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The Asian region is still the main garment manufacturer of the world. This report offers objective data insights and robust comparative information to inform policies and practices on wages, productivity and decent work in the garment sector. The report aims to demonstrate that various structural factors – including trade policy and supply chain dynamics at the global level, as well as industry composition and institutional and contextual factors at the local level – interact to determine export and output growth, competitiveness, labour productivity, and wages and working conditions.

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Auf dieser Website werden jährlich die Zahlen für existenzsichernde Löhne in den asiatischen Produktionsländern der Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie veröffentlicht.

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This report investigates the impacts of one of the most widely-used plastics, known as PET (for polyethyleneterephthalate) and as “polyester” in its fiber form. While PET is but one of several problematic plastics, it is emblematic of concerns that may exist with all petrochemical plastics.

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This report highlights a major step backwards by global fashion brands and their suppliers in ensuring the fundamental and facilitating rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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In this letter the initiatives recommend three important aspects for implementing Due Dilligence at EU-level:

1. Performing Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence should be risk based.
2. Due diligence does not shift responsibility: companies should review their own purchasing practices
3. Due diligence legislation must provide certainty and clarity (coherent standards)

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