Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI), a programme of the International Trade Center (ITC), highlighted the role of fashion as a catalyst for economic growth in Africa at the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) ...
Tags: Textile, Responsible Fashion
As riots erupted in Turkey and protesters and government officials took to social media to fire back and forth online, the country's prime minister called Twitter a "curse." Istanbul is seeing its fourth day of violent public ...
Laurent Lamothe, the Prime Minister of Haiti, has urged Brazilian companies operating in the textile and garment sector to invest in Haiti. Paying an official visit to Brazil, Prime Minister Lamothe met Mr. Paulo Skaf, president ...
Tags: Haitian PM, Apparel, Brazilian
The latest victim of disruption by Internet technologies is a veteran of World War I: the missing persons search. French police will no longer search for adults reported missing by their families unless there are signs that the person is ...
Tags: French, Facebook, Computer Products
April 16, 2013 - We’ve been educated on the importance of modifying our individual consumer behaviour and advocating for sustainable energy policies. Now, crowdfunding offers all of us a new way to protect our shared environment and ...
EMIRATES FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FACTORY LLC popularly known as FIREX is the leading fire and safety equipments manufacturer in UAE with its operation spread all across the globe. The Sharjah based firm was established in the year 1998 with ...
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the approval of a loan of up to $4 million to help Willbes HA, a subsidiary of The Willbes & Co Ltd, headquartered in Cheonan, Republic of Korea, to expand its existing ready-made garment ...
Tags: IDB, garment sector, garment
Haiti became the 31st country to join the TAAT alliance which is seeking strong and fair textile rules in the TPP agreement. Gregor Avril, the Executive Director of the Association of Industries of Haiti said, “We stand with our ...
Tags: fair textile, textile rules, textile
The Toy Trust has joined forces with Christian Aid to donate £10,000 to support the children displaced by the civil war in Syria. Over three million people have fled their homes in Syria and need food, shelter and medical supplies. ...
Tags: Toys
The Association of Industries of Haiti has become the 31st trade group to join the Textile and Apparel Alliance for TPP (TAAT), which comprises trade associations advocating strong and fair textile rules in the Trans-Pacific Partnership ...
Tags: Textile
The statistics from January to August in 2012 shows that the major export markets of Chinese oral & dental hygiene preparations were relatively concentrated. The top ten export markets were as follows: Hong Kong, Russian Federation, USA, ...
Haiti became the 31st country to join the TAAT alliance which is seeking strong and fair textile rules in the TPP agreement. Gregor Avril, the Executive Director of the Association of Industries of Haiti said, "We stand with our free ...
Tags: Haiti, TAAT Alliance, TPP
With the February edition of World Pumps due for publication, here’s a preview of what’s inside Application stories are concentrating this issue on water & wastewater with projects from around the world including improvements ...
A child using a WakaWaka Light in Haiti A Dutch lighting and energy company has announced that it will donate 10,000 solar led lights to Haitians still living in the dark after the earthquake of 2010. Off Grid Solutions has organised ...
Tags: WakaWaka Light, lighting, energy
IDG News Service - Former President Bill Clinton made a surprise appearance at the International CES on Wednesday, where he talked a little about technology and a lot about hot-button political issues like the environment and gun control. ...
Tags: politics, technology, Internet