Factories News
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Warning over Cambodia's garment workers as EU tariff threat loomsWorkers who lose their jobs could end up in the entertainment or service industries and be exposed to sexual exploitation. -
The world has 'two business cycles' left to meet Paris goalsDevelopments in wind and solar power, electric vehicles and energy efficiency in production have been extraordinary but more is needed from corporates and investors in the next decade, says Michael Liebreich, keynote speaker at the recent Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition.
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Big clothes brands found to fall short of own fair wage promisesMost major garment companies lack plans for calculating—let alone achieving—a living wage in their global supply chains. -
Pasir Gudang dumping—what happened and who is responsible?How will Malaysia recover from a toxic chemicals dumping frenzy in its Pasir Gudang industrial complex in March, which sickened over 5,000 people, shut down schools, and cost the government millions?
Factories Opinion
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Why aren't global clothing brands responding to #MeToo?– The clothing industry should work harder to prevent and address gender-based violence in their supply chains. In order to do so, they first need to confront how badly their inspection or social auditing programs fail to protect women. -
Financing the green transition– Changing the energy-financing models of banks, or developing sustainability-linked loans and green bonds, will simply not be enough to facilitate the transition to a more sustainable economy. A new approach that is effective and scalable must take investors’ expectations fully into account. -
Plastic in the oceans is not the fault of the global south– Plastic pollution in developing Asia is often in the spotlight, but the conversation largely ignores the role of Western countries in the plastic waste trade.
Videos
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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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The Eco-Business 10th Anniversary Gala NightCelebrate Eco-Business' 10th Anniversary as we unveil the Eco-Business A-List. -
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