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BANGLADESH: Safety Accord releases data on 1,600 factories
2013-10-03 19:34:07| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Details of nearly 1,600 Bangladesh factories used by more than 90 leading fashion retailers and brands have been released today (3 October) as part of a commitment to improve safety and transparency in the country's garment industry.
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China bans solar panel factories; global solar industry rejoices
2013-09-27 19:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Cheaper solar power is something that most environmentalists dream about. Indeed prices have been coming down dramatically in recent years. And though it may sound counterintuitive, getting too cheap, too soon can be a major problem. Manufacturers need reliable projections of future costs. Installers have to remain profitable despite diminishing returns on the hardware they sell. And quality can become compromised if all we care about is the price of panels. That's why many in the solar industry...
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BANGLADESH: Factories shut as workers protest over pay
2013-09-23 16:36:24| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Production at several hundred ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh came to a halt on Monday (Sept 23) as violent wage protests by workers entered their third day.
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BANGLADESH: Safe factories would cost "US$0.10 per garment"
2013-09-18 13:29:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Making Bangladeshi garment factories safe would add US$0.10 to the cost of each garment shipped over the next five years, the country's ambassador to the European Union (EU) said yesterday (17 September).
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UK: Marks & Spencer to survey workers in supplier factories
2013-09-17 14:05:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Marks & Spencer has revealed plans to roll out a mobile phone-based communications programme that will allow it to survey workers in its clothing supplier factories.
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