Fast Fashion – The dark world of cheap fashion Fast fashion has fundamentally changed the textile industry. The clothing industry is showering the planet with textiles: 56 million tons of clothing are sold annually. Influencers and neuromarketing are driving sales. But cheap clothing has a high price, such as precarious employment and the catastrophic environmental balance. The documentary sheds light on various aspects of the fast fashion industry. Mehr Details
The Conscious of Clothing – Mode.Macht.Menschen MODE. POWER. MENSCHEN. is a documentary film by director Patrick Kohl about the textile and clothing industry in Cambodia. The film is divided into eight episodes and is available on YouTube. Mehr Details
Are there ethical clothing? Simply vegan – the research podcast In this podcast, Sabine Ferenschild explains what you should pay attention to when choosing clothes and gives insights into the complexity of the textile production chain. Mehr Details
Does the Green Button keep its promise? - What companies report on human rights risks and measures in their supply chains The sustainability label ‘Grüner Knopf’ advertises with the slogans ‘social.ecological.state-independently certified’. However, the criteria and tests of the Green Button are not strong enough, and so the label also adorns products from companies that insufficiently ensure compliance with human rights. In order to obtain the seal, companies must demonstrate not only product-related requirements but also aspects of human rights due diligence, identify risks, address them with appropriate measures and publicly report on them. The present study analyses the public communication of 31 companies and finds that the Green Button falls significantly short of the public communication requirements formulated in the OECD Guide in its current implementation. If companies communicate risks and measures only abstractly or not related to their supply chain, they should not receive recognition in the form of state certification. In order to counter the risk of the promotion of a superficial due diligence communication, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) as the sealing institution must actively improve. Mehr Details
What's in this shirt? The flyer gives an overview of the problems of textile production and answers questions such as: How much clothing is thrown away each year? Under what conditions do the seamstresses work? What is an existential wage? On the back, you will find ten solutions for how everyone can contribute to fair fashion. The flyer can be folded up like a T-shirt and is suitable for school classes as well as information and awareness material. Mehr Details
