On International Women’s Day, Better Work outlines the benefits of making garment factories places of equal opportunity.
BFC’s OSH Campaign
After a successful pilot, the Gender Equality and Returns (GEAR) initiative will be scaled up to train 700 female operators and their managers in 70 factories. GEAR trained 144 female workers in the pilot phase; 58 of whom are now in supervisory roles with a 39 percent increase in salary.
A new project to broaden the impact of Better Work brings together diverse global supply chain players in an innovative partnership to drive long-term change.
On the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Better Work data from Cambodia shows that effective policies, processes and procedures are essential to ensuring wellbeing in the workplace
Better Work Bangladesh is creating lasting, positive changes on working conditions and factory performance in Bangladesh’s garment industry.
Better Work Bangladesh (BWB) facilitated a high-level workshop to discuss the progress under the third pillar of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact – Responsible Business Conduct – with participants discussing ways to ensure the future sustainability of the Bangladesh RMG industry.
Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) photo and video competition on the theme of Occupational, Safety and Health (OSH).
