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Gang raids garment factory, assaults Omani national: Apparel Association, NFF demand action against culprits
"National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa yesterday (02) alleged that a gang of persons with links to a ruling party politician representing the Gampaha District had carried out an attack ...
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April 04, 2023
11 killed in stampede for food handouts in Karachi
"At least 11 people died and several others were injured Friday in a stampede inside the premises of a factory at the Naurus intersection in Karachi’s SITE area, the latest incident in which people lo ...
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April 04, 2023
UK Fintech AGAM International and SBK Foundation Pioneer first digital and sharia only micro finance product in Bangladesh
"UK fintech AGAM International and Bangladesh’s leading Micro Finance Institution, SBK Foundation, formally launch the first Sharia based digital microcredit in Bangladesh today. The partnership will ...
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April 04, 2023
How fast fashion fuels climate change, plastic pollution and violence
"The 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse sparked a call for change in the global fashion industry. But 10 years on, more than 100 billion clothes a year are made – mostly from oil turned into polyester – ...
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April 04, 2023
Smart factories and humans can mutually co-exist
"Smart factories act as enablers that work in tandem with humans to make their job easier, to reduce the dependency on redundant manual efforts so that workers can be assigned other important tasks an ...
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April 04, 2023
Financing main barrier to textile recycling?
"Diverting the ever-growing mountain of post-consumer apparel waste from landfill is a task way beyond the textile industry’s current capabilities, a new study has found." ...
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April 04, 2023
3 years later: How COVID-19 exposed the vulnerability of suppliers and workers to the power of big buyers
"A tidal wave of order cancellations in early 2020 had dire repercussions for laborers and their families. The consequences are still being felt. [...] Walmart. Target. Aldi. Kohl’s. Gap Inc. H&M. Ind ...
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April 04, 2023
BGMEA wants industrial police unit in Dhaka city
"The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has urged the government to establish an industrial police unit in the Dhaka metropolitan area to help maintain law and order an ...
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April 04, 2023
RMG exporters seek advance cash incentives to pay workers' wages
"Apparel exporters have urged the government to provide at least Tk1,500 crore in advance cash incentives from the export subsidy fund, saying that factory owners need special support to pay workers' ...
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April 04, 2023
The rise of the minimalist wardrobe
"According to fans of capsule dressing, it's all about less is more, and the "rule of five". So is it time to return to more old-fashioned ways of thinking about what we wear, asks Matilda Welin." ...
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April 04, 2023
Artistic Milliners, Star Fades expand western capabilities
"To meet the needs of customers looking for sustainable solutions, AM and SFI are rolling out several new wash innovations that take sourcing to the next level by reducing or eliminating the use of ha ...
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April 04, 2023
Lukut factory fire only impacts 1% of capacity - Top Glove
"The fire incident at Top Glove Corp Bhd’s factory in Lukut, Negeri Sembilan on March 30 has caused a minimal impact with only one per cent of the group’s capacity. In a statement today, the gloves ma ...
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April 04, 2023
Which fashion sustainability pledges have been followed through on and implemented effectively?
"In recent years, many fashion companies have made sustainability pledges that we need to determine whether they have been followed through on and implemented effectively, as there is often limited tr ...
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April 04, 2023
Sustainable fashion: 5 key trends
"Below, we set out five sustainability trends which demonstrate how seriously the retail sector is taking the environmental challenge and how it is innovating to address it. Second-hand market Rental ...
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April 03, 2023
Nike subtly responds to supply chain forced labour concerns
"Nike has detailed the steps it is taking to eradicate forced labour in its supply chain following several calls from investors and NGOs to address concerns on the matter." ...
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April 03, 2023
Kozhikode textile factory fire likely caused by short circuit or faulty equipment, says preliminary report
"On Sunday, the Fire Force unit submitted a preliminary inquiry report on the fire accident that occurred at Jayalakshmi Silks in Kozhikode. The incident, which happened on Saturday around 6 am, cause ...
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April 03, 2023
Fire in Agra shoe factory, 4 rescued
"Fire in Agra Shoe Factory: Four people trapped in the factory were barely pulled out. Fire tenders started trying to control the fire. The fire was controlled after six hours of effort." ...
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April 03, 2023
Striking against all odds
"More than two years have passed since the coup in Myanmar. There have been crackdowns on trade unions shortly after the coup, and militant union leaders have been arrested or driven underground. Do w ...
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April 03, 2023
Better Cotton strengthens ties with Tajikistan
"Better Cotton, which bills itself as the world’s leading sustainability initiative for cotton, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Agriculture." ...
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April 03, 2023
H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB’s Annual and Sustainability Report 2022 is published
"H&M Group has worked with sustainability for many years and 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the company’s sustainability reporting. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB’s integrated Annual and Sustainability ...
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April 03, 2023