Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association will train 34,000 workers and mid-level officials in the apparel sector on fire safety by June, said Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed. Ahmed spoke at the United States Trade ...
Tags: Garment Manufacturers, Garment
With plans to revamp the domestic garment industry to enhance access to the western markets gaining momentum, Myanmar is set to surpass one billion USD mark in garment exports this fiscal, ElevenMyanmar reported quoting Myanmar Garment ...
Tags: garment exports, garment, garment industry
A legislation barring apparel and textile vendors from supplying goods made under sweatshop conditions to Missouri’s St. Louis County has been introduced by its Councilman Mr. Pat Dolan. The proposed bill aims to prevent the ...
Tags: St Louis County, Sweatshop-Made Apparels, apparel and textile vendors
With canteen products growing in importance as an office supplies category, Nestlé Australia has announced that every chocolate it sells is now independently certified to ensure the cocoa is sourced and produced sustainably on farms ...
Tags: Nestle Chocolates, Sustainability Box, office supplies category
Nestlé Australia has announced that every chocolate it sells is now independently certified to ensure the cocoa is sourced and produced sustainably on farms with safe working conditions. More than 3,000 tonnes of UTZ Certified ...
Fashion chain KappAhl gathers its sustainability work under the “Future, Friendly, Fashion” concept. “Our sustainability work strengthens KappAhl’s offer to the customer. With Future, Friendly, Fashion we show that ...
As a leading manufacturer of all types of functional sportswear, the Swiss company ODLO International AG has for many years been synonymous with high-quality clothing and accessories which are optimally attuned to their respective sports ...
Tags: ODLO, OEKO-TEX Standard 100, apparel
From a sustainability standpoint, 2012 might be characterised as a year when the world went backwards - or at a pinch stayed still - but the food industry moved forward. There are plenty of campaigners who would beg to differ on the ...
Tags: CSR, Industry, Agriculture Food
Cadbury owner Mondelez International has claimed its new sustainability programme will "help secure the future of the cocoa industry". The company yesterday (19 November) launched Cocoa Life, an initiative to "improve the livelihoods" of ...
Cocoa processors including Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland could be encouraged to follow the example of Nestle and launch investigations into their cocoa supply chains, the head of the Fair Labor Association has told just-food. Auret ...
Tags: Cocoa Processors, Nestle, cocoa supply
Responding to the US Department of Labor's listing of 21 international goods in which child or forced labour is used, which includes the manufacturing units in Indian garment sector, the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) of India has ...
Tags: child labour, garment sector, India
India made garments, and zari and other embellished textiles are the items that have been included in the US Department of Labor's list of 21 international goods, that uses child or forced labour. The listing does not specify or ...
Tags: zari, child labour, labour, textile