In partnership with The Human Rights Campaign, Black in Fashion Council has released its first ‘Black in Fashion’ index, measuring company policies and practices related to the inclusivity of Black employees. A total of 30 businesses took part in the report, with each granted anonymity to allow for complete honesty. Participants were presented...
Oct 7, 2021
Multibrand retailer Asos has released its first Ethnicity Pay Gap (EPG) data report, stating the 2021 median pay for ethnic minorities is 5.9 percent higher than their White counterparts. According to the report, the result is a 21.2 percent improvement in the overall ethnicity pay gap year on year. Overall, Asos’ ethnicity pay gap has improved...
Oct 4, 2021
Boohoo has published a list of 1,100 factories it uses internationally as part of its transparency pledge announced last year following allegations of worker exploitation at the fast fashion giant. The transparency pledge was revealed in 2020 as part of a broader Agenda for Change programme announced by the company following an independent...
Sep 27, 2021
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...
Aug 25, 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...
Aug 9, 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...
Aug 3, 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...
Jul 19, 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...
May 31, 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...
May 20, 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...
Apr 2, 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...
Mar 25, 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”....
Mar 12, 2021
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