"Food Supply Chain" News Archive

Stella McCartney achieves SBTi approval for ambitious climate targets, reinforcing its leadership in sustainable fashion and commitment to combating climate change.

The Greener Manufacturing Show is the ultimate destination for companies seeking to transition to greener, more sustainable manufacturing processes where attendees gain access to the latest innovations and technologies to manufacture products from more sustainable materials, eliminate toxic chemicals, and embrace the circular economy.

The Greener Manufacturing Show 2023, co-located with Plastic Waste Free World, offers exciting features, including a Start-Up Zone and BIO.NRW's Marketplace of Innovations, with sustainability and biotechnology workshops, making it a must-attend event for industry professionals.

Last month, PI Apparel launched its first edition of their Merchandise Planning conference which is the first of its kind. The two-day event brought together leading Merchants to discuss the latest trends and developments in data analytics, smart forecasting, and strategic planning for casting supremely customer-focused products.

The European Union has achieved a landmark provisional agreement, requiring large companies in the bloc to proactively tackle adverse environmental and human rights impacts in their supply chains through the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

The Finnish fashion and textile technology company Infinited Fiber Company has completed a 40 million-euro funding round from new investors such as Inditex, TTY Management, Youngone and Goldwin, as well as its existing ones.

CommonShare's platform revolutionizes supply chain visibility by streamlining compliance and facilitating efficient supply chain tracing, ensuring accurate mapping of detained goods' journeys and enabling companies to streamline compliance efforts.

Developing sustainability maturity in supply chains will be essential for companies to radically evolve their business models and capture new market opportunities.

Fashion's sprawling global supply chains, often expanded to cut costs, have become notoriously tangled and complex. Unlike industries such as food, transport, and beauty, fashion has historically lacked stringent regulations, resulting in minimal investment in infrastructure to track products throughout their lifecycle. However, other industries offer valuable lessons that fashion can adopt to enhance traceability and sustainability.

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China has held a hearing on "Implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act & the Global Supply Chain Impact"