"Bangladesh is in the midst of a 14-day severe lockdown, from 23 July to 05 August, during which all industries are closed. However, a notification was issued by the government on Friday stating that ...
"Reuters has reported that online retailer Boohoo will be moving all of its suppliers to a new auditing model over the next 12 months. This was in response to controversies over their supply chain and ...
"Since April 1, Covid-19 outbreaks have hit 518 factories and a total of 36,861 of their employees in 49 provinces, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. CCSA spokesman Tawees ...
"The government has decided to keep all the export-oriented factories and industries open from August 1 amid the ongoing strict lockdown which started from July 23. The Cabinet Division issued a gazet ...
"Health officials say 46 employees at a garment factory in Dickwella have tested positive for COVID-19. The PCR tests have been done on 150 employees of the factory and of them, 46 have turned out to ...
"Workers employed by shoe manufacturer Clarks at their base in Street in England demonstrated against the threat of fire and rehire on Monday. According to the news website burnham-on-sea.com, residen ...
"A sari roll polishing factory on the ground floor of a three-storey building on Ashwani Kumar Road in Varachha caught fire late at night. The blaze spread from the ground to the third floor, while mo ...
"With coronavirus deaths rising in Myanmar, allegations are growing from residents and human rights activists that the military government, which seized control in February, is using the pandemic to c ...
"In addition to its regular activities around the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) standard, the initiative supports local cotton companies in implementing community projects in the subject areas of healt ...
"US apparel firm Tapestry, which owns the Coach and Kate Spade brands, has detailed new targets to accelerate its sustainability work, and has established the Tapestry Foundation – an organisation “co ...
"Fast fashion firm Boohoo has vowed to investigate fresh allegations of exploitation at a factory in Leicester that Sky News links back to them. Someone who claims to work at the site approached the b ...
"UNI Global Union is calling on multinational banks with investments linked to the military junta in Myanmar, including Credit Suisse and UBS in Switzerland, and Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Morga ...
"Investing in regenerative agriculture is the latest trend in fashion. This year, the Kering Luxury Group — home to brands such as Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen — has co-foun ...
""I am sad that we have turned the word fast fashion into something negative. The fact that the younger generation wants to dress in a way that shows their personality and expresses themselves in diff ...
"After all the talk of "bouncing back better" in our industry during the past 18-months, we are still failing the people who make our clothes. Garment workers have been described by one human rights o ...
"The Italian company Geox is ready to leave the city of Vranje after operating five years in Serbia and sack 1,200 people, writes Danas. Recent weeks saw rumours on social networks that Geox company c ...
"FibreTrace, Singapore-based supply chain traceability solution for the textile industry, has been awarded a European patent issued for ‘Photon Marker System in Fiber Material’. The company had receiv ...
"Over the past few years, Bangladesh has surpassed several milestones in terms of economic development: Bangladesh entered into the SDG era in 2015 after successful accomplishment of the MDGs, graduat ...
"Secondhand fashion marketplace Dotte has partnered with a number of children’s clothing brands in a bid to promote circularity and product longevity. The likes of Tobias and the Bear, Turtledove Lond ...
"UK scientists claim to have invented an ultra-low liquor ratio reactive dyeing process for cellulosics that requires no salt. Previously, there have been many attempts to achieve salt-free dyeing usi ...
