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February 3, 2022

3rd February 2022: The Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF), the apex body of the Sri Lankan apparel industry, announced the appointment of respected industry veteran, Yohan Lawrence, as its new Secretary General. Lawrence, who counts over 20 years of experience in senior management positions in the apparel sector as well as in leadership […]

January 28, 2022

Deputy Chairman of MAS Sharad Amalean appointed Chairman of JAAF Calls for greater collaboration in enhancing bilateral trade and maintaining GSP+ Highlights the need for a solution to the forex crisis 27th January 2022: The Joint Apparel Association Forum of Sri Lanka (JAAF) called for intensive dialogue and greater stakeholder collaboration […]

January 28, 2022

Rainbow Clothing MD Bandula Fernando re-elected President of SLCGE Calls for greater adaption to align with increasingly popular e-commerce models Requests authorities to help facilitate land acquisition for expansion of factory capacity 27th January 2022: Small and medium scale apparel producers have called on the authorities to assist the sector […]

December 28, 2021

The Sec-General of JAAF Mr. Tuli Cooray has urged all members to ensure their employee’s covid-19 vaccination is saved in “digital format” and present them as “proof of vaccination” whenever required. The digital format has been necessitated to avoid loss of any piece of vital information of the vaccinated employee due to card being […]

December 24, 2021

Sri Lanka’s apparel sector and key industry trade unions signed a historic agreement that ensures business owners and employees work together to maintain continued vigilance on pandemic prevention, discuss issues of mutual interest and jointly participate in addressing grievances. In a key milestone in the industry’s efforts to continuously elevate its human resource practices […]

October 22, 2021

Focused thought leadership forum focuses on relevant issues and solutions for the fashion apparel industry 21st Oct 21: Sri Lanka’s Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) signed on as presenting partner for the 6th annual edition of the Responsible Fashion Summit (RFS). Focused on the theme: ‘Circularity-in-Action’, this year’s event will be hosted on […]

September 13, 2021

10th September 2021: Media reportage about the rapid increase in Covid-19 infections has been growing. Since the initial outbreak in 2020, The Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) and member companies continue to closely monitoring the risk of spread at their factories and facilities. In this connection, we would like to bring your attention to […]

August 26, 2021

“A strategy to achieve our industry’s vision and that of the nation”: Cooray 25 August 2021: The Joint Apparel Associations Forum (JAAF) has formulated a 5-point framework to coordinate the industry’s response to challenges stemming from COVID-19 and to drive stakeholder collaboration towards ensuring sustained long-term growth of Sri Lanka’s entire apparel sector. […]

August 23, 2021

21 August 2021: The concerns being expressed about worker safety in the apparel industry are understandable and are shared by The Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) and its membership. The entire apparel industry is doing everything in its power to address these concerns by working in close consultation with the Ministry of Health (MOH) […]

August 12, 2020

The mandate given by the people at the recent polls has surpassed all expectations and it is a fitting tribute to the visionary leadership of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Premier, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Whilst congratulating the Premier elect and the Podu Jana Eksath Peramuna on their victory at the polls, we at the […]

JAAF appoints industry veteran Yohan Lawrence as its new Secretary General

Apparel Industry to continue dialogue with Government on forex crisis: JAAF

Sri Lankan apparel must target opportunities arising from post-COVID rebalancing of global trade

Convert employee’s vaccination card to digital format, JAAF Sec-General requests apparel factory owners

Sri Lankan apparel sector signs historic MoU with trade unions

JAAF presents the 6th Responsible Fashion Summit themed Circularity-in-Action

JAAF proactively steps up protective measures for workers

JAAF’s 5 Point Plan to address COVID-induced challenges and sustain industry’s long-term growth

JAAF re-assures workers about safety and protective working conditions in factories

Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) convey our their wishes and our heartfelt felicitations to the new government