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Bags bearing the Green Button label.

Human rights

Sustainability certifications: stricter criteria needed

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by Gisela Burckhardt
Cotton picker in a field in Sindh.

Labour rights

Dangerous cotton harvest

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by Imran Mukhtar
Worker in a polyester sewing production line in China's Guizhou Province.

Occupational health

Toxic substances in the life cycle of clothing

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by Olga Speranskaya

Business

Technology start-ups on the rise

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by Kilasa Mtambalike

Lobbying

Nairobi-based business lobby issues pre-election manifesto

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Inaugural freight train on Nairobi-Naivasha line in 2019: Kenyan transport links are excellent by African standards.

East Africa

The key to Kenya’s industrial growth

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
A pastoralist stands among goats and sheep that presumably died of exposure to extreme weather in Kenya, 2022.

Informal sector

Social protection for everyone

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Garment workers in a factory in Dhaka.

Garments production

Clothing must get more value again

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Nowadays

Training tailors, cooks or service staff

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by Derrick Silimina
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