Brands urged to act to protect garment workers

NEW YORK — The NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights is urging global fashion brands to act as an energy crisis collides with extreme heatwaves in key garment-producing countries, putting workers at heightened risk.

A new Center report on extreme heat in the garment sector is due in June, but NYU Stern has issued an early warning as fuel prices soar and summer temperatures climb across South and Southeast Asia.