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Shahi Exports claims it will pay minimum wage arrears
BANGALORE – India’s largest garment exporter, Shahi Exports, claims it will pay all wage arrears owed to garment workers in
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Brands urged to heighten due diligence in Myanmar
AMSTERDAM – Fashion brands sourcing clothing from Myanmar need to increase due diligence measures around worker welfare while considering carefully
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CmiA and Better Cotton form new collaboration
LONDON – Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF), which oversees the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative, and Better Cotton are
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€30m Finnish pilot plant to make viscose-like fibres
ESPOO – A Finnish technology business has developed a new, environmentally benign method to spin plant-based textile fibres from forest
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H&M targets doubling of sales by 2030
STOCKHOLM – Swedish fast fashion group H&M has said it aims to double sales by 2030 compared with 2021 while at
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British Wool to be traced through Oritain partnership
BRADFORD – The wool of British sheep farmers will be forensically traced along supply chains through a partnership between British
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Vietnam ranked over Bangladesh in UN-WTO report
DHAKA – Leaders from Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) have questioned claims made in a joint UN-World Trade Organisation report which
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Female garment workers bore brunt of pandemic, study says
ABERDEEN – The UK Government needs to set up an independent watchdog to tackle abusive purchasing practices in international supply
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Fashion ignoring wage theft at Indian garment factories
KARNATAKA – Major global apparel brands are turning a blind eye to wage theft from garment workers in their Indian
Germany to bring in supply chain laws this year
17th February 2021
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BERLIN – German Ministers have announced that new laws on due diligence in global supply chains will be passed before the country’s elections in autumn
Clean Clothes calls for global safety treaty
17th February 2021
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AMSTERDAM – Clean Clothes Campaign has called for an international safety agreement governing the global garment industry. The NGO claims last week’s tragedy in Tangier,
SBTi initiative accused of conflicts of interest
17th February 2021
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NEW YORK – One of the original instigators of the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and a member of its Technical Advisory Group has submitted
SAC ramps up Higg requirements for members
17th February 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO – The Sustainable Apparel Coalition will require all members to develop a 3-year plan to deploy Higg Index self-assessments and verification within own
