"Brands which source from Sri Lanka, along with the country's government and factory owners, should do more to protect garment workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Human Rights Watch ...
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"The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion (ESF APPG) has published a new report which details recommendations on how government and stakeholders can address the ...
"Proposals to create a Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) system to measure the environmental impact of apparel and footwear products sold within the European Union have gone out to public consulta ...
"Fashion rental firm Onloan has questioned a recent report which claimed that renting clothes was a bigger contributor to climate change than wearing them for longer and then throwing them away. Resea ...
"Today (July 12) the IUF filed a complaint with the International Labour Organisation’s Committee on Freedom of Association regarding the government of Turkey’s violations of ILO Conventions 87 and 98 ...
"Human beings are driven by all things ‘fast’ in order to meet their desires of instant gratification, which is amplified by the addiction to social media and all things online, in general. From fast ...
"Leading supermarket announces plans to slash its own emissions 80 per cent by 2030 and work with suppliers to develop ambitious decarbonisation strategies. Lidl GB this morning became the latest supe ...
"The entirety of shoemaker Clarks’ operations in Street, Somerset, including headquarters and warehouse staff, could strike over ‘dramatic’ fire and rehire attacks, Unite has warned. Unite, which repr ...
"Workers suffering dismemberment of body parts. Pattern resulting from the reduced workforce, irrational production targets, arbitrary shifts to risky roles unfamiliar to new, untrained workers. Incre ...
"The Sri Lankan government, factory owners, and the international clothes brands sourcing from Sri Lanka should protect the safety and employment rights of garment workers during the Covid-19 pandemic ...
"The deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has proved to be far more severe by all measures than the first wave. Consider this: The daily peak during the first wave in Bengaluru was 5,800 cases, ...
"Meaza, is a mother of two who came from rural kebeles around Dilla city in the South Nation, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR). She spent Six month while working in Hawassa’s Industrial Park. ...
"The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a ‘Behaviour Change Awareness Campaign’ to identify and reduce the COVID-19 risks faced by ready-made garment (RMG) workers in their workplace ...
"Customers can wear the item as many times as they like during the rental period. They also have the option to buy it at an adjusted price. Rebecca Minkoff hopes to bring in new customers who can’t af ...
"UK fashion businesses play a key role in local and global industries. The implications of decisions made in the UK by buyers, designers, retailers, manufacturers and citizens are local and global in ...
"New report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion urges the Government putting an end to exploitation and environmental harm. Cleaning Up Fashion examines how ...
"Garment workers in Pakistan faced some of the highest wage theft in the Asian garment industry during the Covid-19 crisis due to the imposition of the provincial Covid-19 lockdowns that coincided wit ...
"Boohoo’s sales soared last year but it was not all plain sailing, its boss John Lyttle says. Boohoo churns out 100 new products daily on its website but, with no stores to fill, it can produce only 2 ...
"Safety measures went down in the RMG sector in the post-Accord-Alliance period, leaving about 22.5% of the 4,000 garment factories uninspected, said Dr Khondaker Golam Moazzem, research director of t ...
"Britain’s future king set an example by launching a fashion mending service at his home in Scotland, and by wearing repaired items bought 50 years ago Luxury brands have taken note. Brunello Cucinell ...