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Suppliers in Cambodia’s garment industry say that concerns over forced labour have been solved or do not affect them, but one labour rights advocate warned that more should be done to prevent the issue from rising again.

Both Walmart and Centric Brands said last month (August) in a Reuters investigation that they were investigating their supply chains in Cambodia after allegations that some export products had been produced in Correctional Centre 2, a women’s prison in Phnom Penh (1).…

While UK authorised push payment (APP) fraud losses were down 17% in 2022 year-on-year, they still cost victims GBP485.2 million (USD619 million) and comprised 57% of all reported cases relating to purchase fraud, with case volumes breaking 100,000 for the first time.…

A GRI (the Global Reporting Initiative) and EFRAG (the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group) joint statement has detailed the mutual recognition of reporting under both GRI and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).

Stressing that both systems focus on double materiality (the impact of sustainability issues on companies and companies’ impact on sustainability), the GRI and EFRAG said they will establish a list of the ESRS disclosure requirements and datapoints that correspond to GRI disclosure requirements and datapoints, enabling ESRS reporting with reference to GRI.…

Tunisia’s clothing and textile sector driven ahead with its near-sourcing export promotion, despite the political turmoil facing the country, where President Kais Saied has since 2019 suspended parliament, dismissed governments, imprisoned opposition leaders, undermining judicial independence and helped fuel anti-refugee and migrant violence.…

Regulators worldwide are cracking down on poor labour and environmental practices in apparel supply chains amid growing concerns about upstream parts of the clothing industry. Probes into major international fashion brands, who have been criticised about alleged malpractice by their suppliers have been encouraging legislative and regulatory reforms.…

Following the collapse of two high profile cases against mining majors Rio Tinto and ENRC (1), there have been broad calls for the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to be reformed to better tackle complex cases. This includes reforms ranging from changing the disclosure regime and its investigative model, to better funding and more cooperation with other enforcement agencies.…

The UK’s new Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) saved taxpayers GBP311 million (USD377.5 million) in its first year of operation, far outstripping the GBP180 million (USD218 million) target set at its launch in August 2022. Baroness Neville-Rolfe, minister for the Cabinet Office, unveiled the “big win for taxpayers” at a September 2023 meeting of the International Public Sector Fraud Forum, which brings together the so-called ‘Five Eyes’ nations – Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the United States – to share best practice in combatting public sector fraud.…

The UK Government has missed key opportunities to tackle fraud and strengthen its Economic Crime Bill (1), as it is debated and amended in parliament, campaign group Spotlight on Corruption has complained (2). It pointed to three “game changing” amendments to the bill passed in the upper House of Lords that it rejected through its majority in the House of Commons, starting with removing an SME (small-and-medium-sized enterprise) waiver from a planned ‘failure to prevent fraud offence’, leaving SMEs themselves more vulnerable to fraud: “Anti-fraud procedures to prevent companies committing fraud are largely similar to those that prevent them being victims to fraud,” said a Spotlight on Corruption note.…

Chinese textile companies are bringing digital textile printing into the realms of denim and yarn to replace unsustainable dyeing processes, industry observers have told Digital Textile.

‘Digital denim’ made using a computer and printer involves applying inkjet printing dyeing’ on cotton fabric to make the ‘digital denim’ fabric resembling different styles of jeans has become increasingly popular within China’s textile sector.…

Retail prices of manufactured dairy products in Poland are falling, while the costs of production and processing are rising. Market insiders say this is already pushing many small dairy farmers and manufacturers to the edge.

“Production costs for farmers and milk processors have increased dramatically,” said Agnieszka Maliszewska, director of the Polish Chamber of Milk (PIM – Polska Izba Mleka).…