It has become an influential voice among retailers, brands and NGO’s as it aims to influence the buying decisions of key international companies on how they can – and should – source textiles and clothing in their supply chains.

Our electronic ‘Footprint’ subscriptions start from just £185 per year, but a subscription to our ETN PLUS package includes a bi-monthly printed magazine, full access to thousands of unique stories in our premium online archive; a weekly e-news bulletin, full access to all MCL magazines via our mobile app and a searchable electronic back issue of every magazine we have published.

Multiple corporate subscription rates are also available.

Take a look at our free sample of the digitized version of our magazine (left) and complete the subscription process to learn how to integrate sustainability into the heart of your business.

Available as a bi-monthly printed magazine, together with online and mobile formats, the publication is read worldwide by knitwear producers, knitted fabric manufacturers, retailers, hosiery and sock makers and suppliers to the industry. It offers unrivalled coverage of news and developments throughout the whole supply chain, and is especially noted for its in-depth specialist contributors, excellent journalism, exclusive interviews and its worldwide network of trusted industry insiders.

As a result, many leading industry executives acknowledge this publication as the primary printed and on-line resource for the global knitting and hosiery sectors.

In addition to offering readers a unique insight into knitting technology, it also provides all the latest breaking news and industrial best practice on the factory floor via a unique range of content delivery platforms.  Our electronic ‘Footprint’ subscriptions start from just £160 per year, but a subscription to our KTJ PLUS package includes a bi-monthly printed magazine, full access to thousands of unique stories in our premium online archive; a weekly e-news bulletin, full access to all MCL magazines via our mobile app and a searchable electronic back issue of every magazine we have published.

Subscribers enjoy six printed magazines, and access to thousands of fully searchable news stories, which are all backed up online in our news archive. Knitting Trade Journal also delivers a popular weekly e-news bulletin, as well as fully searchable electronic back issues of every magazine we have published.

Whether you want to purchase the latest knitting technology, take key strategic management decisions, or simply keep up to speed with what your competitors are doing – Knitting Trade Journal helps you to make the right decisions to grow your business.

It is written for a uniquely-integrated supply chain – from raw materials through to finished consumer and industrial products – and seeks to encourage shared information in the spirit of continuous improvement.

SNW also works closely with widely respected nonwoven organisations such as INDA, EDANA and ANEX where we exhibit at trade shows and conferences and where our experienced team of journalists break exclusive stories on the news that really matters to you.

Our electronic ‘Footprint’ subscriptions start from just £160 per year, but a subscription to our SNW PLUS package includes a bi-monthly printed magazine, full access to thousands of unique stories in our premium online archive; a weekly e-news bulletin, full access to all MCL magazines via our mobile app and a searchable electronic back issue of every magazine we have published.

Our readers include leading consumer brands, nonwoven manufacturers, retailers, end-users, machinery builders, fibre producers, finished and converted product companies, and more.

To ensure your business keeps pace with new innovations, remain compliant and keeps tabs on the changing strategies of leading nonwoven businesses – subscribe to SNW today.

Multiple subscription rates are available - email subscriptions@mclnews.com for details.  

This exciting new online publication reports on cutting edge developments at the frontiers of textile technology and research. It’s the ideal resource for innovators in the textile industry such as textile manufacturers, fabric engineers, specifiers at retailers and brands, government purchasers, chemical suppliers and policy makers.

Our electronic ‘Footprint’ subscriptions start from just £160 per year, but a subscription to our TEVO FOOTPRINT PLUS package includes full access to thousands of unique stories in our premium online archive; a weekly e-news bulletin, full access to all MCL publications via our mobile app and a searchable electronic back issue of every magazine that we've published.

Multiple corporate subscription rates are also available. Please email us HERE for further information.

Take a look at the digitised version of TEVO or complete your subscription process (see blue buttons above and left) to see how you can integrate innovation into the heart of your textile business.

Advertising with us also allows you to share your vacancy with our entire readership of four highly respected international print and online publications, that are read by textile professionals around the world.

Our readership has been built up organically through over 20 years of publishing, networking and collaborating with textile industry professionals – thousands of them interact with our websites every day. As such, no generic recruitment agency can offer our level of industry reach.

So, if you are an employer looking to quickly fill a new exciting position within your company, Ecotextile Jobs is the starting point for you.

We’ve already helped employers fill positions at the likes of Timberland, Bluesign Technologies, Lenzing, Next plc, Burberry, Cotton Incorporated, Huntsman, Kering, Bayer Material Science, VF Corporation, adidas and more.  

Contact us today to find out more about our rates for premium positions, and enjoy a bespoke service from a business with a proven track record of attracting new talent throughout the global textile and apparel supply chain.

This easy to use web tool includes simple explanations about each standard works and how they fit into the textile value chain from raw material sourcing right up to consumer level regulations. It provides users with a hugely valuable resource that is immediately updated on a continuous basis when standards and criteria are changed by their operators.

It also provides URL links to full documentation and standard criteria for each standard or label entry so that users can delve deeper into the mechanics of each individual label.

Much of the information is also taken from the seventh edition of the 96 page printed guidebook, which was published in April 2020, which was published in a bid to cut through the confusion surrounding environmental and social compliance in the global textile industry.

If you also want to receive our bi-annual printed handbook of Textile Standards & Legislation please follow this link to upgrade to Textile Standards & Legislation PLUS.

Readers get all the benefits of the above, PLUS the 96 page printed reference guide that can be easily shared with colleagues or friends or to read in your own time away from your desk.

Dedicated solely to reducing the impact of textiles on the environment, Planet Textiles has taken place on an annual basis since 2009 and has largely been held in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 2016, for the first time it was held in Denmark in collaboration with the Copenhagen Fashion Summit. The 2017 edition was held in Bangalore and in 2018 we took the summit to “The Green City” – Vancouver, Canada.

The 10^th anniversary of Planet Textiles is being co-hosted alongside the giant ITMA 2019 exhibition and will take place on Saturday 22 June 2019 within the exhibition centre at Barcelona. 

Further details are available on the Planet Textiles website.

Publication date: December 2025.

Written by Simon Ferrigno and edited by John Mowbray.

20% discount on print copy for existing and NEW subscribers.

The textile industry has an increasing number of multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and trade organisations, each offering valuable support in areas such as sustainability, ethical practices, and industry standards. However, engaging with these organisations can consume significant time and resources for brands and suppliers.

That's why our trusted industry experts have written the Ecotextile News Guide to Multistakeholder Initiatives!

This unique 60-page printed publication provides a clear, structured resource that helps decision-makers navigate the leading MSIs involved in the textile, clothing, and fashion sectors. It allows readers to fully understand their true value and to make informed choices about who to work with based on specific needs and goals.

CONTENTS

• Foreword. Why this unique guide has become necessary.
• How did MSIs respond? A table that names the MSIs we contacted, how long they took to respond, when they answered our questions – who missed our deadline.
• What we asked MSIs to reveal. Using a questionnaire, we asked each listed organisation a series of questions and gave organisations one month to respond.
• Our assessment framework. How do you decide which MSI is right for you? Things to consider when choosing an MSI.
• Financial matrix. A snapshot of the recent funding revenues and expenditure for each MSI. Including details of those who are fully transparent when it comes to financial disclosure.

Multistakeholder Initiatives that we cover.

• Accelerating Circularity
• Apparel Impact Institute
• The Apparel and Textile Transformation Initiative
• Better Cotton Initiative
• Canopy
• Cascale
• Cotton Connect
• Cradle2Cradle Initiative
• Ellen MacArthur Foundation
• Ethical Trading Initiative
• Fashion for Good
• Fashion Pact
• German Sustainable Textile Partnership
• Global Fashion Agenda
• Global Organic Textile Standard
• Microfibre Consortium
• Organic Cotton Accelerator
• Social & Labor Convergence Programme
• Textile Exchange
• Transformers Foundation
• WRAP/UK Fashion Pact
• ZDHC Foundation

Recommendations

Appendix

A quick reference guide to the regional legal status of NGOs.

Fantastic bulk discounts are available for retail and brand corporations, contact us HERE for more info.

Written by Simon Ferrigno and edited by John Mowbray, the Inside Guide to Cotton and Sustainability 2020 is a 160 page printed publication that's an indispensible tool for retailers and brands who source cotton textiles and clothing. It is already THE reference tool for many leading global organisations.

This authoritative guidebook is an update of our original much sought-after guidebook, which was first published back in 2012, and which sold out within six months (sample pages from blue button to the right).

The new guidebook will go one step further in terms of an objective analysis of the rise in claims on sustainability with a factual, independent and an inside look at how the industry is actually performing.

Content includes:

– Introduction: unravelling the threads: ‘what’s new’?
– Growing cotton: places, people and economies
– Bad Reputation? Cotton and modernisation
– New technologies, big data, gene editing
– Cotton Crises? How did cotton get its bad reputation?
– Latest figures on global production
– Measuring and defining 'sustainable cotton'
– Cotton standards, labelling and certification: progress reports
– The new regulatory and monitoring environments
– Due diligence and the role of the OECD and EU in regulation and guidelines
– Cotton and the circular economy
– Updates on pesticides use and conventional cotton
– Industry mergers: new production and growing technologies
– Traceability and the new game changers such as blockchain and DNA markers
– Benchmarking to SDGs and natural capital accounting, LCAs, science-based targets
– What might sustainable cotton look like in future?
– Perspectives from industry: farmers, consumers, landscape users
– Conclusions: the state of sustainable cotton
– Coming challenges: Climate change, soils, water
– The way ahead for cotton
– Recommendations for the industry

Fantastic bulk discounts are available for retail and brand corporations, contact us HERE for more info.

This edition of the guidebook is to be published 1 September 2024.

In addition to our unique on-line tool, the booklet informs readers on the latest voluntary and obligatory textile standards, legislation and routes to certification along with how to source textiles in a socially responsible manner.

If you are a buyer or a textile manufacturer wanting to know more about sourcing and producing eco-textiles this updated guide-book is a "must read" information resource.

This meticulously researched publication, available in both printed and digital format, guides brands through everything they need to know about the Chinese textile industry and its future direction.

The report includes input from the official China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) and the Beijing-based environmental NGO the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), as well as local stakeholders in the rapidly evolving Chinese textile industry.

What does it cover?

China’s 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), including an in-depth look at the development plan for the textile industry, which in future is set to focus on industrial transformation and upgrading and moves towards higher-added value areas.

A geographic overview of China’s textile industry, including the shifting nature of the industry as, for instance, Beijing looks to move labour intensive industries such as textiles out of the Pearl River Delta and into the interior.

Key statistical information about China’s textile industry which provides readers with an overview of key trends in areas such as Chinese textile product exports, production prices, wage rates and foreign direct investment (FDI) by China’s textile industry.

New pollution laws and a detailed legislative overview of how these are impacting on China’s textile industry. The report looks at pollution laws which currently govern the textile industry in China, how these are changing, what further changes are expected to be implemented and how pollution laws are being enforced.

The report will example the impact of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) which is facilitating apparel brands to use publicly disclosed violation records and automatic monitoring data as tools for supervising textile facility compliance . The report will draw on the considerable expertise of the IPE in the Chinese textile industry to provide brands with best practice advise on how to ensure compliance and implement targeted improvements in their Chinese textile supply chains.

Wage rates and a general overview of CSR issues and challenges in the Chinese textile industry. This will include labour laws and ILO ratifications, wage rates by year and timeline and wage rates by geographic region.

LIMITED PRINTED COPIES AVAILABLE.

Licensed pdf files also available.

If so, this special MCL briefing is a 'must-read' for you. 

In this due diligence on textile sourcing, international expert Simon Ferrigno gets deep inside the textile supply chain to assesses how comprehensive due diligence is much more than simple compliance to third-party textile standards and/or an exercise in risk management.

This specially commissioned four part briefing, also considers if due diligence has become a sophisticated way for retailers and brands to cover themselves, or if it’s really being used as a tool for companies and investors upstream to ensure they comply with certain legal and moral imperatives of sustainable development.

This exploration of due diligence examines these issues and how it moves beyond the limitations of textile standards, which in the instance of cotton, can often ignore key questions outside their crop and immediate farm boundaries.

Part I. Introduction
Part II. The Environment
Part III. Economy and society
Part IV. Policy and governance
Part V. Recommendations 

Take a sneak preview of  the briefing by selecting the sample pages button on the left of this page.

Due Diligence will be delivered as a licensed pdf files at just £75 per licence.