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Business of Fashion
"‘Ethical’ Cotton Is Being Picked by Child Labourers in India, Watchdog Finds."
A new report has linked businesses supplying companies including Zara-owner Inditex, H&M Group, Gap Inc. and Amazon to incidents of forced labour and debt bondage on Indian cotton farms.
Sourcing Journal
"Are Poor Social Audits Fueling Migrant Worker Abuse in Mauritius’s Garment Industry?"
Nearly a year after a damning exposé threw a spotlight on severely exploitative conditions in Mauritius’s garment industry that included indicators of forced labor, workers are still in a holding pattern that has seen little meaningful progress.
The New York Times
"A Close Look at a Fashion Supply Chain Is Not Pretty"
A new report on factories in Malaysia that create products for Brooks Brothers, Levi’s, LL Bean and others examines the high prices workers pay for their jobs.
The Guardian
"NGO's softly-softly tactics tackle labor abuses at Malaysia factories."
Transparentem didn’t rush to expose abuses at five factories and shame their western customers – instead it asked the companies to work with the factories to fix the problems
