Global responsible supply chain specialist Sedex is pleased to announce a partnership with Labour Standards NGO, Verité, on a briefing series exploring sustainability issues in global supply chains. The first in the series of ...
The following is a joint statement by the Department of State, the Department of Labor, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative: Today, the United States is outlining next steps in a longstanding effort to address in a ...
Target, along with the Bipartisan Policy Center and 16 other North American retailers, joined together to announce the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and to launch the Bangladesh Worker Safety Initiative. The initiative is a ...
EU Trade Commissioner Karl De Gucht will be hosting a meeting in Geneva entitled "Staying Engaged – A Sustainability Compact with Bangladesh" on July 8, 2013. The high level discussion will focus on agreeing on ways for ...
Tags: Apparel
The Steering Committee of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh announces its plan to implement the Accord programme, which it delivered within the 45 days deadline. This pioneering Accord is a binding contract between 70 ...
Tags: Fire Safety, Apparel
The European Union has assured Bangladesh that it would not follow the US on the continuation of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) facilities, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). ...
Tags: GSP Facility, Apparel
UK Cabinet Minister Alan Duncan and Justine Greening, secretary of state for international development, have discussed with about 20 retailers including Marks & Spencer and Tesco, how clothing can be produced in safe conditions. ...
Tags: Safe Apparel Making, Apparel
The US apparel retailers Walmart and Gap are aiming at improving the safety standards of the readymade garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh by implementing new safety proposals in their stakeholder factories. Although Walmart and Gap ...
"Absolutely, categorically untrue. An urban myth." That's how National Lighting Bureau Chair Howard P. Lewis (Visioneering Corporation) describes claims that compact-fluorescent lamps (CFLs) pose a fire hazard when they reach the end of ...
In its first meeting, the members of the National Tripartite Committee of Bangladesh have agreed to set up a technical sub-committee that will focus on the structural integrity of ready-made garment (RMG) manufacturing buildings and fire ...
With the number of vessels using dual fuel/LNG propulsion systems growing steadily, Autronica Fire and Security is focusing on the importance of gas detection in this sector during Nor-Shipping 2013. LNG as a fuel can provide lower ...
Tags: Transportation, Service, Autronica
The Pilkington Product Knowledge training courses are back and the course tutors are all fired up to pass on their know-how and experience. This year's programme sees the introduction of a series of half- and one-day bite-sized courses on ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Clean Clothes Campaign activists are set to stage protests across Europe on 24th May calling on major brands to pay compensation for fire and building collapse victims in Bangladesh. The protests take place exactly one month after the Rana ...
The recent incidents in Bangladesh, including Rana Plaza building collapse, Tarzeen and Spectrum fire accidents, have negatively impacted the growth of readymade garment (RMG) sector of the country. The clothing manufacturers of Bangladesh ...
Tags: RMG Sector, Bangladesh
CONTRAFLAM fire insulation glass from GLASSOLUTIONS features in two new residential towers situated just a short sprint away from Olympic Park, main venue for the 2012 games. The towers of Pioneer Point in Ilford stand at 25 and 33 ...
Tags: CONTRAFLAM, Fire-Safety Protection