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Fashioning an Industrial Strategy for Garment Workers [PDF]
[Excerpt] Since 1984, the [ILGWU] has initiated a series of efforts to better secure the jobs, working conditions, and earnings opportunities of garment workers and to chart new directions for small union manufacturers and contractors.
Parrott, James
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ABSTRACT Despite the growing interest in the circular economy (CE) among various stakeholders, several research gaps continue to challenge researchers and practitioners, specifically among emerging European economies. This study analyzes survey data from 127 manufacturing SMEs in the Baltic states.
Baoying Zhu +4 more
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Intending to be ethical: An examination of consumer choice in sweatshop avoidance [PDF]
While much research in ethical consumption has focused on contexts such as food, this research explores ethical consumer decision-making in the context of intention to avoid sweatshop apparel.
Bekin, C +4 more
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ABSTRACT The fashion industry plays a key role towards global sustainability goals, yet remains among the most sustainability‐impacting sectors. Since 2020, several disruptions—including the Covid‐19 pandemic, geopolitical instability, and ambitious sustainability policies—have dramatically reshaped how consumers interact with fashion. In response, the
Chiara Marinelli
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Board Governance as a Strategic Mechanism: Carbon Risk and Firm Performance
ABSTRACT Carbon emissions are a major contributor to global warming and pose significant threats to the environment. In response to the urgency of climate change, firms are under increasing pressure to adopt policies that enhance environmental performance while reducing carbon risk.
Sarmad Ali +3 more
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An Overview on Factor Affecting Apparel Sector in India
Trending word fashion may be known to everyone but it is deeply rooted to the clothes as popularly defined as “Clothes make the man” in fashion word. Fashion is not only related to clothes but a popular style or practice, which includes footwear, accessories, makeup, body and furniture along with clothing.
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Textiles and apparel in NAFTA : a case of constrained liberalization [PDF]
The authors examine the changes that Mexico's textile and clothing industry is likely to face under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). They compare pre-NAFTA and probable post-NAFTA scenarios for Mexican exports. The U.S.
Bannister, Geoffrey, Low, Patrick
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WRC Assessment re Confecciones Mazara (Mexico): Findings, Recommendations, and Status Report [PDF]
WRC report on assessment of discriminatory hiring practices in the Confecciones Mazara factory in Mexico, as well as health and safety hazards.
Worker Rights Consortium
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ABSTRACT The circular economy is gaining traction as a transformative approach to address climate change and the shortcomings of the linear economic model, which is defined by unsustainable production and consumption patterns. This study explores the implementation of circularity principles in the Spanish automotive industry, with particular attention ...
Salvador Perez‐Canto +2 more
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