FACTORY SAFETY INITIATIVES MOVING ACROSS ASIA
February 1st, 2014
BANGLADESH is far from being the only emerging market outsourcer that has had problems with factory safety and auditing. Elsewhere in Asia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and especially Cambodia have had their own problems.Indeed Cambodia has been wracked by industrial disputes overworking conditions in its textile and clothing sector. The country’s garment industry has been trying to improve its reputation for fair working conditions, in part due to the presence of Better Factories Cambodia - an International Labour Organisation (ILO) programme that independently ...
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