"Garment factory failings in Leicester persist, according to the latest findings in a report commissioned by the Garment & Textile Workers Trust (G&TWT) and funded by Boohoo Group as part of efforts t ...
"Asos and Zara’s latest collections suggest that circularity and carbon are in style. Fashion e-tailer Asos recently dropped a second circular design capsule of Spring/Summer fashion. [...] Zara Launc ...
"A study into the lives and working conditions of Leicester’s garment workers has identified key areas that the sector can improve upon. " ...
"Director Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) Dr Zahid Mahmood said that use of modern drone technology could help make cotton crop profitable by reducing production cost." ...
"China dismissed the need for a United Nations mission to review its labor standards in the remote Xinjiang region, after a committee branded its policies for Uyghurs as “discriminatory.”" ...
"A committee of the U.N.'s International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for a mission to further review China's labour policies in Xinjiang where rights groups allege forced labour of Muslim Uyg ...
"Strikes are rarely reported by the Vietnamese government's media. Over the weekend, the electronic news of VOV said that in Binh Duong province, from the beginning of 2022 to now, there have been 18 ...
"Using clean energy from rooftop solar power systems is one of the important tasks to help businesses move towards the goal of greening and improving competitiveness. [...] Sharing more clearly about ...
"Workers of a garment factory in Tongi, Gazipur, have protested over negative comments [made by Rajiv Sarkar, an official in charge of the factory store] on Facebook about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). ...
"Clubs - or teams - with financial ability usually prepare 3 shirts for each player in the match, with one shirt for each half, along with a spare shirt to be used in cases of rips or dirt ... Players ...
"Jay has studied the body’s responses to sitting near an electric fan, wearing wetted clothing and sponging down with water. For one project, he recreated a Bangladeshi garment factory in his lab to t ...
"The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, along with UNESCO and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), began a work-based literacy course at the Elite Factory in the Manhattan S ...
"Nearly all garment factories in Myanmar have been forced to shut down due to power outages and exorbitant fuel prices, the garment factory owners told Than Lwin Times." ...
"The fire started at the garment factory and then spread, the smoke column rose tens of meters high at Scavi Hue Company, Phong Dien Industrial Park, Thua Thien Hue." [Ed's note: see entry for Scavi H ...
"Malaysia lacks at least 1.2 million workers across manufacturing, plantation and construction, a shortage worsening daily as demand grows with an easing of the pandemic, industry and government data ...
"The discovery came as a team of researchers were combing the shores of the Spanish island of Tenerife in the Canaries. Time and again, set against the sparkling waters that lapped the Playa Grande, t ...
"Global workwear fabric manufacturer Carrington Textiles has announced a busy agenda for the upcoming Techtextil 2022 event in Frankfurt. The company will promote a new sustainable technology for text ...
"In the garment sector, an important part of Guatemala’s economy, freedom of association is virtually impossible and there is an immense pressure on unions. Workers are often intimidated, threatened, ...
"Austrian fibre manufacturer Lenzing has linked up with protective workwear brand Westex in a deal aimed at enhancing sustainability efforts within the specialist field." ...
"Treadler’s operations, which began in 2020, will be phased out during the coming months as a result of “developments and uncertainties in the world around us” that forced the retailer to “revise some ...
