extreme heat
Heat Is Becoming a Supply Chain Risk in India’s Garment Factories
A new dashboard from HeatWatch, in collaboration with Open Supply Hub, aims to make heat more visible across…
AAFA Releases Heat Stress Guidance to Protect Garment Workers
As the world gets warmer and garment workers in the global South continue to bear the brunt of rising…
India’s Garment Workers ‘Boiling for Profits’ Amid Extreme Heat Crisis
Heat stress in India is not only an occupational health concern but also a highly gendered human rights issue.
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Progress Over Perfection: Lessons From Garment Factories Fighting Heat Stress
As growing temperatures endanger worker wellbeing, three factories in Cambodia and Vietnam are treating…
‘My Body is Burning’: How Climate Change is Worsening Bangladesh’s Labor Exploitation
Climate Rights International's report paints a distressing portrait of what it describes as a crisis…
Why Fashion’s Business As Usual ‘Won’t Cut It Anymore’ in Age of Climate Breakdown
New research from Cornell University shows that five major apparel production centers have seen a 42 percent…
Heat Check: Searing Temps Lead to Unsafe Working Conditions in the Global South
The increase of frequently high temperatures is leading to unsafe conditions that put workers in peril across…
Fashion is ‘Sleepwalking’ into a Climate Catastrophe. Bangladesh is in the Bullseye.
The "elephant in the room?" Building a collective strategy for decarbonization without overburdening garment…
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