"Workers of 833 industrial units, out of 9,177, in seven areas under the jurisdiction of Industrial Police across the country are yet to be paid wages for March until Monday. [...] Highest 395 factori ...
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"January of this year was the busiest month for garment workers in Bangladesh since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Workers spent 295 hours on average in the factory during the 27 working days ...
"When women who sew clothes for famous brands are harassed, there is a new place for them to turn. [...] For the women who sew the Western world’s clothes in Lesotho — the tiny country buried inside S ...
"Italian fashion industry association Camera della Moda (CNMI) has launched a job placement initiative for Ukrainian refugees interested in finding work in the sector, in collaboration with an industr ...
"The fragmented patchwork of different ways for companies to report and be held to account on their social and environmental performance is soon to be replaced by widely accepted and endorsed internat ...
"Investors are increasingly looking at companies’ exposure to climate risks when deciding which businesses to back. Now financial regulators are introducing rules that will require brands to provide m ...
"Vanishingly few big, established brands have appointed Black chief executives, even after two years of theoretically addressing racial injustice." ...
"Four Italian women-led brands launched in the past few years with sustainable and socially charged values and a lifestyle proposition. [...] Tu Lizé Vernisse Bragoon Skin of Nature." ...
"Meanwhile, another fire broke out at a readymade garment factory – Magpie Composite Ltd – in Savar’s Ashulia area in the afternoon. The fire broke out at about 2:30pm and was brought under control af ...
"Traceability solutions provider Haelixa has collaborated with stakeholders in Peru’s textile industry as part of a United Nations-led initiative focused on improving transparency within the country’s ...
"Canada’s premier forum for advancing sustainability in the fashion industry, the World Ethical Apparel Roundtable (WEAR), is to take on a new format this year and will be will be held as two separate ...
"We toured a Toronto factory to see how Canada Goose jackets are made. [...] When I first walked into the production area of the building I was humbled by my own DIY skills. Canada Goose employs 25 to ...
"Spanish fashion brand Mango has signed a deal which will see it refinance its debt and link it to ESG (environment, social and governance) criteria." ...
"Former employees at an Indonesian garment factory which closed in 2015 have written to the bosses of fashion brands Uniqlo and s.Oliver pleading for US$5.5 million in severance pay." ...
"Around 327 employees of a garment factory in the Koggala Free Trade Zone have been admitted to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital in Galle due to food poisoning." ...
"Around 300 garment workers from Canteran Apparel gathered on Veng Sreng Street in Chaom Chao commune’s Trapeang Thleung village of Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district on April 19 to protest recent act ...
"Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX), a global leader in innovative casual footwear, today announced that Deanna Bratter joined the business as Vice President, Global Head of Sustainability. In this newly crea ...
"Danish fashion retailer Bestseller is expanding its partnership with blockchain platform TextileGenesis to trace man-made cellulosic fibres and direct-to-farm cotton throughout its supply chain." ...
"Who made your clothes? It’s the question Fashion Revolution co-founders, Carry Somers and Orsola de Castro, posed to the internet in 2014. The question – and its correlating hashtag #WhoMadeMyClothes ...
"Around 54 per cent of the garment workers in Bangladesh were paid through mobile financial services in February and the rest through cash, a research finds." ...