Union (EU) should early this year (2024) complete the formal approval of new protections for textile finishing workers from exposure to dyes and their ingredients that contain lead and diisocyanates. These potentially harmful chemicals have long been used by the industry, although lead’s poor health reputation means it has limited applications – the new protections will apply to people making and handling these chemicals and related products.…

European textile companies increasingly overburdened by regulation say each new piece of European Union (EU) regulation they face should be assessed on the grounds of how it helps industry succeed in an increasingly competitive market. They say more should be done to boost a sector that employs 1.3 million workers in 192,000 companies and provides more than EUR67 billion’s worth of exports to the 27-country bloc, according to the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex).…