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In today’s global economy, the clothes we wear will have been sewed by workers across an ocean and passed from one business to another before being sold for a tidy profit by a retailer whose name we all know.  Companies throughout the supply chain bear a responsibility and have the power to ensure that workers are treated fairly. 

This takes more than touching statements in glossy annual reports: it means a sustained commitment to monitoring conditions, engaging with workers, resolving problems, and ensuring that buying practices–such as pricing and delivery schedules–do no make it unfeasible for factories to provide decent work.  See: Code Implementation & Verification

  • For background information, reports on working conditions and actual cases involving a particular company, search the company name.

  • More information on the ethical policies of more than 50 European brands and retailers can also be found at www.fashioncheck.net.
 

Where Can I Buy Clean Clothes?

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This is probably the most common question that the CCC hears. So the Dutch and Belgian CCCs have sought to provide some answers – and in some imaginative ways. To help consumers learn more about brands and retailers and what they’re doing – or not doing – to ensure that labour rights are respected, the Dutch CCC developed ‘Modepoly’, a Monopoly-lik...

Friday, 1 May 2009

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Let's Clean Up Fashion

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The fashion industry has always struggled to talk about the living wage in an open and consistent way. Two years ago, brands and retailers said it wasn't a problem, or that if it was, it was somebody else's. Last year they agreed that they ought to do something, but hadn't quite got round to it yet. This year they have begun to dabble, but most say...

Thursday, 11 September 2008

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LEADING SPORTS BRANDS, UNIONS, NGOs FORM WORKING GROUP

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For immediate release LEADING SPORTS BRANDS AND UNIONS WORKING TOGETHER GLOBALLY FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS Brussels, 2 July 2008: A month before the start of the Beijing Olympics key sporting goods brands including Nike, adidas, New Balance, Umbro and Speedo are forming a ground breaking joint working group with trade unions and NGOs to explore...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

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Sportswear Industry Shamed by New Allegations on Working Conditions

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PRESS RELEASE- “No real progress” since Athens games, say PF08 campaigners- China: workers glueing sports shoes for less than $2 per day, stitching footballs for $0.50 eachBrussels - As the clock ticks down to the Beijing Olympics, workers producing for the international sportswear companies that spend millions on Olympic and athletic sponsorship d...

Sunday, 20 April 2008

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Full Package Approach to Labour Codes of Conduct

Full Package Approach
Four major steps companies can take to ensure their products are made under humane conditions
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"Alternative" or "Ethical" Clothes

Altenative or ethical clothes
Initiatives selling clothes that are calling themselves "ethical", "alternative" or "fairly produced".
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