"BKMEA executive president Mohammad Hatem said 222,230 garment workers have been trained in health and nutrition under the Women Workers Nutrition program. [...] Benoit Préfontaine, High Commissioner ...
"Instead of looking at the government, the State Minister of Planning Shamsul Alam has called for a corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund to develop separate hospitals and health insurance for ga ...
"A fire broke out at a garment factory in Kaliakair, Gazipur. The incident took place at 11:30 pm on Tuesday at a factory called Alor Disha [আলোর দিশা - Ālōra diśā] in Chandra Palli Bidyut Mollapara a ...
"In a Venn diagram of things that interest both teenage girls and Tory MPs there is very little overlap. Right in the centre, however, is the online fashion brand Shein. Shein (pronounced “she-in”) ma ...
"In today’s globalized economy, large companies increasingly outsource production to factories they neither own nor operate. Outsourcing can dramatically reduce the costs of production, while also ben ...
"Despite having a state watchdog, many local industrial units do not comply with workplace safety measures mainly due to poor coordination among regulators, speakers told a programme on Tuesday. Bangl ...
"The University of Huddersfield has collaborated with local textiles firm Camira to investigate natural solutions to the challenge of producing fire resistant fabrics with a more sustainable manufactu ...
"A fire at a shoe factory in Bang Phli district on Tuesday night caused an estimated 100 million baht [$2,996,704] damage, but no injuries. The fire began about 9pm at a factory producing canvas shoes ...
"Global businesses often rely on social audits to manage human rights issues in their supply chains, despite evidence the model and its underlying logic are not fit for the purpose of improving outcom ...
"Precis: Transparentem’s investigations suggest that audit deception is a pervasive problem in apparel supply chains. At most worksites included in our recent investigations, workers have described st ...
"Page Industries, the leading apparel manufacturer and exclusive licensee of Jockey and Speedo in India, has received the leadership award for Green Supply Chain at ESG India Leadership Awards. It was ...
"A recently released report reveals the environmental destruction that fast fashion is wreaking in the developing world, and the Western brands responsible. drone hovers above, unnoticed by the workme ...
"Japanese resale giant Mercari released its first “reuse report” this week, and it offered insights into how sweeping the resale trend is. “While resale is sometimes thought of as a niche market, its ...
"Audit deception is common in global apparel supply chains according to a new report from the Transparentem nonprofit which calls for urgent reform. The report, entitled Hidden Harm, revisits previous ...
"Zara owner Inditex, outdoor clothing brand Patagonia and sportswear company Brooks Running are among nine major companies pledging to move cargo on ships using zero-carbon fuel by 2040. The new Cargo ...
"Fast fashion retailer Shein has been dubbed the “most manipulative” fashion website for its tactics to entice customers to make purchases. Countdown timers, exclusive subscriber discounts, trending s ...
"In offsetting its huge carbon trail, the textile industry must embrace innovation across the entire value chain to ensure long-term sustainability. [...] Examples of business model innovation include ...
"Drop by drop, researchers from North Carolina State University printed ink on cotton fabric to make “digital” denim fabric resembling six different styles of jeans. When they asked a team of textile ...
"The fashion industry is one of the most significant contributors to the climate crisis today. Between excess water, dangerous chemicals, carbon emissions, and huge amounts of waste, the fashion indus ...
"Sustainable clothing is a consciously designed movement and conscious process of cultivating change within the fashion system and textile production towards greater social justice and environmental i ...
