The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) recently sent letters to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed and its main garment trade association expressing concern over criminal charges against labour leaders, mass firing of workers and the future of worker safety. The letter urged Dhaka to withdraw...
Halaluddin, president of Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity, an association of shop owners, told UNB they have no access to the Tk 72,750 crore stimulus package declared by the government to address the adverse impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the country’s economy, though they shut down their...
Sports Company Puma has committed for a 35 per cent reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a target which was approved by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi). Reducing greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, Puma aims to limit...
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, the revenue of Nike improved to $10.2 billion, up 4 per cent on a reported basis and up 10 per cent on a currency-neutral basis. Full year revenue rose to $39.1 billion, up 7 per cent on a reported basis,...