The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) is a national trade association representing apparel, footwear and other sewn products companies, and their...

The Americas Trade and Investment Act is a bi-partisan bill introduced on 6th March 2024 to promote regional trade with close US partners but also aims to boost textile...

This bill was signed into law on 7th October 2023, and mandates that public and private companies operating in California – with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion...

Signed into law on the same day as the California Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253), this bill (SB 261) targets similar entities, applying to US-based...

The Canada Organic Regime is a food based standard, but it’s interesting from a textiles point of view because in June 2009, an ‘equivalency agreement’ was signed...

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) was enacted by the federal government of the United States of America to “establish consumer product safety...

The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Green Guides provide guidance to help marketers avoid making false or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of their...

According to the FTC Recycled Content guidelines, it is deceptive to misrepresent, directly or by implication, that a product or package is made of recycled content.

LEED, whose name originates from the acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, was launched in March 2000 by the US Green Building Council.

The Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act, commonly known as the New York Fashion Act, is a proposed law that would apply to fashion and apparel companies...

In March 2023, a Senate Bill was introduced in the US state of California aimed at creating a ‘first of its kind’ extended producer responsibility (EPR) textile...

Proposed new rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), an independent US government agency, aim to mandate listed companies to reveal audited information...

Superior Energy Performance  is a certification program from the U.S. Council for Energy-Efficient Manufacturing that provides industrial facilities with a roadmap for...

Approved by US Congress in December 2021, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, also known as the UFLPA, prohibits the importation of goods into the United States...

In May 2022, a new The Fashion Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC) Act bill was proposed that aims to protect the wages of US garment workers...

The bi-partisan Supply Chain Resiliency Act, introduced as Bill H.R. 6571 and passed in May 2024, and now goes to the Senate. It aims to strengthen and diversify...