Ngaphandle kwezinselelo ezilethwa ubhubhane oluqhubekayo lwe-COVID-19, ukuhweba ngezingubo kuyaqhubeka nokuchuma. Imboni ikhombise ukusimama okumangalisayo nokuzivumelanisa nezimo ezishintshayo zemakethe, futhi isivele njengesibani sethemba emnothweni womhlaba.
Imibiko yakamuva ikhomba ukuthi ukuhwebelana kwezingubo kukhule kakhulu onyakeni odlule, naphezu kokuphazamiseka okudalwe yilolu bhubhane. Ngokusho kochwepheshe bezimboni, lo mkhakha uzuze ekufuneni okuvuselelwe okuvela kubathengi, abatshala imali kakhulu ezimpahleni ezikhululekile nezisebenzayo okufanele bazigqoke ngenkathi besebenza ekhaya. Ukwenyuka kwe-e-commerce kanye nokuthenga nge-inthanethi nakho kukhuthaze ukukhula kulo mkhakha, njengoba abathengi besebenzisa ithuba lokunethezeka nokufinyeleleka kokuthengisa okuku-inthanethi.
Esinye isici esinomthelela ekukhuleni kohwebo lwezingubo ukuguquguquka okuqhubekayo emaketangeni okuthengwa kwempahla emhlabeni jikelele. Amabhizinisi amaningi abheke ukuhlukanisa uxhaxha lwawo lwempahla futhi anciphise ukuncika kwawo esifundeni noma ezweni elilodwa, okuwashukumisele ukuba afune abahlinzeki abasha kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba. Kulo mongo, abakhiqizi bezingubo emazweni afana ne-Bangladesh, Vietnam, ne-India babona isidingo esikhulayo nokutshalwa kwezimali ngenxa yalokho.
Naphezu kwalezi zimo ezinhle, nokho, ukuhweba ngezingubo kusabhekene nezinselelo ezinkulu, ikakhulukazi mayelana namalungelo abasebenzi kanye nokusimama. Amazwe amaningi lapho ukukhiqizwa kwezingubo kuyimboni enkulu aye agxekwa ngenxa yezimo zokusebenza ezingezinhle, amaholo amancane, nokuxhashazwa kwezisebenzi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imboni inesandla esikhulu ekucekeleni phansi kwemvelo, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kwezinto ezingavuseleleki kanye nezinqubo zamakhemikhali eziyingozi.
Nokho iyaqhubeka imizamo yokubhekana nalezi zinselelo. Amaqembu ezimboni, ohulumeni, nezinhlangano zomphakathi zisebenza ndawonye ukuze zikhuthaze amalungelo abasebenzi nezimo zokusebenza ezinobulungiswa kubasebenzi bezingubo, kanye nokukhuthaza amabhizinisi ukuthi asebenzise izinqubo ezizinzile. Izinyathelo ezifana ne-Sustainable Apparel Coalition kanye ne-Better Cotton Initiative ziyizibonelo zemizamo yokubambisana yokukhuthaza ukusimama kanye nezinqubo zebhizinisi ezinomthwalo wemfanelo kulo mkhakha.
Sengiphetha, ukuhweba ngezingubo kusaqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza elikhulu emnothweni womhlaba, naphezu kwezinselelo ezilethwa ubhubhane oluqhubekayo lwe-COVID-19. Nakuba kusenezinkinga ezibalulekile okufanele kubhekwane nazo mayelana namalungelo abasebenzi kanye nokusimama, kunesizathu sokuba nethemba njengoba ababambiqhaza besebenza ndawonye ukuze baxazulule lezi zinselele futhi bakhe imboni yezimpahla zokugqoka esimeme futhi elinganayo. Njengoba abathengi baqhubeka befuna ukucaca kanye nokuziphendulela emabhizinisini, kuyacaca ukuthi ukuhweba ngezimpahla kuzodinga ukuqhubeka nokuzivumelanisa nokushintshashintsha ukuze kuhlale kunokuncintisana futhi kuhlangabezane nezidingo zemakethe ehlala ishintsha.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-17-2023