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Labour

Child Labour / Bangladeshi Leather

24 September 2024

3 minutes

A child laying out leather hides. Hazardous child labour was found among children as young as eight, and their tasks included carrying heavy loads, manually dyeing leather using harmful chemicals, working in extreme heat and operating cutting tools and heavy machinery without safety measures.

5-Year Study Uncovers Rampant Child Labour in Bangladesh's Leather Industry

A first of its kind study has found that Bangladesh’s leather industry employs poverty-stricken children as young as eight, making them work in dangerous and harmful conditions at every stage of leather processing and production.

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Organisation Revamp / SLCP

6 February 2024

3 minutes

The SLCP and SAC will work together to expand the reach of the CAF into adjacent product categories and industries. This joint effort aims to streamline assessments, reduce duplication, and foster harmonisation in social and labour tools across sectors.

SLCP Moves Out of SAC, Transitions as Independent Organisation

The Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP) will now function as an independent non-profit even as it reaffirmed its commitment with its founder, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), to align tools and strategies for a shared vision of improved global working conditions.

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Industry Reforms / FABRIC Act

22 July 2022

3 minutes

Protecting the garment workforce is a sustainability issue and has direct impacts on environmental sustainability, community development, gender equality and economic prosperity, said Senator Kirsten Gillibrand while introducing the Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC) Act of 2022 in the US Senate.

Congresswoman Carolyn B Maloney Introduces FABRIC Act

The Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC) Act of 2022 that addresses issues in apparel manufacturing industry such as exploitation of essential workers, offshoring, and an ageing workforce, was introduced in the US House on 21 July.