In collaboration with Remake and Adalinda, a project was launched to look at worker health and safety together with designers, operating officers, and founders of fashion companies. WHWB-US helped fund the first public forum on sustainable fashion on November 7 in lower Manhattan. The event included about a dozen committed and concerned individuals, mainly fromContinue reading “Sustainable Fashion”
Category Archives: Meetings
Third Quarter Membership Meeting Update
Thanks to all who were able to join us for our quarterly general membership teleconference! As Dr. Mary O’Reilly’s presentation highlighted, please continue to consider how your clothing is manufactured when purchasing new items. The average American discards ~80 pounds of clothing each year. Workers in the textile industry who manufacture clothing in low- andContinue reading “Third Quarter Membership Meeting Update”
2019 Student Dinner
What a wonderful evening our board members had. Following the first day of our annual board meeting in Ann Arbor, WHWB-US board members hosted students from the University of Michigan Industrial Hygiene Student Association for our 5th annual student dinner at The Original Cottage Inn. It’s always great to hear what the students have beenContinue reading “2019 Student Dinner”
Webathons
WHWB-US was proud to support our parent organization, WHWB International. In an effort to provide continuing education, WHWB developed and presented two donation-based online webathons on the subject of global workplace health. The first of the presentations, November 27 was directed to occupational health practitioners, while the second on December 4 was aimed at aContinue reading “Webathons”
