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Rising heat takes toll on Bangladesh’s garment workers
Extreme heat is becoming a workplace health crisis for Bangladesh’s garment workers amid rising temperatures and prolonged heat waves, increasing concerns about occupational heat exposure.
Manufacturing
China’s EV weight problem
Electric vehicles are getting heavier, making bigger carbon footprints in the factory and on the roads.
Companies are consolidating, automating production and shifting workers away from factory floors toward sales and advanced products.
Carbon & Climate
After Gujarat win, an emissions trading experiment heads to Rio
Participating factories emit up to 30 per cent less particulate pollution than non-market counterparts. But can the scheme work in Rio’s vastly different context?
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