Wow!: As buyers demand it, Bangladesh garment factories go green
MOSABBER HOSSAIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that a decade after the deadly Rana Plaza disaster, Bangladesh is home to nine of the world’s top 10 sustainable garment factories…
Brands urged to extend workers’ safety deal, eight years after Rana Plaza disaster
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Labour activists on Thursday urged brands to extend a factory safety deal in Bangladesh ahead of the eighth anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster, in which some 1,100 workers died. The collapse of the eight-storey building near Dhaka – the industry’s deadliest accident – on 24th April, 2013, led some 200 […]
Western fashion brands that “exploit” Bangladesh suppliers face blacklisting
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Bangladeshi manufacturers said on Wednesday that they would blacklist Western fashion brands that “exploit” them by failing to pay their bills due to the new coronavirus crisis, days after threatening to sue a major British retailer over its debts. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has written to British billionaire […]
Job cut fears as fashion brands slash orders in Bangladesh with coronavirus
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Factory workers in Bangladesh could go hungry as global fashion brands have cancelled or delayed orders worth $US138 million due to coronavirus, manufacturers said on Thursday. More than 100 Bangladeshi factories have already lost orders, manufacturers said, as retail sales plummeted globally and giants like Zara owner Inditex and H&M temporarily […]