Industry News

Fashion is ‘Sleepwalking’ into a Climate Catastrophe. Bangladesh is in the Bullseye
Sep 19, 2023

For Monira, a 30-year-old garment worker living in Ashulia, a suburb near the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, the weather has become her defining concern.

Focusing on workers’ welfare, Tirupur Stakeholders Forum will be relaunced soon
Sep 19, 2023

Tirupur Stakeholders Forum (TSF), an initiative comprising of Tirupur Exporters Association, Unions, NGOs and Brand Ethics Working Group will be relaunched soon under the chairmanship of V. Elangovan, vice president of Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA).

2 garments factories shut down, over 6,000 workers lose jobs
Sep 19, 2023

More than 6,000 workers lost their jobs with the closure of two apparel manufacturers in Cebu and Bataan, the Confederation of Wearable Exporters of the Philippines (CONWEP) said Monday. CONWEP confirmed the closure of Mactan Apparels Inc., one of the three biggest garments and apparel manufacturing groups in the Philippines.

Amazon, Electrolux, Philips, and over 20 other major global companies launch historictender to accelerate deployment of zero-emission shipping
Sep 19, 2023

Shipping lines are invited to submit bids for zero-emission shipping services that enable members of the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) to reduce supply chain emissions.

Joint Letter: Red lines to the Regulation on “prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market”
Sep 19, 2023

As the negotiations on the content of the legislation advance, and in order to ensure that the European Commission proposal fulfils its best potential, we, the undersigned Civil Society Organisations, Coalitions and Trade Unions, believe that the below elements are essential to make the proposed regulation efficient, implementable and above all, impactful to address forced labour meaningfully.