Tag: textile
Evidence of failure for textile alliance – economy
One year after the Rana Plaza factory building in Bangladesh collapsed in 2013, in which more than 1,130 people died, the government, business and civil society in Germany launched the…
Inflation in Turkey: textile industry on the brink of collapse
Status: 02/12/2022 4:05 p.m In Babadağ, the cradle of the Turkish textile industry, the machines are standing still. The reason: the companies can no longer pay the sharp rise in…
Textile industry: fair fashion instead of “fast fashion”
Status: 01/13/2022 12:33 p.m. In the fashion industry, more and more collections are brought onto the market every year. The “Fair Fashion Week” aims to focus attention on sustainability, climate…
Textile industry – Boss expands production in Turkey – Economy
The fashion group Hugo Boss wants to expand its already largest production facility in Turkey and move production closer to the sales locations. The factory in Izmir should be expanded…
Augsburg: The exhibition “Who cares” in the Textile and Industry Museum – Munich
Scraps of news flicker across a large screen at the entrance to the exhibition. What they have in common: politicians and other important people demand solidarity. Of course, Angela Merkel,…
Industry job standards: Harsh criticism of the textile alliance
Status: 09.12.2021 5:06 p.m. Two Christian associations are leaving the “Alliance for Sustainable Textiles”. They complain that working conditions in the industry have barely improved since the Rana Plaza disaster…
Forced labor: No investigations against German textile managers – economy
The federal prosecutor’s office will not initiate an investigation into several managers of German clothing brands and retailers on suspicion of aiding and abetting state-ordered forced labor of Uyghurs in…
Textile factories in Bangladesh: New pact to guarantee more security
Status: 08/31/2021 5:24 p.m. The factories in Bangladesh serve the big fashion chains around the world – but the safety of many seamstresses is not in good shape. A new…
Despite increasing numbers of infections: Bangladesh’s textile workers are returning
Status: 07/31/2021 3:53 p.m. The government of Bangladesh has announced the reopening of the textile factories for Sunday – despite the rapidly increasing number of corona infections. Hundreds of thousands…
The Covid-19 is there, but the textile workers are going back to work
Business is business, pandemic or not pandemic. Despite a new wave of coronavirus in the country, hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis stormed transport this Saturday in order to return to…