In two votes, each 13-1, the immunization committee of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that Americans receive an Omicron-specific booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Following a day-long discussion of the available data on Sept. 1, the panel recommended boosters from two manufacturers—Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, both of whom make mRNA-based vaccine…
Read moreThe plan was to do something illegal, but no one among the two-dozen climate protesters assembled in a courtyard in Midtown Manhattan would tell me exactly what. Extinction Rebellion organizers were coming through the small crowd, asking who was “red role,” meaning that they were willing to be arrested. Someone else handed out cookies. Protesters soon started slipping off in twos an…
Read moreSolar energy offers a cheap, renewable source of electricity that could reduce and, eventually, eliminate our need for greenhouse gas-emitting power generation plants. But solar farms as they are currently envisioned come at a cost: acres and acres of land that could otherwise be used for food production or rewilding, creating biodiverse wildernesses that preserve nature and function as carbon …
Read moreThat was a 45% increase year-on-year and BCI said it “sends a clear signal to the market that Better Cotton is becoming a sustainable mainstream commodity.”Importantly too, it stressed that while all of its members contributed to sustainable cotton growth, the top users include some of the biggest companies producing fashion product globally.
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Read moreThe UK’s first fully-automated fashion manufacturing marketplace has attracted more than 500 manufacturers and suppliers and over 4,000 brands since launching at the end of 2017.Founder Boris Hodakel said the investment will be used to boost the site’s global growth, particularly in Europe, after achieving success in the UK and US where around 90% of customers are based. More staff and a h…
Read moreBernicat was speaking at a press conference on Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the BGMEA Institute of Fashion & Technology (BUFT)’s journalism study tour through the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) entitled ‘Economic and Labor Reporting’.“We must all recognise that there is still work to be done on factory and building safety, that …
Read moreThe Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Wednesday cited allegations of counterfeit goods sold on the Seattle-based online retailer’s websites in Canada, Germany, France, India and the United Kingdom.The office is “considering seeking more information regarding e-commerce platforms, including those based in the United States, in future reviews of Notorious Markets,” it added.
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Read moreThe global fur trade, worth more than $22 billion a year, is reeling from Denmark’s decision to kill 17 million farmed mink after COVID-19 outbreaks at hundreds of farms led to the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus in the mammals.Worries of a sudden shortage of slinky mink pelts, of which Denmark was the top exporter, have lifted prices by as much as 30% in Asia, the International Fur Fe…
Read morePaltex, a Taiwanese manufacturer established in 2003 and now a supplier to brands like Helly Hansen, Aigle and Peak Performance, has only recently started to produce for a handful of Chinese clientsคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. A significant change since, until now, Paltex’s polyamide an…
Read moreFounded by designer Alexandre Mattiussi in 2010, AMI will contribute 10% of all online purchases on Amiparis.com to the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund, and that until the end of the confinement period in France.“At AMI, we would like to give back and make our contribution in a humble way, standing by the values upon which we were founded: friendship and lov…
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