104 workers at Neo Trend Tekstil, located in Gedikli Plaza in Güngören, Istanbul, were dismissed on 1 July without any severance pay after they came back to work from a two-month break while the facto ...
"Ath Thorn, president of the Cambodian Labor Confederation, has announced his support for a Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training program requiring factory owners to conduct rapid Covid-19 testing ...
"From donation matching campaigns to providing supplies, here are the brands and retailers supporting Haiti. Kenneth Cole Skechers Amazon." ...
"The Lesotho textile giant that makes jeans for Levi Strauss, The Children’s Place and Wrangler owner Kontoor Brands has laid off 4,000 workers over the past year, the result of a dearth of orders fro ...
"Bangladesh is suffering through its deadliest surge of the pandemic, but you wouldn’t know it looking at its factories, markets and malls. [...] Ending the lockdown kicked off earlier this month with ...
"The pandemic brought some garment manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., particularly Los Angeles. But the clothing industry says a bill meant to protect garment workers’ pay could move jobs offshore a ...
"The fashion industry has long been unregulated, opaque and unaccountable, operating to the detriment of the environment. In this guest blog post by Anvita Srivastava, explore what’s next for fashion ...
"In the fourth episode in our series of Ecotextile Talks podcasts supported by Higg, our host Philip Berman talks to Zalando sustainability director Kate Heiny about how the online clothing retailer h ...
"With Brits disposing an estimated £140 million worth of clothing every year, it’s no surprise that clothing rental services are paving the way for a more sustainable approach to fashion and fashion w ...
"Scandi label Ganni and luxury resale site Vestiaire Collective are working together in an effort to make the fashion industry more circular. Members of the Ganni Girls community (an Instagram hashtag ...
"As consumers wake-up to the detrimental effects of the fashion industry on our planet, we catch up with Trinny Woodall and Wayne Hemingway for their thoughts on how fashion brands can address their e ...
"Nora Redmond problematises sustainable fashion as exclusionary to the working class, leaving them with no other option than unethical fast fashion. The focus is sustainability. With demands for clima ...
"Footwear retailer Skechers has announced its plan to donate a total of one million dollars to three charities committed to assisting in Haiti earthquake relief. Community Organised Relief Effort, Hop ...
"Five-and-a-half years have passed since the inspection of the ready-made garment factory, but half the remediation work has not yet been completed. Despite various efforts, the Department of Inspecti ...
"The Dutch subsidiary of sustainable clothing company Ziel has been declared bankrupt, RTL Nieuws reports. Last year, investors poured $4 million into entrepreneur Marilyn Vogellar, who wanted to give ...
"It is concerning that many apparel units still lack adequate fire safety systems. A report of Clean Clothes Campaign and European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights shows that remedial measur ...
"We often hear that the most sustainable garment is the one in your closet. But the adage doesn’t always hold true. High-street friendly fabrics like polyester and PVC release microplastics into the w ...
"German companies have to work on their supply chains. But does that lead to additional costs for the company and really to more transparency for customers? The name of the regulation has 36 letters: ...
"As fighting approaches Rangoon, urban guerrilla groups are urging people to be prepared for civil defense and to assist local People's Defense Force (PDF). [...] A vehicle belonging to the Tatmadaw T ...
"On July 7, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs issued Circular No. 06/2021/TT-BLDTBXH amending and supplementing a number of articles laid out in Circular 59/2015/TT-BLDTBXH dated Dec ...
