WRAP’s Avedis Seferian talks about Africa’s sourcing potential

Highly Effective, Highly Affordable Fire Safety

by Russ Jowell (rjowell@wrapcompliance.org) The beginning of 2013 has brought us yet another tragic reminder of why fire safety is so vitally important for garment factories. The incident in question is a fire that broke out on January 26 at the Smart Export Garments factory in Bangladesh that claimed the lives of at least 7 [...]

Posted on February 22nd, 2013 by wrapadmin
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The Garment Industry Land Rush: Sourcing

by Russ Jowell (rjowell@wrapcompliance.org) I’d like to begin this blog post with a tale from American history. On the morning of April 22, 1889, thousands of people from all walks of life were lined up along the border of what was then known as “Indian Territory”, an area now part of present-day Oklahoma. Most of [...]

Posted on November 20th, 2012 by wrapadmin
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The Triangle of Compliance

By Russ Jowell (rjowell@wrapcompliance.org) Earlier this month, a pair of reports were released regarding apparel manufacturing that caught my attention. One of these, a continuation of an earlier report released by China’s Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), detailed dangerous conditions created by numerous printing and dyeing factories. The other, released by Human Rights [...]

Posted on October 22nd, 2012 by wrapadmin
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