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Manufacturing
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.
As scientists and dozens of nations call for major reductions in plastic production, the plastics industry continues to push pyrolysis — dubbed chemical or advanced recycling — as a primary solution to the global plastic waste crisis.
Policy & Finance
A long and rocky road to ESG for Chinese overseas mining
Companies are shifting towards international standards on environmental, governance and social issues. They lag particularly on the social side, experts say.
Steel slowdown and signals of low-carbon transition in China put Australian ore at a crossroads, as partnerships look to step up green iron development.
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India’s small steelmakers have no easy fix to go green
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Manufacturing
Has the Iran war been a setback for greener steelmaking?
5 August 2026
Corporate Responsibility
SBTi seeks Southeast Asia input on revised climate standard for forest, land and agriculture
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Manufacturing
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