A legally binding pact set up in 2013 to ensure the safety of Bangladeshi garment factory workers has been extended by two years. A representation of international textile retailers and the global trade union signatories to the former Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh announced Wednesday they have agreed to continue legally...
25 Aug 2021
Boohoo is offering customers the opportunity to “look behind the scenes” of its supply chain amid new allegations of worker exploitation at the fast fashion giant. The British fashion group, which owns brands Nasty Gal, PrettyLittleThing, Misspap, Karen Millen and Coast, announced Friday it would be giving customers the opportunity to “meet the...
9 Aug 2021
Can there be a fashion industry, where everyone can have a good sleep at night? On June 23, 2021, 270 people from 38 countries across the supply chain joined the second The Industry We Want event. Together, we explored how we can work together towards a garment and footwear industry that ensures dignity for workers, thriving businesses along the...
3 Aug 2021
As fashion brands and retailers across the world return to profitability following what has been an immensely difficult period of international store courses and plummeting demand for fashion, for those making the world’s clothing, the story is far from over. According to a new report by the Clean Clothes Campaign, Asian garment workers are owed...
19 Jul 2021
The Bangladesh on Fire and Building Safety Accord, which was set to expire on May 31 2021, has been extended for another three months. The accord is a legally binding pact signed by more than 200 fashion companies that aims to improve factory safety for workers following the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse which resulted in the deaths of over...
31 May 2021
Boohoo has bowed to shareholder pressure and will link the pay of its executives to environmental, social and governance targets following an investigation that found evidence of labour abuse across its UK supply chain. In the company’s annual report published this week, it said: “We have redesigned the executive directors’ remuneration policy...
20 May 2021
Garment makers from nine countries have come together to demand better contracts from global fashion retailers after billions of dollars worth of orders were cancelled or paused last year amid the pandemic. Thirteen garment suppliers associations in China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Turkey, Morocco and Indonesia have...
2 Apr 2021
Boohoo has cut ties with a swathe of suppliers following a review of its UK supply chain. “The group has ceased doing business with a number of manufacturers who were unable to demonstrate the high standard of transparency required, despite being provided with opportunities to address any issues identified in the auditing process,” Boohoo said...
25 Mar 2021
MPs have called for the introduction of a garment trade adjudicator to help eradicate non-compliance with labour market regulation in the UK’s garment industry. It comes as the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) said it has seen evidence of “ongoing labour abuses in the domestic and international supply chains supplying UK fashion retailers”....
12 Mar 2021
Boohoo has defended practices in its UK supply chain following media speculation that the fast-fashion giant could face a US import ban following allegations of slave labour. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seen sufficient evidence to launch an investigation into the company following the submission of two petitions from British...
2 Mar 2021
Marks & Spencer has become one of the first companies to formally sign a call to action over human rights violations in Xinjiang, China, where Uighurs and other minority groups are reportedly being forced into manual labour. In December, a new report released by the Washington-based Center for Global Policy found that more than half a million...
6 Jan 2021
Some factories in Pakistan supplying clothes to Boohoo have been accused of paying workers 29p per hour and making them work in appalling conditions. An investigation by the Guardian into the working conditions of two factories in the industrial city of Faisalabad found workers who claimed they were paid 10,000PKR (47 pounds) a month - well...
23 Dec 2020
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