Supply chains Multi-stakeholder initiative held back by industry lobbies Top story New 26/05/2022 – by Gisela Burckhardt After the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh in 2013, Gerd Müller, then Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development, launched the “Partnership for Sustainable Textiles” in 2014.
Human rights New 25/05/2022 – by Gisela Burckhardt Certifications of garments: stricter criteria needed German government’s Green Button initiative could do even more to ensure social standards Read
Labour rights New 24/05/2022 – by Imran Mukhtar Dangerous cotton harvest Mostly women pick cotton in Pakistan – they are poorly paid and exposed to health risks Read
Mobile money New 23/05/2022 – by Derrick Silimina Digital payment fraudsters at work Fraudsters threaten success of digital payments Read
Agriculture New 22/05/2022 – by Imran Mukhtar How the climate crisis affects cotton production in Pakistan Rising temperatures have contributed to a 50 % decline in cotton production in Pakistan Read
D+C/E+Z New 21/05/2022 – by D+C/E+Z Why we believe in our Digital Monthly What purposes our Digital Monthly serves, and how it differs from the print issue Read
Disabilities New 20/05/2022 – by Ika Ningtyas Indonesia’s information gap affecting the disabled For disabled people in Indonesia, getting access to reliable health information, including on Covid-19, is a particular challenge Read
Global heating New 19/05/2022 – by Mireille Kanyange Lake Tanganyika: levees needed Tens of thousands of Burundians have been displaced by impacts of climate crisis Read
Tropical storms New 18/05/2022 – by Marjorie Pons Piñeyro CARICOM plans to boost disaster resilience Due to global heating, hurricanes are becoming more dangerous in the Caribbean Read
Blind in Benin New 17/05/2022 – by Karim Okanla In Benin, the blind struggle to fend for themselves Benin’s visually impaired people deserve support from government, NGOs and religious charities Read
Food security New 16/05/2022 – by Raphael Mweninguwe “A food crisis is looming” Floods and drought threaten maize yields in Malawi Read
