From Zara to Nike, H&M, and Levi’s, garment makers feel the heat under EU sustainability laws – ET Retail

Representative Image Workers in some of the world’s biggest garment manufacturing hubs in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Pakistan are increasingly exposed to extreme heat as climate change pushes temperatures up, a report found on Sunday, a problem multinational retailers and brands will have to help address. New European Union regulations make retailers selling in the bloc,…

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Bangladesh garment industry short on cotton as floods worsen protest backlog – ET Retail

Representative Image Garment factories in Bangladesh, one of the world’s biggest clothing production hubs, are struggling to complete orders on time as flooding disrupts their cotton supplies – exacerbating a backlog caused by recent political turmoil. Bangladesh is a leading global cotton importer due to the size of its textile and garment industry, but the…

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