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During my interactions with many of our stakeholders, especially the manufacturing organizations, it was observed that there are hardly any or little awareness on sustainable development goals, leave alone the organizational contributions towards the achievement of these goals.  This situation is what prompted me to…

I’m going to begin this post with a groundbreaking statement: technology has changed the world. Okay okay, I’ll admit that if you’re reading this post, you’re probably already well aware of the fact that technology has had a profound impact on our society. After all,…

November 17 4:00 – 6:00 pm: Registration 6:00 – 7:00 pm: Welcome reception November 18 8:30 am – 9:00 am: Registration 9:00 am – 9:15 am: Welcome Charles C. Masten, Chairman, WRAP 9:15 am – 10:00 am: Panel 1 Using the Web for CSR Communication:…

Greetings, my name is Seth Lennon, I am the new Communications Manager here at WRAP, and its time for me to dive nose deep into the realm that is social compliance. Granted, I’ve only been here a few weeks, but my immersion into this world…

WRAP’s Director of the Bangladesh Office, Saifullah Khawaja, is conducting fire safety trainings so often he’s become quite the professional. Our 2012 training schedule has eight fire safety courses schedule for Bangladesh alone, of which two have been taught to date. On February 15, Khawaja…

Taking a break from the five-day social compliance course at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI), our communications manager, Cori Sue Morris, sat down for a chat with Marian McLaughlin, head of AMFI’s International Office. McLaughlin, who has worked in this role at AMFI for seven…

As you may know, in addition to certifying factories for social compliance, WRAP’s mission also contains a training and education component led by our Vice President of Training and Education Stuart Webster. Webster uses a special accelerated learning technique, which we’ve covered on the blog…

Editor’s Note: This is the fifth and final installment of a five-day look into one of WRAP’s most exciting training courses, taught by our Vice President of Training and Education Stuart Webster to third-year honors students in the Fashion Management degree program at the Amsterdam…

The final days of November 2012 were ones filled with tragedy in Bangladesh. On Saturday, Novmeber 24, a massive fire broke out on the ground floor of the Tazreen Fashion Limited factory near Dhaka, killing over 100 people. Numerous other fires were reported in several other factories throughout the…

Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of a five-day look into one of WRAP’s most exciting training courses, taught by our Vice President of Training and Education Stuart Webster to third-year honors students in the Fashion Management degree program at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute…