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As the world's leading hub for clothing manufacturing, Asia's garment industry faces fierce competition and ever-evolving consumer demands. To thrive in this context, businesses must optimize their operations, streamline production processes, and adopt innovative technologies. The importance of efficiency and productivity cannot be overstated, as they enable companies to reduce costs, meet strict deadlines, and maintain quality, whilst simultaneously boosting social and environmental sustainability.
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Why mainstreaming green finance is key to real industry sustainability
Green sustainability metrics are evolving quickly, with financial institutions increasingly adopting them. Innovation in green financing is key to ensure a fair and just transition, says Rakesh Vazirani, Head of Sustainability Services at TÜV Rheinland Group.

“This widespread breakdown across the industry has illuminated how fragile the system really was”
Industry experts agree that the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to shape garment production in Asia far into 2021 and beyond. But how will the pandemic affect garment production systems and practices? And manufacturers and workers? Here are the perspectives of industry stakeholders.

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MoreThe Apparel Industry is a Real Mess, writes Dr. Marsha Dickson
At least some suppliers have given up on the big legacy brands that they used to all think they wanted to work with, and many predict that these brands are destined to fail because of their inefficient, complicated, and costly operations. One observed that SME brands are his company’s preferred customers because they work more collaboratively and as true partners. When will this craziness stop?
Read MoreVN garment export sees light, pinning hope on greening effort
Le Tien Truong, chairman of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group, said that the demand will improve overall in 2024 but the improvement will not be very significant.
Read MoreIs Your Brand Paying Its Share to Reduce Bangladesh Workers’ Wage Despair?
Garment worker protests, a brutal police crackdown, worker deaths, arrests and repression, and finally, an official minimum wage announcement that is far below living wage levels. For anyone who follows Bangladesh’s minimum wage negotiations, it’s like watching a preventable crash in slow-motion. There were similar worker protests and subsequent police crackdowns in 2016 and 2019.
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