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Why Trashing Old Clothes Is So Bad For The Environment
Got old clothes you’re planning to trash? You have lots of company. In 2013 alone, Americans discarded 15.1 million tons of clothing and other textiles, and 85 percent of that wound up…
Cambodia raises 2017 minimum wage for textile industry workers
Industry has created 600,000 jobs that sustain rural families and have spurred years of robust growth PHNOM PENH, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Cambodia agreed on Thursday to raise to $153 from…
Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 12
Bangladesh garment factory fire kills at least 12 A fire broke out in a garment packaging factory just outside the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses…
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Industry has created 600,000 jobs that sustain rural families and have spurred years of robust growth PHNOM PENH, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Cambodia agreed on Thursday to raise to $153 from…
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Why Trashing Old Clothes Is So Bad For The Environment
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Child Labour exists because we let it exist
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child says that “Child labour is any work done by…
Women Deliver: 4th Global Conference
The world’s largest global conference on the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women in the last…
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19. July 2016
Brexit’s impact on vulnerable workers in global supply chains
Workers in a garments factory in Vietnam courtesy of the ILO Post Brexit, ETI’s Executive Director Peter McAllister has been thinking about the fallout for workers, their wages and their rights. He…
7. April 2016
Let’s Celebrate The True Heroes
H&M is part of a new breed of high street and high-end brands who, after years of being socially and environmentally irresponsible, are turning over a new leaf and focusing on positive…
3. March 2016
March against coal plant
Thousands of Bangladeshis will march from the country’s capital, Dhaka, to the world’s biggest mangrove forest next week in protest at plans to build two coal-power plants on the edge of the…
22. March 2016
“We cannot talk about it”
Written by Marc Bain Source: Quartz Up to 80% of garment workers in Bangalore, India, are believed to be migrant workers. Many don’t speak the local language and struggle to find housing,…
1. April 2016
Child Labour Experiment
Millions of children work in the textile supply chains worldwide. Fashion Revolution says enough is enough. As part of a social experiment, Fashion Revolution used hidden cameras to secretly film how the…
17. May 2016
Does Beyoncé’s Ivy Park Line Exploit Sweatshop Workers?
The company responds to allegations After years of sweeping horrific labor practices under the rug, the media is finally starting to wake up. Several outlets are investigating the unjust treatment of factory…
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09 November 2017
Why Trashing Old Clothes Is So Bad For The Environment
Got old clothes you’re planning to trash? You have lots of company. In 2013 alone, Americans discarded 15.1 million tons of clothing and other textiles, and 85 percent of that wound up…
10 October 2016
Cambodia raises 2017 minimum wage for textile industry workers
Industry has created 600,000 jobs that sustain rural families and have spurred years of robust growth PHNOM PENH, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Cambodia agreed on Thursday to raise to $153 from…
30 September 2016
Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 12
Bangladesh garment factory fire kills at least 12 A fire broke out in a garment packaging factory just outside the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses…
10 September 2016
H&M factories in Myanmar employed 14-year-old workers
Fashion retail giant says it has taken action against its two factories after new book in Sweden raises fears about working conditions in the country Swedish fashion chain H&M worked with…
23 August 2016
Fire at “Ready Made Garments”-factory doused after 15 hours
After 15-hour of frantic effort, 13 units of fire service members doused the fire which broke out at Tropical Knitex factory in Chandra area under Kaliakoir upazila of the district early Saturday,…
23 August 2016
Two Faced Tragedy in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka is forced on her knees. The garment industry is ubiquitous with poor worker conditions, corruption, bad infrastructure and an environment in disrepair. The recent terror attack is another slap…
27 July 2016
These are the brands not telling you if their clothes are ethically made
Topshop, ASOS, Adidas and Ralph Lauren all scored really badly. Fashion Revolution and Ethical Consumer partnered up to create a Fashion Transparency Index that ranks companies according to the level of transparency…
23 July 2016
Brexit’s impact on vulnerable workers in global supply chains
Workers in a garments factory in Vietnam courtesy of the ILO Post Brexit, ETI’s Executive Director Peter McAllister has been thinking about the fallout for workers, their wages and their rights. He…
19 July 2016
Rana Plaza Owner, 17 Others Indicted in Connection with Factory Collapse
Eighteen suspects were charged in a Dhaka court on Tuesday with violating Bangladesh’s building laws by allegedly colluding to construct the Rana Plaza garment factory complex against code, before it collapsed, killed…
18 June 2016