New Zealand’s ethical fashion companies for 2016 revealed: Who passed the test? | The Register The report was released to coincide with the third anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse. The tragedy brought the often unsafe working conditions of the apparel industry to the forefront of the public consciousness, with many horrified consumers, investors and governments spurred into action. A Colmar Brunton survey the year following found the majority (90 percent) of New Zealanders want to buy ethically and socially responsible products. A total of 87 Australian and New Zealand companies were assessed by Baptist World Aid for the 2016 survey, with some actively choosing to participate and some not. It aims to show what retailers are doing to address forced labour, child labour and exploitation. Policies, knowing suppliers, auditing, supplier relationships and worker empowerment were the key areas explored when grading companies. There have been promising improvements in companies' supply chain disclosure since the survey begun in 2013. See the full Behind the Barcode report here.
Child labour in the fashion supply chain Fast fashion has engendered a race to the bottom, pushing companies to find ever-cheaper sources of labour. That cheap labour is freely available in many of the countries where textile and garment production takes place. Sofie Ovaa, global campaign coordinator of Stop Child Labour, says: “There are many girls in countries like India and Bangladesh, who are willing to work for very low prices and are easily brought into these industries under false promises of earning decent wages.” A recent report (pdf) by the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), and the India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN) revealed that recruiters in southern India convince parents in impoverished rural areas to send their daughters to spinning mills with promises of a well-paid job, comfortable accommodation, three nutritious meals a day and opportunities for training and schooling, as well as a lump sum payment at the end of three years.
Ecofabs SAMPARC™ - WELCOME TO SAMPARC™ Mother Dirt | Rethink Clean and Health Skin Do we buy it? H&M's fast fashion has a cost beyond the price tag The fashion giant opens its first NZ store this week. Underneath the hype is a company with a chequered history. There’s a particular hysteria that seems to descend on New Zealand when an international brand comes to town. The arrival of Swedish clothing giant H&M has been no different. H&M is the second largest clothing retailer in the world, with 4,100 stores operating globally and another 400 scheduled to open in 2016. The company has put a fairly mammoth effort into generating good publicity around the brand’s arrival in New Zealand - even flying a contingent of fashion editors from Fairfax; the NZ Herald, and Remix on a free trip to Stockholm to tour the brand’s international headquarters. So far, so effective - the imminent arrival of the brand has resulted in a series of anticipatory articles counting down the weeks till its opening - and even Facebook petitions for eager fans to announce their excitement over the imminent arrival.
It may not be possible to slow down fast fashion – so can the industry ever be sustainable? | The Independent The world of fashion has some major sustainability problems. By 2030, it is predicted that the industry’s water consumption will grow by 50 per cent to 118 billion cubic metres, its carbon footprint will increase to 2,791 tonnes and the amount of waste it creates will hit 148 tonnes. These predictions are in spite of significant progress being made by brands and retailers to minimise their impact. So the industry is reducing the environmental footprint of its products. Waste not: Microfibres from discarded clothing contribute to polluted oceans Getty Fast fashion is seen by many as the fundamental cause of all the sustainability issues the industry faces. But the growth of ethical consumerism has not materialised in mainstream fashion. So can ethical consumerism really exist in the mainstream fashion market? Fashion and ego Why is this the case? Our behaviour is far more selfish than we might like to believe. Take the high road: Consumers are urged to become ethical shoppers AFP
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