INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL SCHEMES PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY
May 22nd, 2015
In recent years, brands that source from textile and garments manufacturers in Asia have been targeted by bad publicity for everything from poor wages, long hours and dangerous exposure to chemicals and unsustainable use of water.In response, they have tended not to work unilaterally but to sign up for either regional or international standards schemes, or co-operate on open platforms, where knowledge is shared.These include regional arms of bodies such as the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), a processing standard for organic fibres, including ecological ...
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