It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Rajesh Bheda

PRESS RELEASE / Statement

26 February 2024

4 minutes

The Indian apparel manufacturing industry has immediate available improvement potential of 15% which can be realised within next 12 months. This means, the industry as a whole has a productivity improvement potential worth US$7.8 billion in next 12 months.

$7.8 billion Opportunity for Indian Apparel Manufacturing Industry

Gurgaon, India: Bharat Tex, India's largest textile event to be held in national capital from February 26 to 29th, is expected to bring global textile leaders to the country. The event is expected to witness signing of 46 MoUs, including international partnerships, as per Ministry of Textiles. The focus is to project Brand India to an international...

Lessons from that Day / Rana Plaza @ 10 / IV

27 April 2023

7 minutes

The defining moment towards improving safety standards was the signing of ‘Accord for Fire and Building Safety’ and ‘Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety’. Teams put together under the Accord and Alliance were mandated to carry out the safety assessments.

Till Rana Plaza, Structural Safety Risks Were Not Fully Known

The Bangladesh textiles industry before and after the Rana Plaza disaster is a different story. While earlier the focus was on capacity building of management teams on productivity, quality, and HR systems aimed at worker welfare, after the mishap the highlight was that the responsibility of making a factory safe does not rest with only the safety or compliance officer. Dr Rajesh Bheda, CEO and Managing Director, Rajesh Bheda Consulting, shares with texfash.com his observations.

Richa Bansal

Interview

Spotlight: Rana Plaza @ 10

CITI Awards / First Edition

17 March 2023

2 minutes

Pratibha Syntex Ltd emerged as the winner in the category 'Progress Towards Sustainability'.

India's First Textile Sustainability Awards Given Away by CITI

The first ever sustainability awards for the Indian textiles industry, instituted by the apex Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) were given away last night at the 3rd Global Textile Conclave (GTC) in Jaipur.

Staff Writer

From the Factory Floor / Amutha's Story

29 March 2022

6 minutes

Amutha at work. The 3G Tailor Training System which has trained thousands of women and men, is capable of making a better start earning a salary within two weeks of training and match the performance of experienced operators within 2-3 months.

From Naught to More

The 3G Tailor Training System is implemented by training of dedicated trainers inside a garment factory so that they can train others as per the skill requirements of the factory.