"Maharastra, a leading contributor to India’s textile and apparel output, also has the highest number of polluted rivers in the country. A 2019 report by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) sta ...
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"The U. S. Cotton Trust Protocol sets a new standard for more sustainably grown cotton from the United States. It brings quantifiable and verifiable goals and measurement to sustainable cotton product ...
A textile factory caught fire on Saturday in Ciudad del Este. The M. KM factory specialises in producing curtains. ...
More than 25 employees of a garment Factory in Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu, who were vaccinated with the Chinese-made Sinophorm Covid-19 vaccine have fallen ill. 1,200 garment workers have so far be ...
"A 21-year-old woman was allegedly held hostage and raped by six men on a moving bus in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong last week. All the six men, including the bus driver and his helper, have been ar ...
"Garment factory owners have expressed their intention to keep running their industrial units during the upcoming lockdown, while union leaders are divided on the issues of ensuring workers' safety an ...
"The government has issued a new rule for investors of the clothing and textile industries, keeping a provision of getting environment and fire safety clearance first prior to obtaining factory regist ...
"Raw material and slippers worth lakhs were gutted in a fire that broke out in a footwear manufacturing unit at Modern Industrial Estate (MIE) in Bahadurgarh town here on Saturday. No loss of life was ...
"Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have decided to continue collaboration in the area of sustainable development go ...
"The nutrition status of workers matters highly in raising their productivity, but ensuring proper nutrition for workers has long been neglected in the country’s readymade garment sector, speakers sai ...
"The toxic manufacturing processes Another big issue concerning the garment industry is the chemical waste discarded during manufacturing. This is most prevalent in Indonesia, which produces 2.4 perce ...
"In the second episode of our series with The ReFashion Hub, we visit two villages in Ludhiana – a bustling textile hub in northern India known for manufacturing 80% of the country's woollen clothes a ...
"Together with THE POLICY HUB – CIRCULARITY FOR APPAREL AND FOOTWEAR we, at Global Fashion Agenda play a proactive role in advocating for policy changes and supportive measures that reinforce sustaina ...
"There are numerous health and safety problems are present in textile industry. They include: exposure to cotton and other organic dust, exposure to chemicals and dyeing of materials, musculoskeletal ...
"Tens of thousands of migrant workers fled Bangladesh's capital Sunday on the eve of a tightened lockdown that will curtail most economic activity and confine people to their homes as coronavirus infe ...
"UNIDO and a coalition of public and private partners, including Changelabs, announce the launch of Jordan’s first accelerator targeting natural cosmetics, fashion, and phytopharmaceutical startups an ...
"Cotton is the lifeblood of the Bangladesh RMG industry, with our country among the world's four largest users of this miracle fibre. The other three are China, India and Pakistan, the latter two of w ...
"Name: Aleks Gosiewski Title: Co-Founder & COO What do you consider to be your company’s best ESG-related achievement? At its core, AlgiKnit is dedicated to creating better materials for an expansive ...
"In a public statement released on June 24, luxury outerwear brand Canada Goose announced its plans to go fur-free by 2022. In a phased approach, the organisation will end the purchasing of all fur by ...
"Producing organic and sustainable silk in Sichuan, China, is expensive, but Bombyx founders Andrew and Hilmond Hui think it will pay off in the long run The Hong Kong father and son hope that, by ado ...