Find out more about the projects TRAID funds to stop the exploitation of people and the environment in the global supply chains making our clothes. We support partners improving conditions and working practices in the cotton fields, garment factories, homes and mills where our clothes are made.
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Reimagining Bangladesh’s Fabric Waste
Of the cloth used in Bangladesh’s garments sector, about a quarter is wasted, according to Reverse Resources (2017). This represents […] Read more... -
AMMA: making textiles naturally
Bleaching, printing and dyeing textiles is one of the most environmentally harmful stages of the garment production chain. Huge quantities […] Read more... -
A Sustainable Cotton Future for Ethiopia
In recent years Ethiopia has attracted much attention from retailers as another potential textile hub to make clothes. However, while […] Read more... -
Ending Child & Forced Labour in Garments
After funding a successful project aiming to rid the rug and carpet sector in Nepal and Afghanistan of child labour, […] Read more... -
Expanding Sustainable Cotton Production
Update July 2017: Tadesse Amera, Director of Pesticide Action Nexus Ethiopia updated TRAID about how pesticide-free cotton is changing lives […] Read more... -
Cultivating Non-GM Cotton Seeds
There is a global shortage of non-GM (genetically modified) cotton seed, which must be used to grow organic, Fairtrade and […] Read more... -
Supporting the Children of Garment Workers
TRAID continues to fund child centres in Dhaka, Bangladesh for the children of garment workers, with an additional grant of […] Read more... -
Ending Sumangali Thittam
A TRAID project to protect young girls in South India from bonded labour schemes called Sumangali Thittam in cotton spinning mills. Read more... -
Organic Cotton. A Route out of Poverty
In Benin, West Africa, cotton farmers struggle to earn a living to support themselves and their families. Poor health compounds […] Read more... -
Plants for Communities
TRAID is funding Kew to train organic cotton farmers in Southern Mali to grow sustainable supplies of eco-friendly pesticidal plants. Read more...
