"As fashion continues to contend with its well-documented environmental impact, many firms are trotting out terminology to underscore their efforts. From “carbon neutral” to “waste-free,” brands are r ...
"Vote result marks 'largest private sector victory for manufacturing workers in over 30 years,' union says. Nearly nine in 10 Canada Goose employees who work at the company's Winnipeg production facil ...
"RCT Council has provided grant funding to a local enterprise which has exciting plans to restart manufacturing at the former Polikoff and Burberry factory in Ynyswen, with highly-skilled former worke ...
"Factories in Vietnam are struggling for staff after many migrant workers returned home when a coronavirus lockdown that had kept them in Ho Chi Minh City for months last year was eased, a partner at ...
"Companies must be prepared to meet their moral and business obligations when operations bump up against labor abuses — or worse. Swedish fashion giant H&M’s commitment to “operating with respect to h ...
"Among a host of challenges facing the fashion industry in light of climate change, the sourcing of natural fibres is likely to become more difficult. Diversifying supply chains is only a temporary so ...
"A crop of new sustainability commitments came in during COP26. For brands without an established roadmap, first steps are not always obvious. We spoke to experts to see what changes fashion can make ...
"From today through Dec. 25, 100 percent of net proceeds across all ready-to-wear, handbags and accessories in Gabriela Hearst flagship stores (985 Madison Avenue in New York and 59 Brook Street in Lo ...
"...Attached to this email is our press release, released on 29 November. In it we point out that the accusations of which the brand has been accused are false, uninformed and lack any prior investiga ...
"The Mexican Ministry of Culture sent a letter to Levi Strauss (Levi's) in which it has accused the company of "commercialising and privatising a collective property by making use of cultural elements ...
"I work for Myanmar Ha Hae, formerly Myanmar Glogon, where I used to earn about 220,000 kyat [$123] per month. Now I only get 150,000 [$84]. I was formerly required to sew 30 pieces per hour. Now I ha ...
"Mingalar Sumbiri Garment, with produces for H&M and C&A, fired 86 workers on 30 November due to lack of order. the HR manager announced the company will deduct one month from severance pay. For examp ...
"The head of the Ernsting's Family fashion chain railed against the latest corona resolutions - and announced legal action. More plaintiffs are likely to follow. [...] In a statement sent out by a spo ...
"The road to circularity is not without its obstacles—or its skeptics. Not long after debuting its first collection designed in line with the Ellen MacArthur Jeans Redesign guidelines, Irish fast-fash ...
"A mob in Pakistan tortured, killed and then set on fire a Sri Lankan man who was accused of blasphemy over some posters he had allegedly taken down. Priyantha Diyawadana, a Sri Lankan national who wo ...
"Prime Minister Imran Khan says he will personally oversee the investigation into ‘the horrific vigilante attack’. A Sri Lankan factory manager in Pakistan has been beaten to death and set ablaze by a ...
"Corporations aren't just impersonal machines for making money; they are also members of the communities where their employees, customers and neighbors live and work. Some, of course, take their envir ...
"The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) has reported that 74% of users of the union’s clinics are vaccinated against Covid, more than double the national average. SACTWU sai ...
"The BGMEA has issued 18 directives, including separate shift for workers and mandatory wearing of masks full-time at work to prevent the spread of 'Omicron'. [...] At the time of entering the factory ...
"The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with BRAC on prevention of gender-based violence and workplace harassment of garment ...
