The perils of social risk on garment supply

Instead of searching for new sourcing hot-spots, apparel buyers and suppliers should be more concerned with new risks to production in previously stable garment-making environments. Labour disruptions, inflation, political unrest, mass illness, safety infractions are among the new raft of problems .

The Flanarant: The perils of social risk on garment supply

17 October 2012

Instead of searching for new sourcing hot-spots, Mike Flanagan is more concerned with new risks to production in previously stable garment-making environments. Labour disruptions, inflation, political unrest, mass illness, safety infractions are among the new raft of problems he terms the perils of social risk.

BANGLADESH: WTO warns of dependence on garment exports

17 October 2012

Bangladesh is risking serious economic problems by concentrating too much on clothing exports, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has concluded in a report released ahead of a review of the country's trade policies.

INDIA: Apparel exporters defend child labour record

15 October 2012

The group representing Indian apparel exporters has moved to emphasise that the country's garment sector is not marked by child labour or forced labour after a report from the US Department of Labor accused the industry of labour violations.

BANGLADESH: Toxic tanneries in health and safety breaches

15 October 2012

Leather used in luxury goods throughout the world is produced in tanneries in Bangladesh where workers include children as young as 11 and pollutants flood into surrounding communities, a new report claims.

US: Manufacturing group questions Vietnam's TPP participation

11 October 2012

The addition of Vietnam to the US government's list of countries using both child labour and forced labour in the production of garments has prompted a group of American manufacturers to question its participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks.