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WRAP launches Sustainable Clothing Guide
United Kingdom-based Waste and
Resources Action Programme
(WRAP), which works with
businesses, individuals and
communities to achieve a circular
economy by helping them reduce
waste, develop sustainable
products and use resources in
an efficient way, has launched
a Sustainable Clothing Guide to
support brands and retailers to
enhance durability and quality of
the apparels they produce. The
Guide shares simple steps to best
practice on how to design, produce
and sell sustainable clothing that
last longer and which can be easily
repaired and re-used.
“We encourage designers and
product technologists within
brands and retailers to use this
guide as part of their daily work
to embed durability at the product
design and development stages,”
underlined a statement issued
by WRAP.
Working together, the clothing
industry can pioneer sustainability
throughout the lifecycle of clothing.
WRAP’s research, ‘Valuing our
Clothes’, found that the most
significant opportunity to reduce
carbon, water and waste is to
increase the active life of clothes.
Extending the life of clothes by
nine months of active use would
reduce carbon, water and waste
footprints by 4-10%, it added. The
Guide states that durability drives
quality, which safeguards against
garment failure, strengthens brand
reputation and cements customer
satisfaction and loyalty.
Bangladesh amongst 10 worst nations for workers:
Report
The world’s second largest
garment exporter, Bangladesh,
boasts of a labour-intensive
industry that provides
employment to a large chunk
of the country’s population.
However, when it comes to
workers’ rights, the scenario
apparently is not encouraging…
A recent report by International
Trade Union Confederation
(ITUC) – a labour rights group,
has included the country amongst
the ‘10 worst countries for
workers’.
The ITUC Global Rights Index
2017 report states that the
continued suffering inflicted by
the Government and employers on
trade unionists in the country led
to Bangladesh receiving a rating
of 5, indicating ‘no guarantee of
workers’ rights’ there.
The Index ranks 139 countries
based on 97 internationally
arrests and discrimination
are the main contributors
to the repression of labour
organizations in Bangladesh.
The other countries
on the 10-worst list
are: Colombia, Egypt,
Guatemala, Kazakhstan,
Philippines, Qatar, South
Korea, Turkey and UAE.
recognized indicators to
assess where workers’ rights
are best protected ‘in law’
and ‘in practice’. The other
countries on the 10-worst list
are Colombia, Egypt, Guatemala,
Kazakhstan, Philippines,
Qatar, South Korea, Turkey
and UAE.
According to the report published
on June 13, police brutality, mass
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The report further
highlights the reaction to
the readymade garment
workers’ protests in Ashulia,
the apparel hub of Bangladesh
(in December 2016) as a major
example of such repression.
35 union leaders and
workers’ rights activists were
allegedly detained following
the week-long strike, while
complaints were filed against
thousands of workers.
The study shows that the
country needs to step up and
protect its workers’ interest(s)
and safeguard them to
continue the tremendous growth
it has been noticing, especially
in the garment industry, over
the years.