Bangladesh garment workers face lethal heat crisis
Source: Eco-Business News
As temperatures exceed safe working thresholds in factories with minimal cooling infrastructure, Bangladesh's 4 million garment workers are experiencing heat-related illnesses, fainting, and productivity collapse during peak production seasons. Western retailers face immediate pressure to invest in factory climate control or accept delivery delays and cost increases. The crisis creates a competitive disadvantage for Bangladesh versus Vietnam and India as climate migration and heat vulnerability become supply chain risk factors that investors and compliance teams can no longer ignore.