Small scale growers: With sustainable cotton in fashion, India’s farmers seek fair price
BHASKER TRIPATHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as fashion brands heed environmental concerns, demand rises for greener cotton but small-scale farmers need support to tap benefits…
Fashion brands urged to fix “broken industry” with pledge on workers’ pay
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Fashion brands should fix their “broken industry” by ensuring millions of pandemic-hit workers receive their full wages and by guaranteeing severance pay if jobs are cut, a coalition of more than 200 rights groups said on Monday. The #PayYourWorkers campaign said brands and retailers that made a profit in 2020 – like […]
Climate action in fashion, as big clothing brands back Bangladesh recycling scheme
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Major fashion brands, including H&M, M&S and C&A, are getting behind an initiative in Bangladesh that aims to use more recycled materials in clothing production and significantly cut planet-heating emissions from manufacturing by 2030. The Circular Fashion Partnership, announced this week, brings together more than 30 international brands, Bangladeshi recycling firms […]
Asian garment makers fashion united front to pressure Western brands
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Manufacturers from the six nations that make most of the world’s clothes have forged a common front to negotiate better terms with Western fashion brands, whose cancelled orders devastated Asian garment workers early in the pandemic. “We want to come together to tackle the common problems we face. This is not […]
Top fashion brands found making little progress in transparency index
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Max Mara, Pepe Jeans and Tom Ford are among the least transparent fashion brands when it comes to providing information about their supply chains, according to an index published on Tuesday that found little progress in the industry. The annual index by advocacy group Fashion Revolution – now in its fifth […]
Western brands demand big discounts from Bangladesh factories
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Western clothing brands that agreed not to cancel orders due to the coronavirus epidemic are demanding price cuts of up to 50 per cent, Bangladeshi manufacturers said on Friday, heaping economic pain on a country already reeling from the crisis. Millions of Bangladeshi households depend on the garment sector, which has […]