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The report “Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate” presents critical evidence related to six key impacts of climate change on OSH, which were chosen for their severity and the magnitude of their effects on workers: excessive heat, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, extreme weather events, workplace air pollution, vector-borne diseases and changes in agrochemical use. It includes the most pertinent evidence regarding worker exposures and the main safety and health impacts. It also summarizes examples of existing responses to these hazards, such as policies and strategies, laws, collective agreements, technical guidelines, training and advisory initiatives, awareness raising campaigns and workplace level actions. 

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This second chapter of the two-part series ‘A Zero Waste Vision for Textiles’ sketches out what a truly circular and toxic-free system for textiles looks like. The report investigates the current barriers to circularity, identifies solutions, and makes recommendations for policy measures in the EU. 

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Many stages of the manufacture of apparel are significant users of water, from dyeing to raw material manufacture. Companies in the apparel industry should be talking about and reporting on their use of water and how they are exposed to water-related risk. The availability of water is expected to be increasingly stressed in many key apparel manufacturing regions as a result of climate change, inefficient use and untreated disposal. This could threaten production of textiles in many key regions and thus disrupt supply chains. Planet Tracker used open source data to map the location of apparel factories across the globe and consider the current level of water stress they are exposed to and how this is projected to change over time.

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This report presents the findings of studies in five countries to test the Anker Research Institute’s new methodology for measuring the size and determinants of gender pay gaps at workplaces in global supply chains.

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Viele Kommunen fordern bereits Nachhaltigkeitskriterien in ihren Textilausschreibungen ein. Oftmals geht es hier um grundlegende Arbeitsrechte oder um Biobaumwolle. Mit mehr Marktverfügbarkeit und stärkeren verbindlichen Forderungen, welche auch auf Bundesebene verlangt werden, kann auch das Niveau der Nachhaltigkeitsanforderungen angehoben werden. In der vorliegenden Handreichung sollen zum einen die Hintergründe dargestellt werden, warum es für Kommunen wichtig ist, bei Textilausschreibungen auf Kriterien des zirkulären Wirtschaftens und gute Beschwerdemechanismen in der Produktion zu achten. Zum anderen wird konkret aufgezeigt, wie diese Kriterien eingefordert werden und welche Nachweise akzeptiert werden können. Die Kriterien können in bestehende Fragebögen integriert oder alleinstehend genutzt werden.  

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