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

Sarosh Kuruvilla

Climate Impact / Apparel Hubs

10 December 2024

4 minutes

The report analysed changes in heat-stress risk using both dry- and wet-bulb measures, and also analysed how heat have been intensifying in major garment producing centres over the past 20 years, upending the lives of garment workers.

Climate Scourge: 1 Million Jobs in 4 Apparel Manufacturing Countries Could Be Gone by 2030

A report by the Global Labor Institute warns that if 4 key hubs of garment production fail to make climate adaptation investments, nearly one million new apparel and footwear jobs will be foregone by 2030.

Staff Writer

Climate Crisis / Asia Overview

14 September 2023

4 minutes

Extreme flooding and heatwaves are already affecting the four production hubs that were part of the research.

Climate Risks Loom Large over 4 Asian Apparel Hubs; Fashion Brands Treat Disasters as Externalities

Researchers mapping the supply chain footprint across four production hubs in Global South reveal that workers and manufacturers face productivity impacts from extreme heat and flooding, and risk foregoing $65 billion in export earnings by 2030—equivalent to a 22% decline.

Staff Writer

Workers Rights / Wages

10 November 2022

2 minutes

The study shows that violations of the retailer's codes of conduct for suppliers are generally related to turnover, but that workers ‘vote with their feet’ primarily for violations of wages and benefits, relative to violations of other code provisions such as environment protection and safety standards.

Wages Prevail over Safety Standards for Global Apparel Workers, Finds Cornell Study

A new research talks about the rules currently being developed under two new laws in the European Union, which will now mandate companies to report on the effects of their environmental and social policies in their supply chains.