"It is a quiet and breezy evening in Thuthipet in Ambur, a sleepy town off the Bengaluru-Chennai highway. A team of us from Cividep walks into the narrow Indira Nagar lane by the Palar river. We are l ...
2023
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"This is the first time that India’s only apparel manufacturer has come up with its sustainability report (so far companies like Aditya Birla, Arvind etc., having presence in both apparel manufacturin ...
"The ILO High Level Tripartite Mission (HLTM) is visiting the Philippines this week (23-26 January 2023), and the Philippine labour movement has used this occasion to mobilise and pressure the governm ...
"In Uşak, a service van carrying textile workers hit the truck waiting at the red light from behind, 5 textile workers were injured.[...] The injured were taken to various hospitals in the city by the ...
"Nine female workers fired from Barutçu Tekstil in Bursa Demirtaş Organized Industrial Zone have been resisting in front of the factory for 100 days. The resistance of 9 female workers who were dismis ...
"Nearly 1,000 workers lost their jobs after a factory in Tuol Sangke village, Tuol Sangke commune, Phnom Penh , shut the business on the grounds that there are no buyers. The General Secretary of the ...
"The company faced questions about how rabbit felt, which is made from the animal’s hairs, fit with its no-fur policy." ...
"KX Labs’ new automated knitting factory in Los Angeles aims to kickstart a new wave of domestic shoe production." ...
"Insurance company Aviva is reportedly on the brink of an agreement to guarantee retirement payouts to thousands of former Arcadia Group employees." ...
"Accord Steering Committee member brands affirm their commitment to the workplace safety program in Pakistan, in close collaboration with their Pakistani suppliers and other stakeholders. The Internat ...
"Leading global brands on the steering committee of the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry have confirmed their commitment to a new programme in Pakistan." ...
"The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Seeds Intimate Apparel unit located in Special Economic Zone, Atchuthapuram, in Anakapalle district to pay a compensation of 10 crore to the victims of ...
"This recall involves Shanghai Jinhui Gardening Center’s NewCosplay long-sleeved button-up, one-piece children’s sleepwear. The children’s sleepwear are made of 100% polyester and were sold in sizes 4 ...
"Fashion brands are failing to protect the workers who make their clothes in Myanmar from labour and human rights abuses ranging from inhumane working conditions and wage theft to violence, arbitrary ...
"In episode 282, Kestrel welcomes Katia Dayan Vladimirova, a senior researcher at the University of Geneva, to the show. In addition to her research on fashion consumption, sustainability, and degrowt ...
"Garmon Chemicals, a chemical manufacturer for denim garment processing, developed a new neutralizing agent that is better for workers and the environment." ...
"French textile equipment manufacturers, focusing on energy, raw materials, water and chemical savings, recycling processes as well as digitalisation in the R&D studies, will strengthen their innovati ...
"As the fashion industry grapples with its impact on the climate, it must also reckon with how it talks about sustainability. Greenwashing — when brands use vague marketing terms to communicate a prod ...
"On its Paris Fashion Week runway, Denmark-based label RAINS debuted its first-ever 3D-printed shoe, made in collaboration with Zellerfeld. [...] the leading 3D-printing company has changed the game, ...