All Asian Dialogue recordings
Technical Seminar 16 - "Supplier Model Contract Clauses"
The Sustainable Terms of Trade White Paper in 2022 highlighted unfair contracting practices impacting human rights in the garment sector. A call for collaborative efforts to draft model contract clauses to protect suppliers and share responsibility for addressing human rights...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | December 06, 2023
Technical Seminar 11: Sustainable Alternative Fuel Sources for Garment Factories in Cambodia
Cambodia's garment industry heavily relies on steam, but achieving sustainable steam production in the country remains a challenge due to various reasons. Outdated and inefficient equipment used in garment factories is one of these reasons. Additionally, the use of biomass as an...
Technical Seminar 10: E-learning based blended training for increased efficiency and sustainable chemical management
Monitoring environmental impacts and good chemical management are a pivotal part of contributing to sustainability in the textile and garment sector. GIZ developed the e-REMC, a new e-learning-based blended training approach, to address the needs of textile and garment...
GIZ FABRIC Asia | May 15, 2023
Moving the Needle 14: Safeguarding worker rights: Key issues for 2023
Our 14th online seminar in this series, hosted by GIZ Fabric, will focus on key issues facing workers in Asian apparel and textile chains in the year ahead, and what has to happen to ensure these workers’ rights are safeguarded. Four panellists with extensive experience...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 30, 2023
Getting Through the Crisis Together 12: The Impacts of the Pandemic on Overseas Chinese-invested Textile and Apparel Enterprises' Operation and Social Responsibility
How have Chinese-invested overseas companies and their social responsibility management been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? What measures have been taken to deal with the most prominent social responsibility issues, such as labor disputes, rights of vulnerable groups and...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 29, 2023
Getting Through the Crisis Together 11: One Year COVID 19 - How are we Getting Through the Crisis?
In the eleventh online seminar of GIZ FABRIC ́s online seminar series, we will look at crucial moments for the textile and garment industry in Asia since the start of the pandemic and capture the change of conversation about the effects of the crisis from the early beginning...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 26, 2023
Getting Through the Crisis Together 10: How is COVID 19 changing the Digital Landscape for the Textile Industry?
COVID-19 has created a number of sustainability problems for brands and suppliers in the textile and garment industry, not the least of which is maintaining oversight of existing social and environmental programs. In response to this, many companies have reduced or suspended...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 26, 2023
Getting Through the Crisis Together 9: Making strategic choices to stay competitive in and after COVID 19
In the ninth seminar, which is jointly organized by GIZ FABRIC and the International Apparel Federation (IAF), we will hear from producers about different strategies to remain competitive in difficult times. Recent data from production countries give a generally somber picture of...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 26, 2023
Getting Through the Crisis Together 8: How can social dialogue help us get through the crisis together?
In the eighth seminar, which is jointly organized by GIZ FABRIC and ILO’s Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia project, we will focus on social dialogue as a key component of strong industrial relations. Given the challenging situation for both workers and employers due to...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 26, 2023
Getting Through the Crisis Together 7: What changes can suppliers expect from their clients in Europe?
In the seventh seminar, which is jointly organized by GIZ FABRIC and Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, we will focus on how supply chains can remain liquid. Nobody in the industry wants to repeat the events of the last few months – but what can brands do to prevent another...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 26, 2023
Getting Through the Crisis Together 6: Workers Voices - The Impact of COVID 19 on Garment Workers
In the sixth webinar of GIZ FABRIC ́s webinar series, we will look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers in the textile and garment industry in Asia. How has their life changed under COVID-19? How did they experience the outbreak of the pandemic and the impacts on...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 26, 2023
Getting Through the Crisis Together 5: COVID 19 and beyond - Making gender equality a reality
In the fifth webinar, which is jointly organised by GIZ FABRIC and ILO’s Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia project, we will look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers in the textile and garment sector in Asia from a gender perspective. Given that women account...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 26, 2023
Getting Through the Crisis Together 4: Sustainability - How to stay on course during COVID 19
COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains globally, resulting in reduced orders and incomes, factory closures and job losses. The implications for developing countries are enormous, potentially leading to strikes and social unrest. This webinar series sheds light on the pandemic’s...
GIZ FABRIC Asia | March 26, 2023
Getting Through the Crisis Together 3: Business Resilience - How can factories bounce back from COVID 19
COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains globally, resulting in reduced orders and incomes, factory closures and job losses. The implications for developingcountries are enormous, potentially leading to strikes and social unrest. This webinar series sheds light on the pandemic’s...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 26, 2023
Getting Through the Crisis Together 2: The Impact of the Crisis - The Brands´ Perspective
COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains globally, resulting in reduced orders and incomes, factory closures and job losses. The implications for developing countries are enormous, potentially leading to strikes and social unrest. This webinar series by GIZ FABRIC sheds light on...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 26, 2023
Getting Through the Crisis Together 1: The impact of the Crisis on Producers and Workers - Voices from Asia
COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains globally, resulting in reduced orders and incomes, factory closures and job losses. The implications for developing countries are enormous, potentially leading to strikes and social unrest. This webinar series by GIZ FABRIC sheds light on...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 26, 2023
Technical Seminar 9: The First 100 days of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
Following on from online seminars last year on the then upcoming Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, this event brings together a range of experts to discuss practical implications of the enforcement of the Act on manufacturers in the production countries. Since the German Act has...
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | March 20, 2023
Moving the Needle 13: The Pakistan Accord
Signatories to the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry announced they are establishing a comprehensive workplace health and safety program in Pakistan covering signatories’ garment and textile suppliers. The new Pakistan Accord is a...
GIZ FABRIC | March 03, 2023
Technical Seminar 8: Purchasing Contract Solutions to Decarbonising Supply Chains - A Briefing by the Chancery Lane Project
The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP) is a collaborative initiative of international legal and industry professionals whose vision is a world where every contract enables solutions to climate change. TCLP creates new, practical contractual clauses ready to incorporate into law firm...
GIZ FABRIC | March 03, 2023
Asian Dialogues on Sustainability in the Textile and Garment Sector | February 14, 2023