Preventing Tragedy
By Russ Jowell (rjowell@wrapcompliance.org) The final days of November 2012 were ones filled with tragedy in Bangladesh. On Saturday, Novmeber 24, a massive fire broke out on the ground floor of the...
View ArticleThe Garment Industry Land Rush: New Markets
by Russ Jowell (rjowell@wrapcompliance.org) Last month we examined an interesting phenomenon within the global garment industry that hearkened back to the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889. The phenomenon was...
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Training The Trainers: How WRAP is helping M&S change the world, one worker...
Participants at a Train the Trainer course (WRAP Photo) British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is embarking on a very lofty mission. As part of their “Plan A” commitment to become the world’s...
View ArticleHighly Effective, Highly Affordable Fire Safety
by Russ Jowell (rjowell@wrapcompliance.org) The beginning of 2013 has brought us yet another tragic reminder of why fire safety is so vitally important for garment factories. The incident in question...
View ArticleSocial Compliance: What’s Next?
by Avedis Seferian, President & CEO As any long-term practitioner can attest, social compliance has only grown in importance over the past decade. Between the risk-aversion incentive of avoiding...
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Compassion in the midst of Chaos
By: Russ Jowell and Saifullah Khawaja April 24 is a day that WRAP’s Bangladesh staff members will not soon forget. The day started innocently enough, with all 5 WRAP staff members trying to brave the...
View ArticleWorking our MAGIC
It’s once again that time of year! The time when movers and shakers from every corner of the apparel industry, from design to delivery and visualization to fabrication, converge on the Nevada desert...
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The Path of Compliance
by: Russ Jowell (rjowell@wrapcompliance.org) Which path do you prefer? Before we continue, I’d like for you to consider the picture at the top of this post. It depicts two very different paths right...
View ArticleA call for remembrance, A call for unity
By Russ Jowell (rjowell@wrapcompliance.org) Today marks a somber anniversary in the history of Bangladesh’s garment industry. It was exactly one year ago today that over 110 people perished in a fire...
View ArticleWhat Horse Racing Can Teach Us About Management Systems
By Russell Jowell and Stuart Webster We in the social compliance world draw from a lengthy lexicon of specialized terms every day as we go about our business, and if you have been connected with WRAP...
View ArticleA call for remembrance, a call for unity
By Russ Jowell (rjowell@wrapcompliance.org) Today marks a somber anniversary in the history of Bangladesh's garment industry. It was exactly one year ago today that over 110 people perished in a fire...
View ArticleWhat Horse Racing Can Teach Us About Management Systems
We in the social compliance world draw from a lengthy lexicon of specialized terms every day as we go about our business, and if you have been connected with WRAP for any length of time, you have no...
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