Together, they account for 18% of global apparel exports, roughly 10,000 clothing and footwear factories and more than 10.6 million manufacturing workers.
Pakistan, especially, is no stranger to extreme weather, with more than one third of the country underwater last year during its worst floods in history.
The first scenario includes the assumption that heat stress will cause considerable changes in worker productivity.
For example, output may decline by about 1.5% for each 1°C increase in the “wet-bulb globe temperature,” a measure of heat stress, according to the report.
“Workers need these investments now because extreme heat standards and flood protections are non-existent.”
Persons:
Mohammad Ponir Hossain, Schroders, Jason Judd
Organizations:
Hong Kong CNN, Cornell University, Schroders, Fashion, Cornell’s Global Labor Institute, Reuters, Cornell, “ Workers
Locations:
Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Schroders, Dhaka, Phnom Penh, Karachi, Lahore, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, South, Southeast Asia