"IndustriALL and its allies are advocating for a global and enforceable collective bargaining agreement between trade unions, buyers and suppliers on social protection – a social safety net that brand ...
2022
"EU member states have rejected MEPs' call for stricter limits for one of the most harmful chemicals in waste, during inter-institutional talks. [...] EU countries and MEPs reached a deal late on Mond ...
"Despite all its spin, the fast fashion industry remains fundamentally unsustainable, but key investors don’t seem all too bothered. ...
"Myanmar’s garment factories are still chugging along despite local reports that power outages and rising fuel prices have pushed nearly all of them to the brink of insolvency, experts told Sourcing J ...
"Can you prove the absence of forced labor in your supply chain? As of June 21, 2022, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will presume that all goods manufactured in whole or in part in the Xinjian ...
"The "Xinjiang forced labour" lie, which has long been a selling point for the US in smearing China, but often a source of scepticism for the international community, has now formed the basis of a law ...
"Skechers refuted a report that a shipment of its products manufactured in China was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on suspicion of forced labor under the Uyghur Forced Labor Preve ...
"US shoe company Skechers has had a batch of its products manufactured in China seized by US customs, which cited the so-called Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, the Global Times learned from source ...
"Production in 200 Narayanganj-based factories has been halted for the last five days due to lack of gas supply as there was disruption in the distribution line of Titas Gas on last Friday. A fire bro ...
"When buying fashion, the focus is increasingly on needs . This is shown by a study by Infas quo. According to this, 65% of consumers now state that they only buy what they really need as a replacemen ...
"The US Cotton Trust Protocol has been accepted as the latest organisation to join ISEAL’s community following a rigorous assessment of its framework." ...
"Sustainable finishing technology company Jeanologia is building the technology for a leaner and more efficient operating model for the apparel industry. The Spanish company recently introduced its Ur ...
"Oracle today expanded its merchandising procurement capabilities with the introduction of Oracle Retail Supplier Evaluation Cloud Service. The new cloud application enables retailers of all kinds to ...
"In a recent article, Meital Peleg Mizrachi and Alon Tal of Tel Aviv University call for regulatory action to achieve a more sustainable fashion industry. Mizrachi and Tal encourage policy changes to ...
"In 2013, NIFT Bhubaneswar adopted a ‘Farm to Fashion’ concept. Now, the initiative is being replicated by 15 NIFT centres across the country." ...
"The ability to experiment with fashion Designing within the Metaverse allows for more artistic creativity and allows for a much quicker turnaround time. In addition, by being able to design in a digi ...
"Women paid a pittance for making clothes for top US brands are often forced to have sex by bosses to keep their jobs, say unions. Marie says she was less than a month into her job at a garment factor ...
"The Council and European Parliament today reached a provisional political agreement on the corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD). The proposal aims to address shortcomings in the existi ...
"New rules on corporate sustainability reporting which aim to end greenwashing have been provisionally agreed by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament." ...
"The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is celebrating the establishment of the country’s first ever pilot of a social security scheme working on income protection and medical care for ...