"A woman worker at a garment factory in Madhabpur has been raped. The incident took place at Haria village in the upazila on Friday morning. A youth named Nazmul Haque of Mirnagar village of the upazi ...
"Most entrepreneurs in the garment sector feel that the human rights situation needs to be further improved at the factory level. At least 94 percent think improving human rights at the factory level ...
"The appellate tribunal should be designed like the administrative appellate tribunal to put an end to the harassment faced by workers when it comes to settlement of disputes, said a lawmaker yesterda ...
"BGMEA President Faruque Hassan delivered a keynote speech on "Apparel Industry- Competitiveness beyond COVID-19" at an International Webinar Conference titled "Bangladesh at 50: From the test case to ...
"bKash has donated Tk 10 lakh [$11,697.26] to a fund set up by BGMEA to protect the health of garment workers. Ali Ahmmed, chief commercial officer of bKash, the country's largest mobile financial ser ...
"Progress of the country's readymade garment (RMG) industry has remained below the elementary level of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). None of the eight sub ...
"Traffic movement on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway remained suspended since Sunday morning as the workers of two readymade garment factories put barricade on the highway demanding payment of their dues. Th ...
"Better Cotton has launched a revision of the principles and criteria behind its Better Cotton Standard which aims to make production more sustainable. The revision will address both environmental and ...
"Austrian fibre manufacturer Lenzing has been recognised for its sustainability work by ratings agency MSCI, who’s bumped up the producer’s grade from A to AA. It places Lenzing among the world’s top ...
"Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference – or COP26 – in Glasgow later this month, more information about the workings of a budding new fashion industry taskforce is coming into view. Fi ...
"Ten. Billion. Dollars. It’s a figure that represents both the GDP of a small country and the amount of money Americans will spend on Halloween this year. According to the National Retail Federation v ...
"A new investigative report hopes to clear cotton’s name, debunking misinformation in the cotton sector. The report, “Cotton: A Case Study in Misinformation,” was released Thursday by nonprofit Transf ...
"The Sustainable Markets Initiative launched by The Prince of Wales has its own fashion task force, whose names were revealed on Friday. Chaired by Federico Marchetti, founder of the Yoox Net-a-porter ...
"Better Cotton has launched an ambitious revision of the Better Cotton Principles & Criteria – one of the key instruments of the Better Cotton Standard System, which work together to drive the cotton ...
"Greenwashing. Greenwishing. Greenhushing. With Cop26 on the near horizon, I’ve been thinking a lot about sustainability and our role in it. Talking with many people from across the industry, I’ve bee ...
"Fur is one of the most controversial subjects in the world of fashion, and Furmark is aiming to change the perception of it. Many prominent luxury fashion houses and other sustainable fashion brands ...
"Denim is among the most popular materials in fashion, but it’s wasteful to manufacture and difficult to recycle. Brands ranging from global giant Levi’s to tiny MUD say they are closer than ever to s ...
"The process to develop a fully biodegradable leather bag took over two years of research, development and disintegration tests, said Anya Hindmarch, the brand’s eponymous founder and chief executive. ...
"The generation credited with leading the charge on climate activism and social justice is also propelling the growth of fast-fashion behemoths like Shein and Boohoo. I Saw It First, a UK-based online ...
"In today's world, business is not only about profit, employment, income, and growth. Hence, it is not only about economic sustainability—it is also about social and environmental sustainability. In t ...
