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SGS hosts free webinar for PPE businesses looking for long-term success  

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Geneva (March 7, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is proud to host a complimentary webinar, ‘Discovering PPE softlines solutions’, on March 27, 2025. The global market for personal protective equipment (PPE) is expanding, but it is also becoming more regulated. Businesses looking to ensure product compliance face challenges in […]

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China Updates Product Standard for Woven Children’s Clothing

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Geneva (March 3, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 031.25, detailing China’s updated version of GB/T 31900-2024, the national product standard for woven children’s clothing. GB/T 31900-2024 replaces the previous version, GB/T 31900-2015. Issued by the Standardization Administration of China, the new national standard will come into

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Optimize climate change management and corporate responsibility in fashion supply chains

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Geneva (February 10, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is hosting an exclusive expert-led webinar on February 26, 2025, to provide key insights into climate change management, corporate sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) frameworks tailored for the fashion industry. As the 2030 review of the Paris Agreement approaches,

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Sustainable and Transparent Supply Chain Management for Softlines

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a Consumer Compact article outlining its solutions for chemical compliance, verifiable transparency and market knowledge for the softlines industry. Increasing globalization has enabled international softline trade to flourish and provided access to lucrative markets far from home. The flip side to this is that

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China Releases Toweling Gowns Product Standard Update

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 184.24, summarizing the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s December 2024 announcement of revisions to FZ/T 62017-2024, the country’s standard for toweling gowns. With a scope applicable to woven toweling garments primarily made of textile fibers, including gowns, bath dresses and shower

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New Chinese Product Standard for Artificial Fur Garments Issued

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 183.25, highlighting the revision of China’s FZ/T 81009-2024 product standard for artificial fur garments. The new standard will become effective on July 1, 2026. The revisions are applicable to garments mainly made of an artificial fur shell, or artificial fur materials used in

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SGS Summarizes Update of Chinese National Standards for Physical and Chemical Performance of Garments

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a summary of updates for two Chinese national standards regulating the physical and chemical performance of garments. GB/T 21294-2024 on the Testing methods of physical and chemical performance of garments and GB/T 21295-2024 on the Requirements of physical and chemical performance of garments were

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SGS Summarizes New Argentine Labeling Requirements for Imported Textiles, Garments and Footwear

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS summarizing Argentina’s Resolution 49/2024, which streamlines the labeling requirements for imported textiles, garments and footwear. Resolution 49/2024 replaces Resolution No. 404/16 of the Argentine Ministry of Commerce and modifies articles in Resolutions No. 26/96 and No. 850/96. It updates the nation’s labeling

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SGS Summarizes New Chinese Mandatory Product Standard for Infant and Children’s Footwear

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 111.24 to provide stakeholders with an overview of the main technical changes brought in with China’s new mandatory product standard for infant and children’s footwear – GB 30585-2024. The new standard was issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization

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SGS Summarizes New Chinese Mandatory Product Standard for General Safety Requirements in Footwear

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 110.24 to provide stakeholders with a useful summary of China’s new mandatory product standard covering the general safety requirements for footwear – GB 25038-2024. GB 25038-2024 was issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic

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