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Bangladesh Accord hands over 100 factories

The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh (Accord) has handed over the safety activities of 80 more readymade garment (RMG) factories to the government’s Remediation Coordination Cell (RCC), taking the total number of factories transferred to 100. The agency announced this in a press release on 19th December 2018. Accordingly, a...

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​What’s next for the Bangladesh Accord? Q&A

Five years on from one of the most tragic industry accidents to date at Rana Plaza, which saw more than 1100 people lose their lives, and the inspectors working to improve the safety of the textile factory workers might have to leave Bangladesh. An eviction of the Bangladesh Accord - which was set up by more than 200 apparel companies to improve...

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Decision about Bangladesh Accord further stalled

As FashionUnited reported a week ago, a restraining order by the government of Bangladesh has been placed on the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh (Accord), which was due to take effect on 30th November, then 6th December and now 17th December. In other words, the future of the Bangladesh Accord is still in limbo. In the...

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Update: What is happening with the Bangladesh Accord?

At the beginning of the year, international brands were urged to join the new Transition Accord 2018, the successor of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, which has run out after its five-year duration in May of this year. The new Accord was to guarantee a smooth transition. However, in the meantime, the government of...

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Black Friday for H&M: global protests for living wage during Cyber Week

Promises are great. If they are kept. Swedish fashion giant H&M promised on 23rd November 2013, five years ago after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building, in its “Roadmap towards a fair living wage” to have “pay structures in place to pay a fair living wage by 2018” to all its workers globally (at the time, around 850,000 people in 750...

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Is fast fashion actually becoming more sustainable?

Morocco - After years of public scrutiny, it seems as if the fast fashion sector is finally beginning to shift its attention towards the issue of sustainability. No longer restricted to fashion company boardrooms, awareness surrounding sustainability has started to trickle down into the production line, as proved by a recent visit to the ‘Maroc...

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Myanmar: female garment workers attacked while on strike

Dozens of female garment workers in Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon were attacked by assailants wielding iron bars on Monday. Hundreds of garment workers at Fu Yuen Garment Co. Ltd., which produced ready-made garments for German discounter Lidl and up until April this year for British fashion brand Joules, have been on strike since August, news...

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Fairs

Maroc in Mode: Morocco presents itself as a sourcing all-rounder

The upcoming edition of 'Maroc in Mode - Maroc Sourcing' will take place from October 11th to 12th in Marrakech, Morocco. The fair covers a broad portfolio and will focus on sustainable production this time. Also, Morocco continues to present itself as an expert in fast fashion. Around 175 predominantly Moroccan exhibitors show their collections...

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Business

Amfori to boost gender equality in supply chains in Bangladesh, China and India

Amfori, the global business association for open and sustainable trade, announced last Thursday that it has launched an ambitious programme to empower women in global supply chains, particularly in its three most important sourcing countries China, Bangladesh and India. The latter two will cover the textile and garment sectors, where women...

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Amfori to boost gender equality in supply chains in Bangladesh, China and India

Amfori, the global business association for open and sustainable trade, announced last Thursday that it has launched an ambitious programme to empower women in global supply chains, particularly in its three most important sourcing countries China, Bangladesh and India. The latter two will cover the textile and garment sectors, where women...

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Business

Esprit and IndustriALL collaborate to improve workers’ rights

Multinational fashion brand Esprit and IndustriALL Global Union, the world's largest sectorial trade union organisation, announced the signing of a global framework agreement yesterday, which “commits to respecting, protecting and championing the human rights of workers in its supply chain”. It covers 525,000 workers at more than 1,100 suppliers...

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Esprit and IndustriALL collaborate to improve workers’ rights

Multinational fashion brand Esprit and IndustriALL Global Union, the world's largest sectorial trade union organisation, announced the signing of a global framework agreement yesterday, which “commits to respecting, protecting and championing the human rights of workers in its supply chain”. It covers 525,000 workers at more than 1,100 suppliers...

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