"This is an excerpt from "Made with Bluesign — Enabling a Better Future." It is published here with permission. What sustainability progress has the textile, clothing and footwear industry made in the ...
"Abstract Throughout their life cycle, textiles produce 5–10% of global greenhouse gas emissions and consume the second-largest amount of the world’s water with polluting microplastics and chemical ag ...
"Thailand’s deputy national police chief, Gen Surachet Hakparn, personally led a raid at the VK Garment factory (VKG) in Mae Sot on Tuesday. With a team of senior police and labour officials, they che ...
"Business representatives have criticized the German supply chain law that will soon come into force and are calling for simpler implementation from politicians. [...] “The law is poorly made and it c ...
"A cotton factory labour contractor allegedly raped two minor worker girls in the factory at Chak 97-RB in Faisalabad." ...
"Wadduwa police say that a fire has broken out at a thread factory along the Morontuduwa Road, in Melegama, Wadduwa." ...
"Vietnamese workers who lose their jobs often find themselves penniless and unable to obtain bank loans. They’re easy prey for loan sharks." ...
"With orders for 2023 plunging by 42%, factory workers are likely to face more difficulties next year with their work hours reduced. The main industries set to be affected are machineries, plastics, c ...
"A huge fire broke out in a cotton making factory located in Kaladera Rico of Jaipur Chaumun subdivision area. Due to the fire, the raw material worth lakhs of rupees kept in the factory was burnt to ...
"In a shocking incident, a factory owner and his two family members were killed by two workers sacked by the deceased in Gujarat's Surat on Sunday. The police have nabbed two suspects and launched a p ...
"Using machine learning, NREL-led team discovered variants of 'plastic-eating' enzymes adapted to deconstructing all varieties of pet—even durable crystalline varieties." ...
"According to South Gujarat Textile Processing Association (SGTPA) president Jitu Vakhariya, the association has made a request to the GMDC (Gujarat Mi-neral Development Corporation) authorities to ra ...
"As China’s Zero Covid policy comes to an end, CLB looks back at the past three years for workers under the pandemic and finds that lifting these measures will have little effect on repairing damage d ...
"President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan today (December 22) announced Türkiye's minimum monthly wage for 2023 as 8,506 Turkish lira (455 US dollars), up by 54 percent compared to this year's wage. The workers ...
"Consistently high inflation has led to a decrease in purchasing power, and a majority of the working class are struggling to meet their basic needs in Turkey. [...] According to Erdoğan’s announcemen ...
"What is greenwashing? Greenwashing is the falsification of an organization’s environmental efforts. The term, coined by prominent environmentalist Jay Westerveld, was originally used to call out gree ...
"Going Green with DBL Group, has achieved 2 USGBC (LEED) Platinum Certificates for Jinnat Knitwears Ltd – RMG unit and Printing units. It is a great achievement for DBL Group and its sustainability en ...
"Ifebuche Madu is a fashion entrepreneur. She is poised to bring her vision for the Nigerian dream to life. A strong supporter of ethical fashion, she has over seven years of experience as an Adiré te ...
"A year of climate disasters, greenwashing scams and labour scandals highlights that business as usual just won’t cut it." ...
"The United States Green Building Council recognised three more readymade garment factories in Bangladesh as green, raising the total number of environment-friendly establishments in the country's app ...
