The rise and rise of Bangladesh – but is life getting any better?
The country has undergone an economic miracle in recent years, albeit at huge cost to its garment workers. But things are finally starting to improve for them
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Rana Plaza, five years on: safety of workers hangs in balance in Bangladesh
Progress has been made but fire safety initiatives are soon to end, unions are being stifled and wages are still the lowest in the world
Read moreSustainable style: will Gen Z help the fashion industry clean up its act?
Four years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, a burgeoning collection of cool but ethical brands have launched to target the socially conscious young consumer. But there is still a long way to go
Read morePolice and fear stalk the streets of Dhaka as clothes workers fight for more than £54 a month
Garment workers in Bangladesh endure harsh conditions and the world’s lowest minimum wage
Read moreBangladesh garment factories sack hundreds after pay protests
Dozens have been arrested amid clashes with police as impoverished workers demand a trebling of pay
Read moreA look back at 2013’s biggest sustainability themes in the US
The rise of renewables, the Rana Plaza tragedy, corporate coalitions around sustainability, and getting inequality onto the agenda – 2013 was a busy year for sustainability
Read moreChild labour ‘rampant’ in Bangladesh factories, study reveals
Overseas Development Institute survey finds 15% of six- to 14-year-olds living in poorest households work an average of 64 hours a week
Read moreRana Plaza collapse: workplace dangers persist three years later, reports find
Researchers and activists say working conditions have hardly improved for garment workers since the Bangladesh factory collapse killed 1,138 people
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