Tannery Workers’ Pandemic Plight Highlights Need for Reform
Bangladesh’s tannery workers are in financial crisis due to Covid-19, but exploitative working conditions are the root of the problem… Listening to Bangladesh’s tannery workers talk about their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic is distressing and alarming. “We have cried many nights in hunger,” said one. Another dispirited worker lamented, “My life is full of […]
Out of Sight: A Call for Transparency from Field to Fabric
Supply chains in the global garment and textiles industry are long, complex, fragmented, continuously evolving and notoriously opaque. In support… of the Tamil Nadu Declaration and Framework of Action, Fashion Revolution has conducted new research into the supply chain transparency efforts of 62 major fashion brands and retailers. The following report explores why greater transparency […]
Pay-to-play, pay-to-stay: the high cost of Indonesian apparel jobs
When Susi, a 25-year-old sewing operator in Indonesia, found work at a garment manufacturer in West Java, she paid one… month’s wages upfront to a middleman to secure her job. She quit the strenuous job within one week, but received no refund. To secure her next position, Susi repeatedly paid around a month’s wages for […]
Sourcing from Myanmar Requires Extraordinary Due Diligence. Here’s Why
As fashion brands and retailers begin to reset and reshape their supply chains as they emerge from the global coronavirus… pandemic, a new multi-year investigation has identified some of the risks at stake when sourcing from garment factories in Myanmar. Highlighted exclusively here on just-style, child labour and audit deception are among the ongoing challenges.
A Close Look at a Fashion Supply Chain Is Not Pretty
TAL Apparel is one of the most powerful companies in the global fashion supply chain that many consumers have never… heard of. Its factories make huge numbers of shirts — particularly for men — for brands including Brooks Brothers, Bonobos and LL Bean. In fact, TAL Apparel claims it makes one in six dress shirts […]
Fashion Transparency Index 2020 Edition
In Malaysia, Transparentem’s multi-year investigation identified endemic labour rights abuses of migrant workers in five factories…
The Dark Secrets Lurking Inside Your Outdoor Gear
Reports of unfair labor practices in the apparel industry seem to come with depressing regularity, and most recently, they’ve involved… some prominent outdoor gear brands. In late June, a nonprofit called Transparentem released a report alleging abuse, including physical force and forced labor, at Malaysian factories that supply brands like Nike and Under Armour. Then, […]
Transparentem Exposes Environmental and Human Rights Abuses of Fashion Industry
Operating a trillion-dollar market worldwide, the fashion industry has been linked to significant environmental and human rights abuses – generating… unprecedented pollution, employing people and children under conditions akin to slavery, and exacerbating a culture of mindless and highly damaging consumerism.
H&M’s Different Kind of Clickbait
The H&M group sells an estimated three billion articles of clothing per year. Its revenue makes it among the top…
Human Rights Due Diligence in Malaysia’s Manufacturing Sector
An investigation by non–profit Transparentem found serious labour abuses at five apparel factories in Malaysia, where hundreds of migrant workers… had paid illegal recruitment fees, ranging from RM 3,109 up to RM 18,182 (GBP 596 –3,489), sometimes exceeding one year’s salary. Four of the factories investigated also commonly retained workers’ passports and other documents, practices […]
