IMPACT OF TIGHTER EUROPEAN BRAND REGULATIONS WILL BE SLOW SAY CAMBODIA CLOTHING BOSSES AND LABOUR GROUPS
January 13th, 2024
Trade regulators for the European Union (EU) and US markets are trying to set a higher bar for multinational brands on labour rights and environmental protections, but participants in the Cambodian garment and footwear sector are not anticipating any major shifts in their industry’s standards, at least not for a while.
The end of 2023 saw the EU provisionally accepting a corporate sustainability due diligence directive, establishing conduct rules (1) for companies either based in or seeking to trade with the 27-member bloc, with a specific emphasis on ...
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