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Unilever tops list of food and drink firms tackling forced labourAbout 25 million people globally were estimated to be trapped in forced labour in 2016. -
H&M accused of failing to ensure fair wages for global factory workersH&M committed to ensure its suppliers would pay a living wage to some 850,000 textile workers by 2018.
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In Hong Kong, disposable fashion gets a recycled makeoverA new textile mill will use waste fabric as its raw material, in an effort to make the fashion industry more sustainable. -
Winning design for Phnom Penh factory worker homes, a model for other citiesIn Asia, impact investing is especially needed for low-cost housing in booming cities that are struggling to meet surging demand.
Factories Opinion
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6 ways to remove carbon pollution from the sky– To prevent the worst impacts of climate change, we'll need to not just reduce emissions, but actually remove some carbon dioxide from the sky, say WRI experts. -
Low-carbon growth Is a $26 trillion opportunity. Here are 4 ways to seize It.– The writing is on the wall: existing resource-intensive, unsustainable businesses will be left behind in the near future. WRI experts offer 4 tips for low-carbon growth. -
Three ways making a smartphone can harm the environment– Do you know what it takes to make the smartphone in your hand?
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Clothing the Loop: Art made from textile scraps shows the true cost of fashion– An abandoned garment factory in Phnom Penh is reclaimed by artists in a haunting exhibition that depicts the impact of the fashion industry on the environment.
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Industry 4.0: When humans and robots go hand in hand– Amid concerns that the rise of industrial robots may soon render humans obsolete, Swiss automation giant ABB’s latest innovation may help shine a new light on what the future will look like when humans and robots can work together as partners.
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Indian rapping about Unilever's mercury mess makes a hit– More than 3 million have watched Sofia Ashraf’s 'Kodaikanal Won't' - based on American singer Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' - which calls for Unilever to clean up a mercury-contaminated factory in India.
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Disaster debris can become building blocks for a new life–
In Amsterdam a mobile factory, the size of two shipping containers, ingests rubble at one end, liquifies it into cement and spurts out Lego-shaped building blocks.
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