"Sri Lankan garment factory owners have refuted campaigners' claims that their workers were wrongly being denied an emergency allowance intended to help them survive the country's economic crisis. " ...
"More than 90% of female fashion homeworkers interviewed in India, Nepal and Pakistan reported earning below the minimum wage, a study from HomeNet South Asia reports. Women in south Asia making cloth ...
"A close look at the top 10 global brands in the industry reveals that circularity is key to achieve better sustainability, although it’s not likely to be enough; in any case, brands need to follow th ...
"To mark International Women’s Day, Drapers speaks to the pioneering women leading the way on sustainability in fashion in 2023." ...
"It is said that the Vietnamese government does not allow workers to form independent unions, and that is different from 'organizations representing workers at the grassroots'. Vietnamese workers are ...
"Chinese online fashion retailer SHEIN is set to raise around $2 billion in a new funding round this month and is aiming for a U.S. listing in the second half of this year, three people with knowledge ...
"CEO Bjørn Gulden hinted the German sportswear giant could try to sell already produced sneakers from the collaboration, but may still destroy the shoes. One thing’s for certain: “There is no other Ye ...
"If H&M really cares about animal welfare as it claims to, the company needs to prove it by not selling down feathers, which are ripped from birds’ skin after they’ve been violently killed. As a share ...
"After a recent PETA Asia investigation into Vina Prauden—a Vietnamese company that previously supplied down to H&M—revealed that ducks’ throats were slit while they were still conscious and that the ...
"French sportswear brand Salomon has developed a new version of its fully recyclable performance road running shoe." ...
"Over the past 40 years, the growth of the ready-made garment industry (RMG) in Bangladesh has generated considerable formal employment opportunities for women. The industry has made women more visibl ...
"In Bangladesh’s major cities – Dhaka and Chattogram – a typical morning scene is of thousands of women making their way to work in garment factories. However, for some years now, researchers and indu ...
"The closing ceremony Programme for Improvement of Environmental Performance of Factories (PIE) took place on the 19th of February at Uttara Club, Dhaka. GIZ and Reed Consultancy, Bangladesh arranged ...
"The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and German development cooperation agency GIZ have teamed up to strengthen human rights and environmental due diligence in the r ...
"The clothing chain FJONG rents out surplus clothing and must pay 25 percent VAT each time a garment is rented out. Throwing away unsold clothes, on the other hand, is free for the clothing manufactur ...
"Three years into the critical decade in the fight against climate change, the fashion industry’s impact on the environment is under growing scrutiny." ...
"The EU's exports of used textiles has tripled since 2000. Experts say the fate of these items abroad is "highly uncertain."" ...
"For Bangladeshi garment and textile manufacturer DBL Group, climate change is a growing threat it cannot afford to ignore. Mohammed Zahidullah, chief sustainability officer for the business which emp ...
"Senol Sankaya, CEO of Türkiye clothing manufacturing giant Yesim Group, tells Just Style it is impossible to compete with Asia on price but quality and speed are where Turkey shines." ...
"As far as sustainability is concerned, our textile sector is mostly operating without water treatment plants, the first sustainability measure introduced 25 years back. We have no common effluent tre ...
