Sustainability

Racing against the clock to hit their net-zero carbon goals, MNCs are increasing the pressure on suppliers to become more sustainable, with companies based in emerging and fast-moving markets facing the biggest challenge even as local suppl

From large-scale order cancellations last year to reinstatement of the held-up work orders and various initiatives to improve the lot of the garment workers, the worst hit by the pandemic, the approach of brands and retailers seem to have u

Despite their role in keeping the industry running, majority of the garment workers are yet to get vaccinated against Coronavirus. However, the good thing is BGMEA has taken up the issue with the Government even if the Health Minister on hi

From participation in UN Climate Change and the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action to joining IFC’s Partnership for Cleaner Textile (PaCT) project to working with Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Reverse Resources for implementing

Retailers and unions agree on three-month extension of the Accord, which was supposed to expire on 31 May 2021, but things are not very clear as to how things might pan out going forward.

In these unprecedented times of Coronavirus pandemic, collaborations between stakeholders and value-chain-based solutions gain even more importance to successfully combat the fallouts of the pandemic even as Director-Strategic Transformatio

Thirty-nine of the global top 100 LEED green factories are in Bangladesh today even as the apparel and textile sector in the country has made tremendous progress towards sustainability and green manufacturing lately. Aiding the green endeav

Underlining that job loss was a regular phenomenon in 2020, a CPD survey maintained that in case of job loss, 59 per cent of the workers received the salary only, while 18 per cent got nothing from their employers even as an estimate by BCW

The eighth anniversary of the Rana Plaza incident was observed last month only. In these eight years, the readymade garment sector has undergone a massive transformation in terms of sustainability, remediation and workplace safety and secur