Sabine Schlorke, global manufacturing manager at the International Finance Corporation talks with Ian Welsh about how IFC works with big apparel sector brands in Bangladesh, Vietnam and other countries providing their suppliers with access to development finance via the PaCT (Partnership for Cleaner Textiles) programme.
She argues that the opportunities for resource efficiencies and improvements that benefit all in the value chain are significant, particularly when supplier factories can clearly see how access to finance can help.
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What does a successful regenerative agriculture strategy look like?
Monday briefing: innovative solutions at World Water Week
Weekly podcast – Climate action: collaboration that delivers apparel supply chain decarbonisation
Extending digital traceability beyond apparel supply chains
Monday briefing: what US Inflation Reduction Act progress one year on?
Weekly podcast – How to overcome food value chain sustainability hurdles
On trend: apparel sector traceability and transparency
Monday briefing: empowering the green generation for change
Weekly podcast – Regenerative agriculture’s growing potential
Cracking the carbon code: why saving forests is a good investment
Monday briefing: Earth Overshoot Day continuously creeps up the calendar
Weekly podcast – Unlocking digital traceability in apparel supply chains and beyond
Weekly podcast – How regenerative practices can shape the future of US cotton
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Farmer voices: deforestation solutions for smallholders
How remote sensing is fuelling nature-positive approaches
Monday briefing – UN HLPF renews focus on Covid-19 recovery
Weekly podcast – Nature-positive agriculture: a how-to guide
How agrifood stakeholders can support European farmers in the regenerative transition
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