"– The Togolese textile industry has been key to GDP for decades – Recent years have seen sustained efforts to boost its value – Sustainability is a key focus of national and regional initiatives – Ch ...
"The latest average monthly salary for 62 industries released by management consulting company 104 Corporation shows that only four have an average monthly salary of more than NT$ 50,000. In addition ...
"The fire, which broke out in a textile factory in Kahramanmaraş and then spread to 5 more facilities, was brought under control after the teams worked for about 6 hours. A fire broke out in a textile ...
"The largest sportswear industrial plant in Central America will soon open in Honduras. A factory where garments from renowned brands such as Nike and Under Armor will be made. According to the Real E ...
"A shoe factory in Sukabumi was fined Rp. 30 million [$2,070] after being found guilty of violating the provisions for the Emergency PPKM rules in a minor criminal trial held at the Sukaraja District ...
"A group of 12 domestic industry groups headed by the Malaysian Fashion, Textile and Apparel Federation (FMFTA) has issued a request to the government for "resumption of work and business", calling fo ...
Following the government announcement of a hard lockdown for manufacturing, including garment factories, more than 150 orders for clothing have been cancelled. During a previous country-wide lockdown, ...
"The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry said if factories processing food and other essentials remain shut amid Covid restrictions, consumers will ultimately have to suffer due ...
"The Cambodia Garment Training Institute (CGTI) and Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), in close cooperation with UNESCO and the Department of Non-Formal Education (DNFE) of the Mini ...
"For the most efficient factory operations with greatest output, today’s supply chain must be fully connected, interface with other tools and create a seamless process from designers to production flo ...
"This paper outlines possible scenarios for a post-COVID-19 future of the global apparel industry, with special attention to the likely impacts for workers, employers and governments in the Asia and P ...
"The analysis warns that the problem of rising sea levels is receiving little attention Smaller-scale suppliers would be most affected, the paper said, highlighting the example of Bangladesh. Large sw ...
"A key word that comes along with globalisation is competitiveness, be that in the international or domestic market. That means the ability to make goods and services available to consumers at the low ...
"If security staff at ServWorx hadn’t chased off looters at its site in Barnsley Road, Pietermaritzburg, the factory would have burned to the ground. The industrial laundry and work wear solutions spe ...
"The US state of Maine has become the country’s first to outline a ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The law will come into play from 2030, though applications deemed “currently unavo ...
"Garment factory owners in Sri Lanka have hit back against criticism from human rights campaigners who urged them to do more to protect their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sri Lanka Joint ...
"The US government has issued an advisory notice warning of "heightened risks" to businesses with links to the Xinjiang region of China because of "horrific abuses" against Uyghur Muslims and other mi ...
"The Interline analyses the most vital fashion technology news. This week: COVID reopening and the landscape of labour in apparel manufacturing. [...] Sustainability is dominating the news again. But ...
"On 11 July 2021, witness signatories Worker Rights Consortium and Clean Clothes Campaign sent the following letter to signatory brands to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh in resp ...
"Human rights due diligence (HRDD) of products and services—also known as “downstream HRDD” or “end use HRDD”—has been a requirement of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) s ...
