Garment industry

Inclusive digital payments solutions for the garment sector workers in Bangladesh

The International Labour Organization commits to expanding the use of responsible digital payments to advance decent work

New partnership will result in promoting digital payments as an important tool to increase security, financial inclusion and economic opportunities in the workplace.

In Bangladesh, key public and private sector actors commit to scaling digital wages across garment sector

Dhaka, November 20, 2019 - Media release by Government of Bangladesh: Building on what has been achieved so far, the government and the private sector have committed to working together to solve the challenges in ensuring all garment factories pay their workers digitally. The decision came from the Bangladesh Digital Wages Summit, which convened on 20 November in Dhaka.

Call to action: Digitizing workers’ payments in the garment sector in Bangladesh

Leading brands call on other companies and suppliers in Bangladesh to grasp the opportunity to drive inclusion, efficiency, and transparency through wage digitization

Bangladesh Digital Wages Summit

Scaling Digital Wages: An Opportunity for Garment Employees and Manufacturers

DLT: Keep Calm and Let the Evidence Speak

Blockchain Series: Blog 3

Distributing Production: Can Distributed Ledgers Fuel a New Wave of Supply-Chain Innovation?

Blockchain Series: Blog 5

Paying Across Borders: Can Distributed Ledgers Bring Us Closer Together?

Blockchain Series: Blog 6

Marks & Spencer Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance on International Women’s Day

This International Women’s Day, Marks & Spencer (M&S) is joining the Better Than Cash Alliance to help advance the Sustainable Development Goals. By promoting digital wages across its supply chain, M&S aims to give more women the ability to take control of their finances.

Truly mobile money – ride-sharing and mobile payments in South and Southeast Asia

Transportation Series: Blog 4

First look at how garment workers are being paid globally

Factories paying workers digitally are five times more likely to provide good social and labor practices

New data gathered from the Higg Index from 3,000 factories in 58 countries

The Digital Payments Opportunity: A Conversation

This blog was originally published on BSR.org

Why cash is a problem for businesses around the globe

This blog was originally published on The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business

Increasing factory worker well-being through digital payroll

Leading apparel companies have collaborated with each other on the BSR Herfinance program to improve worker well-being through payroll digitization.

Investing in Responsible Digital Financial Services Part II – Proposed Actions and Selected References Toolkit

This is a draft of the Guidelines (Part II – Proposed Actions and References) and remains work-in-progress as digital financial services is a rapidly evolving space, and will continue to evolve with emerging investor experience and industry evidence. 

Investing in Responsible Digital Financial Services Part I – Overview of Guidelines Toolkit

This is a first draft of the Guidelines (Overview – Part I) and remains work-in-progress as digital financial services is a rapidly evolving space.

“Digital payments can be a game-changer for farmers”

Interview with World Cocoa Foundation, Paul F. Macek, Vice President for Programs

Investor Guidelines (Annex 1) – Due Diligence Tool Draft Version 1.0 Toolkit

This draft (Annex I – Due Diligence Tool V.1) remains work-in-progress as digital financial services is a rapidly evolving space.

Gap Inc. sets new goal for apparel suppliers to pay garment workers digitally by 2020