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    WFSGI: 'Physical Inactivity costs $300bn by 2030' - Industry steps up with unified action plan

    2025-07-04T07:23:00Z

    The global sporting goods industry launched the first-ever Sporting Goods ”Physical Activity Impact Report: Moving the World Towards an Active Future”. 

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    GOTS V7.0 released after long consultation process

    2023-03-14T14:20:00Z

    The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has released its GOTS version 7.0. The new certification guidelines feature an expanded scope of environmental and social criteria while aiming to maintain a standard that is practicable for industrial production and appropriate for a wide range of products. GOTS version 7.0 strives to ...

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    Nike accused of breaching OECD supply chain guidelines

    2023-03-13T15:02:00Z

    A group of 20 unions from the garment sector and two labor-rights groups – Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) and Global Labor Justice–International Labor Rights Forum (GLJ-ILRF) – have submitted a formal complaint alleging that Nike’s treatment of workers and unpaid wages violated OECD guidelines for responsible business conduct. The ...

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    WHO/OECD report highlights financial and health costs of physical inactivity in Europe

    2023-02-28T08:02:00Z

    A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), produced in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and with funding from the European Union, highlights the impact that increasing physical activity levels would have on the health of the population and the economy in the continent. ...

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    Consumer confidence at historic lows in Europe

    2022-10-04T05:03:00Z

    Consumer confidence has taken a dive in Europe. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) has produced a flash estimate for September, according to which the indicator has “resumed its steep downward trend, dropping by 3.5 points in the EU and 3.8 points in the euro ...