IDH unveils app to help textile workers in Covid-19
Apr 28, 2020
To help textile workers and factories, IDH is facilitating industry players to shift operations in order to increase production of Personal Protective Equipment (
PPE), as well as providing means for current and displaced workers to communicate through an app called Atun. IDH, which is headquartered in Netherlands, is the sustainable trade initiative.
Atun is a free mobile application, rapidly repurposed for the context of COVID-19 crisis from the worker engagement app (WOVO). This app can for example disseminate information to workers regarding
Covid-19 health updates, upcoming job opportunities and factory re-openings, government and private welfare efforts, as well as access to re-skilling trainings and other services. The app is live in Vietnam and Indonesia, according to IDH.
IDH is also convening public-private platforms in the textile sector in multiple countries to aid in coordinating a response to the Covid-19 crisis. IDH is also one of the signatories of the statement calling on garment brands and governments for urgent action amid the Covid-19 crisis.