Tag: Kuala Lumpur
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No red card for referees Nike, Adidas for foul play
1298 words; 6.5 min read. FOUL PLAY IN GARMENT FACTORIES: You think Nike doesn’t exploit workers anymore? Think again. Germany may be repeat World Cup champions in football history, but shunning responsibility for your supply chain (again) can’t be a record you can be proud of. Remember the controversy Nike was embroiled in in 1992? …
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Aussie Mohair might get its mojo back, but high street fashion is pulling (their hair) out
On the back of Monday’s ABC news story that Australian goat meat has tripled in value due a global meat shortage, it appears that Aussie farmers have seized this opportunity to get serious in the world trading of Angora goat fleece, or mohair. In true business panache, the Australian Mohair Company was recently set up to connect farmers…
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Plastic for Fabric (yeah, it’s a thing) – Happy World Environment Day and World Oceans Day!
This year India hosts World Environment Day (WED), which takes place on June 5, 2018. “Beat Plastic Pollution”, the theme for World Environment Day 2018, urges governments, industry, communities, and individuals to come together and explore sustainable alternatives and urgently reduce the production and excessive use of single-use plastic polluting our oceans, damaging marine life…