"Adoption of automation is slow in Bangladesh because of the availability of cost-effective labour and the high capital investment required to automate factories. This is expected to change rapidly, t ...
"Vietnam, one of the world’s largest suppliers of apparel and footwear, is experiencing a labor shortage. Many employees are reluctant to return after a harsh summer lockdown. Thu Trang traveled to Ho ...
"Limon Hossain (24) has been killed in a scuffle at a garment factory in Rupganj, Narayanganj. The incident took place at A One Polar Limited factory in Bhultar upazila on Monday (November 15) morning ...
"More than 500 workers of ZA Apparels Limited factory protested in the Dewan Market area in Ashulia, Savar around 12:30pm today -- demanding timely payment of salaries and overtime bills. Around 700 p ...
"Today, the Ford Foundation announced a five-year, US$25 million grant to sustain and strengthen the global movement calling on governments at all levels to invest in protections for the world's 2.1 b ...
"Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has been awarded the ‘WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards’ in Sustainable Growth/Circular Economy Award category for using ‘Biometric ...
"Garment workers from Asian countries received training on how to deal with violence and sexual harassment against women in the workplace. Yesterday’s online training was organised by the Internationa ...
"The commerce ministry has formed the Government Coordination Council (GCC) to supervise the activities of the RMG Sustainability Council (RSC), a private organisation that oversees the safety standar ...
"Researchers behind a study hope hearing the views of textile workers will help make changes to the industry. The results will be used by a trust that has been given £1.1m by retailer Boohoo to spend ...
"Marks and Spencer makes a range of women’s clothing available for hire ahead of the Christmas party season The initiative comes amid pressure from MPs for retailers & manufacturers to end the era of ...
"Textile Exchange, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and a number of industry partners are galvanizing support toward joint climate and biodiversity action this week. Kicking off Day One of Textile Ex ...
"This report presents the findings of the ACT Purchasing Practices Surveys, which were taken by ACT member brand employees and their suppliers across key garment manufacturing countries. Including all ...
"The ACT report ACT Purchasing Practices Surveys by Brands and Suppliers 2021 provides an important window into the complex business relationship between ACT brand members and their suppliers. These a ...
"If you’ve visited Yellowstone National Park, you might have noticed that some of the geysers look pink: It’s because they’re colored by ancient bacteria that evolved to live in the scalding water. A ...
"Peru Moda Deco and Alpaca Fiesta, Peru’s most important fashion and textile trade shows, closed on Friday after several weeks of digital events bringing together all links in the textile and alpaca v ...
"The Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU) has been at the forefront of several fights to restore justice to the exploited garment industry. On January 5, 2020, Jeyasre Kathrivel, a Dalit ...
"The fashion industry is one of the largest contributors to the global climate and ecological crisis — accounting for up to 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Much of this impact occurs at the raw ...
'Since at least 2017, the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has inflicted an unprecedented system of mass internment, surveillance, and involuntary labor on Uyghur, Kazakh, and other ...
"Laundering Cotton: How Xinjiang Cotton is Obscured in International Supply Chains is an investigation into how forced-labor-produced cotton and cotton-based goods from the Uyghur Region wend their wa ...
"The ISEAL Innovations Fund has supported the exploration of innovative and ambitious solutions to key sustainability issues over the last five years. Now, five new Innovations Fund projects will buil ...
