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Project highlights - Bangladesh
Knowledge intensive business services gaps in environmental management in the textile and garment sector
The Decent Work in the Garment Supply Chains in Asia (DWGSCA) project funded by the Swedish International Development Corporation Agency (SIDA) aims to support decent work and sustainability in the garment sector.
Supply chains
Knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) gaps in environmental management in the textile and garment sector: Project highlights: Viet...
The Decent Work in the Garment Supply Chains in Asia (DWGSCA) project funded by the Swedish International Development Corporation Agency (SIDA) aims to support decent work and sustainability in the garment sector.
SCORE Programme Brief
Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises programme at a glance - Phase IV
Automation and its employment effects: a literature review of automotive and garment sectors
Project notes
Ten lessons from enterprises operating under the “3 on-site” scheme during Viet Nam’s 4th COVID-19 outbreak
ILO Working paper 37
Trade and Decent Work: Adequate Earnings in the Mexican Manufacturing Industries
This paper analyses the impact of non-preferential trade liberalization and exposure to globalization on “adequate earnings” in Mexico between 2003 and 2020, using data from the national labour force and manufacturing industries surveys. Trade...
ILO Working paper 36
Trade agreements and decent work in Mexico: the case of the automotive and textile industries
The study applies the framework of decent work indicators developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), in combination with input–output analysis, to explore selected links between international trade and certain indicators of decent...
Executive summary
Moving the Needle: Gender equality and decent work in Asia’s garment sector; Executive summary
The report sheds light on the importance of addressing gender equality in the garment sector, while also providing ILO constituents and industry stakeholders with a holistic roadmap for action that places decent work and social justice at the heart...
Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia
Effective regulations? Environmental impact assessment in the textile and garment sector in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia and Viet Nam
Environmental regulations provide protection for both environmental assets and the livelihoods of communities that depend on these assets. The analysis evaluates the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) processes for proponents of industrial...
Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia
Greener clothes? Environmental initiatives and tools in the garment sector in Asia
The increasing social and environmental impacts of the textile and garment supply chain are well known and have resulted in the development of an array of initiatives, tools and assessment platforms to enhance the sustainability of the sector. There...
Managing Transitions and Retrenchments Guidelines (Version 2.0)
The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the world of work, increasing unemployment and underemployment, and disproportionately impacting women workers who make up the majority of the garment workforce.
How does the ILO SCORE Training Address Audit Issues?
SCORE Training helps to achieve better compliance with contract and legal requirements by demonstrating to SMEs the benefits that can be obtained through good working conditions and a safe working environment
Full report
Moving the Needle: Gender equality and decent work in Asia’s garment sector
This report sheds light on the importance of addressing gender equality in the garment sector, while also providing ILO constituents and industry stakeholders with a holistic roadmap for action that places decent work and social justice at the heart...
Reducing the footprint? How to assess carbon emissions in the garment sector in Asia
This report examines carbon emissions across the garment sector as counted using the two prominent methodologies for calculating emissions – the life cycle assessment (LCA) and carbon accounting in line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. The purpose...
Factory productivity improvement
Productivity interventions available to garment factories in Asia: A mapping study
This study focuses on the availability of productivity interventions in the Asian garment sectors. By examining a subset of productivity interventions available to the industry, the paper depicts a broader picture of what type of support services...
SCORE Training - Promoting the capacity of suppliers in global supply chains
Brief
Gendered impacts of COVID-19 on the garment sector
This brief, co-authored by the ILO and Better Work, aims to raise awareness of the gendered reality of COVID-19 and to outline some of the ways in which the pandemic impacts women and men workers in the garment sector in the short, medium and long...
COVID-19 business resilience guides for manufacturers in Asia: Going online: Establishing an online presence
Factories across Asia are facing severe impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Responding to the urgent needs of these manufacturers across the region, the ILO has developed a series of six action-oriented guides to help factories navigate the COVID-19...
COVID-19 business resilience guides for manufacturers in Asia: Finding alternative sources of income
Factories across Asia are facing severe impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Responding to the urgent needs of these manufacturers across the region, the ILO has developed a series of six action-oriented guides to help factories navigate the COVID-19...
Introduction to guides for factories to build resilience during and after COVID-19
The ILO provides a series of six action-oriented guides for manufacturers in Asia to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and to build business resilience. This fact sheet provides an introduction to the series.