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Every morning, Loek heads to the garment factory where he works in Cambodia’s Kandal province to produce clothing for one of the world’s biggest brands. The 42-year-old has worked there for nine years and this year the heat has grown unbearable. Inside the factory, machines and irons radiate heat, turning the plant into a furnace. Lately, Loek has come home at night so depleted from sweating all day that he has no energy for anything else.
