Resources on Textiles, clothing, leather, and footwear sector

  1. Ensuring a responsible transition towards digital wages in Cambodia

    The ILO's Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work, Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia organized an online launch event on ensuring a responsible transition towards digital wages in Cambodia on 16 February 2022.

  2. Promoting workers’ well-being and sustainable enterprises through digital wage payments: Experiences from the garment industry in Jordan and Egypt

    The ILO's Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work, the Better Than Cash Alliance, Better Work and BSR organized an online event on 23 March, "Promoting workers’ well-being and sustainable enterprises through digital wage payments: Experiences from the garment industry in Jordan and Egypt".

  3. Knowledge building on productivity management in garments sector and sustainable integration in global supply chain

    Knowledge building workshop in collaboration with State Government of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to promote learning among apparel manufacturers in the two states about some practical and low-cost tips from lead buyers, Apparel Export Promotion Council and ILO to enhance productivity and align business practises to international standards

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    Promoting responsible business conduct through improved safety and health measures

    The ILO Sectoral Policies Department, Vision Zero Fund and the Better Work Programme are organizing a side session during the “2022 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector”.

  5. Policy Dialogue on 'Building a market responsive, resilient, and inclusive MSME ecosystem for job rich and sustainable growth'

    Policy dialogue to share support knowledge building of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in designing of evidence-based policy initiatives for catalysing sector-led growth by sharing efforts made by Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, and South Korea, in transforming to market-based economy and transitioning from agrarian to global manufacturing hubs.

  6. Responsible digital wage payments

    The Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work and the Better Than Cash Alliance organized a side session during the "2022 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector".

  7. Sustainable Fashion: A Focus on the Environmental Dimensions discussion

    On 7 September, the ILO participated in the Sustainable Recovery through Sustainable Fashion: A Focus on the Environmental Dimensions discussion.

  8. Advancing a just transition to a circular economy: Scaling up individual action to collectively driving systemic change

    An event co-organized by the ILO and the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE)

  9. Meeting of experts to discuss and adopt a code of practice on safety and health in textiles, clothing, leather and footwear

  10. “Strategies on Reducing and Utilizing CO2 for Cost Effective Business” Roundtable

    As part of the Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia project, the ILO is partnering with the UN ESCAP Sustainable Business Network to bring together the textile and garment sector and the cement industry to share, discuss and further CO2 reduction activities.