Commodity: Textiles
Solidaridad Network Annual Report 2010: Insufficient supply of sustainable produced goods
"Now that sustainability has become a mainstream ambition in the corporate sector, the task is to ensure a sufficient supply…
21 August 2014
Jackpot successful in sustainable fashion
Marieke Weerdesteijn from Solidaridad The Netherlands and Rama Krishna from Chetna Organic present today their cooperation with fashion label Jackpot at…
Seminar on sustainable textiles organised by Solidaridad and Textile Exchange – Dhaka, Bangladesh – 2 June, 2012
Solidaridad and Textile Exchange on second of June organize a seminar on Textiles Sustainability for brands, retailers and manufacturers in the fashion…
Bangladesh pollution clean-up: Solidaridad, Dutch government and industrial sector sign agreement
Large companies in the garment and textile industry will join forces with non-governmental organization Solidaridad and International Finance Corporation (IFC), to improve…
Report: Action Plan for “Sumangali Scheme” in India
The textile and clothing industry in India employs over 35 million people and much of the country’s production occurs in…
20 August 2014
Bangladesh: Lax fire-safety plagues garment industry
More than 120 employees died over the weekend in a garment factory fire in Bangladesh, which is the second fire…
Sustainable textile wet processing requires holistic approach
The use of hazardous chemicals and inadequate treatment of the effluents in textile dyeing and finishing is now high on the agenda…
International textile companies join hands for cleaner textiles
The Bangladesh garment industry is vital for the country’s economic development, but it comes at a cost. Particularly textile wet…
China: Sharing achievements in cleaner production of textile processing
During a result sharing workshop Solidaridad China concluded its second small cleaner production pilot project for the textile wet processing…
Information videos launched to address worker rights in garment industry in Asia
There is a considerable gap in the level of awareness among garment workers in Asia about their rights and responsibilities.…
