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Related Keywords: across the world, bid to curb labour exploitation, fashion brand, fashion industry, Hennes & Mauritz, improve factory conditions, main supply factories, planned to elect committees, proper pay structures for workers, Sustainability Program in India, Swedish fashion retailer

Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), Swedish fashion retailer in a bid to curb labour exploitation in its main supply factories across the world by 2018 has planned to elect committees and proper pay structures for workers.

Elin Astrom, head of H&M's Sustainability Program in India, said that the clothing firm was aware of the exploitation of workers in the garment industry and was working on several initiatives with its main suppliers to improve worker conditions.

Related Keywords: AFWA study report, clean up its supply chain, fixed-term contracts, forced overtime and loss of job if pregnant, Hennes & Mauritz, improve textile factory workers conditions, ow wages, partnered with ILO, seek out solutions, Swedish fashion retailer

Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) Swedish fashion retailer has partnered with the International Labour Organization, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency as well as global and local trade unions, government as well as the UN to seek out solutions to improve workers’ conditions, after the study by the Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) found workers stitching clothes for H&M in factories in Delhi and Phnom Penh faced problems such as low wages, fixed-term contracts, forced overtime and loss of job if pregnant.

Related Keywords: fast fashion clothing, from textile collected, Hennes & Mauritz, in store Garment Collecting Initiative, introduce new denim pieces, made using recycled cotton, retail clothing company

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Swedish multinational retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing to introduce new denim pieces made using recycled cotton next month. The company will introduce a total of 16 new denim styles that incorporate recycled cotton from textiles collected in through its in-store Garment Collecting Initiative.

The denim pieces include men’s, women’s and child’s styles, and they will be available in stores worldwide and online.

Related Keywords: African textile market, garment industry, Hennes & Mauritz

Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), Swedish based global clothing giant, who sources most of the garments from factories in Asia, particularly Bangladesh, and the world’s second biggest textile manufacturer after China. However, election-related violence in the country has strained its garment industry.