"With brands committing to net-zero carbon goals and consumers demanding product transparency, the pressure is on to deliver end-to-end supply chain traceability. Connecting physical items to the digi ...
"With Covid 19 now spiking in Bangladesh at an alarming rate, a fresh humanitarian and health crisis is looming for garment workers that could eclipse the devastation endured in 2020. Bangladesh, whic ...
"Q&A with Randolf Waters, Senior Director, Global Partnerships & Branding at Xylem. Solving water means doing things differently – from technology and policy innovation to creative partnerships that b ...
"It’s the dirty secret behind the world’s fashion addiction. A huge proportion of the clothes we donate to charity end up dumped in landfill, creating an environmental catastrophe on the other side of ...
"A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change urges governments and businesses to act faster — much faster — to save the planet. Here’s what that looks like for fashion. [...] Despi ...
Yen Dinh district authorities shut down three production lines at Alena Vietnam Footwear after a worker tested positive for Covid-19. [Ed's note: see entry for Alena in the Open Apparel Registry datab ...
"Workers formerly employed at Evergreen Garment factory have described the hardships of life and bank debt during the Covid-19 outbreak after the factory closed more than three years ago without any l ...
"Xi Jinping pledged at the 75th United Nations General Assembly in September 2020 that China's carbon dioxide emissions will peak by 2030 and the country will strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 20 ...
"For fashion models, a multi-hyphenated career path is a rite of passage. You meet model-slash-actresses and model-slash-DJs… but how often have you come across a model-slash-agronomist? “My ambition ...
"Workers at three garment factories in Ashulia, Dhaka, have gone on strike demanding one month's salary. In one of the factories, the workers confined the owner to his office. Workers at Afnan Apparel ...
"The initiative has served 150,000 marginalised people in Bangladesh, including the RMG workers and slum dwellers of Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Narsingdi with quality healthcare services. Digital ...
"Stepping foot into Aksu Huafu Textiles' facility in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, things appear to be business as usual – despite its long-term foreign brands such as H&M and Adidas having co ...
"The Government of Canada says they’re committed to addressing forced labour and human trafficking in federal procurement supply chains via the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking. In June, ...
"Many businesses in the southern region have found the stay-at-work production model financially untenable and want a more flexible Covid-19 strategy to keep supply chains intact. Phan Thi Thanh Xuan, ...
"The Open Apparel Registry (OAR), a database of global garment manufacturing facilities, has published a report detailing its progression since launching in 2019, in a bid to share its work with data ...
"Nearly a quarter of all substances that are intentionally used in everyday plastic products are toxic, new research finds. The study, which examined chemicals in plastics globally, found an “unexpect ...
"Q: What are your core competencies for the export markets? Which fabrics and blends are popular there? A; Our core competencies can change every season. But in general, we use sustainable and natural ...
"Report by US research organisation C4ADS traces corporate network of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, described as a regional governing body-cum-commercial behemoth. [...] According to the ...
"Companies perpetrating forced labor and human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) are enmeshed in global trade and finance. This is a result of their integration with th ...
"If the modern environmental movement in America can be traced back to a single year, that year would be 1970. On the heels of the publication of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking book Silent Spring, the ...
