“Accountability in the workplace generally means everyone is acting responsibly and striving to do their best for the business. But at a time when brands and retailers are held accountable on social m ...
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“Ciel Textile Group, a major knitwear supplier with a global customer base, has released its first sustainability report in which it outlines the steps taken to reduce its waste, cut carbon emissions ...
“H&M bets clothing recycling could eventually solve some of the industry’s biggest environmental problems. But can a fast fashion company solve the problem it helped create?” (8:52-minute video). ...
“This week, the Storting passed a new transparency law that imposes on large parts of Norwegian business and industry a responsibility to work actively to detect and stop violations of human rights by ...
“Bangladeshi textile workers fear for their safety following the expiry of a successful accord brought in after the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster. Global unions say firms could revert to an old model of se ...
“As scores of their colleagues fled to avoid having to undergo swab tests, 11 garment workers who tested positive for Covid-19 at a factory in the capital took the opportunity to escape along with the ...
“Workers of two garment factories blocked the Dhaka-Joydebpur road in Gazipur city for nine hours since this morning demanding due salaries and arrears. [...] According to witnesses and workers, the ...
“Italian police have arrested a Chinese couple accused of running a leather goods business which exploited immigrant workers it employed to make handbags for a Burberry supplier, according to an arres ...
The three workers are employed at Vietnam Samho. The infected individuals are related to a chain of infection in Tan Thanh Dong Commune, Cu Chi District, which has now been quarantined. Vietnam Samho ...
“We all know that International Women’s Day always ends up being a mixture of women on panels talking about hard-hitting topics like FGM, domestic abuse and transphobia to name a few. But it can also ...
“Speaking at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on China’s crackdown on Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in its western Xinjiang region, Republican Senator Marco Rubio said many U.S. comp ...
“PVH Corp., the New York-based owner of brands including Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, released its latest annual corporate responsibility report on Thursday, highlighting progress toward key targe ...
“Group will become first major British retailer to offer six months’ parental leave to all its employees. The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has become the latest British business, and the first major r ...
Dozens of women workers in an industrial unit located in Beni Ansar, Nador, suffered difficulties breathing as a result of a dangerous chemical leak. Local sources said the leak occurred in a factory ...
“A major fire broke out in a garment factory and its godown located on Budhewal Road, Kohara. The fire spread so fast that it engulfed the entire factory. The fire brigade sent 25 vehicles and the fir ...
“Bangkok reported three new clusters of infections while new clusters were also discovered in seven provinces, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). Apisamai Srirangson ...
“With the government’s efforts to popularise non-motorised vehicles hitting a roadblock, more than 1,000 women working in garment factories have offered to cycle to work to save money. Though it origi ...
“H&M Group is proud to join the EU Commission’s Green Consumption Pledge Initiative and thereby strengthen its commitment to lead the change towards a sustainable fashion future. We are on a mission t ...
“‘The Billion Dollar Collection’, launched today by non-profit H&M Foundation, presents 10 innovative sustainable start-ups that could change the face of the fashion industry. Showcased as garments in ...
“It depends on where you live, but many thrift stores and other donation programs can divert even the most tattered items from the landfill. In the past five years, I’ve lived at six addresses. While ...