Opportunities for a Just Transition to environmental sustainability and COVID-19 recovery in the textile and garment sector in Asia
- Publisher:
- ILO
- Publication Type:
- Report
- Citation:
- 2021, pp. 1-35
- Issue Date:
- 2021-10-01
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The impact of COVID-19 on the textile and garment sector in Asian countries has been and continues to be
immense, and may last for a very long time. While countries in the West are emerging from the pandemic
with some optimism that life will soon return to pre-pandemic levels, new COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia
are pushing back hopes for a recovery in 2021 and the health and mental effects in communities are
challenging pre-pandemic achievements related to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
This report examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the textile and garment sector, specifically
the employment and enterprise impacts, and contextualizes these within the wider development impacts
of the sector – social, economic and environmental; both positive and negative – to ask the question: how
sustainable is the sector?
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