Ecotextile News

H&M signs agreement to protect migrant workers

Wed, 11 December 2019

GENEVA - The H&M Group has agreed with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to co-operate on the ethical recruitment and protection of migrant workers in its global supply chains. H&M Group’s head of sustainability Anna Gedda and Simo Kohonen, the head ...

H&M signs agreement to protect migrant workers

Recycling polybags on the Fashion for Good agenda

Wed, 11 December 2019

AMSTERDAM – Global sustainability initiative Fashion for Good (FFG) has teamed up with Adidas, C&A, Kering, Otto Group, PVH Corp and, crucially, Cadel Deinking – an innovator from its Accelerator programme – as it explores the potential of producing reusable polybags ...

Recycling polybags on the Fashion for Good agenda

Blocked escape routes stopped workers fleeing fire

Tue, 10 December 2019

NEW DELHI - Blatant safety violations, including locked doors, barred windows and blocked staircases, prevented workers from escaping a garment factory fire which claimed 43 lives in New Delhi, according workers' rights campaigners. The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) ...

Blocked escape routes stopped workers fleeing fire

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