Bangladesh's garment sector is undergoing rapid transformation due to changes in production, consumer demand, market dynamics and the fourth industrial revolution. Significant changes will also occur ...
"Athletic-wear giant Champion just announced that it is partnering with The Renewal Workshop to debut its Champion Renewed range – a new clothing line that will recycle fabrics headed to the landfill. ...
"About 70 per cent of readymade garment workers who have been retrenched from jobs amid the Covid outbreak have still remained unemployed, according to a survey conducted by Citizen’s Platform for SDG ...
"Days after international brands and labor unions unveiled an extension of a groundbreaking safety agreement intended to protect garment workers in Bangladesh, the powerful trade body representing loc ...
"Businessmen have cautioned that less-than-required manpower and lax implementation of labour laws result in incidents similar to the Mehran Town tragedy, which resulted in the loss of precious lives ...
"Factory workers in Myanmar’s largest city Yangon are being forced to decide between receiving bonuses for getting Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines or pink slips, despite concerns they have about potent ...
"South Asia’s largest apparel technology company, MAS Holdings, has entered the second phase of a renewable energy project which it says will reduce its carbon emissions by 25 per cent by 2025. The Sr ...
"A high-level delegation of IMF will visit BGMEA in December to hold discussions and explore avenues of how IMF, a specialized agency of the United Nations, can support the growth and development of B ...
"Even as fashion becomes more inclusive, the needs of consumers with physical and developmental challenges remains unseen “We don't even have basic accessibility like ramps for wheelchairs everywhere ...
"Love it or hate it, we’ve all noticed Love Island has kicked off for 2021. The contestants are in the villa and styling our screens with new outfits every week. Now, if you’re a lover of sustainable ...
"The death of Emmanuel Joe while repairing a rubber processing machine has exposed the appalling health and safety standards in the rubber factories, says Agricultural, Agro-Processing and Industrial ...
"The trade body representing garment factory owners in Bangladesh says that a new 'legally-binding agreement' on workplace safety will have no legal jurisdiction in the country. The Bangladesh Garment ...
"The Fair Labor Association (FLA) documents significant increases in net wages – ranging from 29 percent to 57 percent over a three-year period – in a new report released today. The increases allowed ...
"Executive Summary: The Fair Labor Association (FLA) upholds fair compensation and living wage as a right held by all workers and believes that making progress on this issue is a priority. This report ...
"Garment workers in Myanmar are working in factories without measures to protect them from COVID-19, according to the IndustriALL global trade union. The IndustriALL-affiliated Industrial Workers’ Fed ...
"Weaving data into how people shop for clothes could help reduce the fashion industry’s environmental damage, according to a student-led project. [...] Making fast fashion items requires large amounts ...
"Food and water were thought to be the main ways humans are exposed to PFAS, but study points to risk of breathing them in. Toxic PFAS compounds are contaminating the air inside homes, classrooms and ...
"Abstract: Sources of exposure to per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) include food, water, and, given that humans spend typically 90% of their time indoors, air and dust. Quantifying PFAS ...
"For the second issue of the Global Labour Rights Reporter, the Editorial Board has chosen the theme of “Accountability and Remedy in Global Supply Chains: Considerations for Workers and Unions”. Over ...
"The Covid-19 outbreak has triggered a severe economic crisis all over the world, leading states to take various legal and administrative decisions to support the economy. In Turkey, for this purpose, ...
