Brochure: It's fair-sinking! Sustainable Purchasing at Berlin Sports Clubs There are 2,334 sports clubs in Berlin. Whether they play football, basketball or tennis, they all connect the jerseys they wear and the sports equipment, such as balls or mats, they use. Many also offer merchandise. But does the purchase of these products take into account their manufacturing conditions? To what extent do the effects on people and the environment caused by the product flow into the purchasing decision? And what happens to the articles if they no longer correspond to the current design? Mehr Details
The British War Economy – A Strategy for the Transformation of the Textile Industry Towards a Sustainable Future? The textile industry is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than all international flights and ocean shipping combined. At the same time, emissions are unevenly distributed both globally and within national borders: 20% of the population is responsible for a significantly higher proportion of the emissions caused by clothing purchases. One-dimensional measures that simply increase prices are thus inadequate for a sustainability transformation of the clothing sector. Instead, a multi-dimensional combination of efficiency and sufficiency strategies, including a social justice perspective, is needed. Mehr Details
The British War Economy – A Strategy for the Transformation of the Textile Industry Towards a Sustainable Future? The textile industry is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than all international flights and ocean shipping combined. At the same time, emissions are unevenly distributed both globally and within national borders: 20% of the population is responsible for a significantly higher proportion of the emissions caused by clothing purchases. One-dimensional measures that simply increase prices are thus inadequate for a sustainability transformation of the clothing sector. Instead, a multi-dimensional combination of efficiency and sufficiency strategies, including a social justice perspective, is needed. Mehr Details
The Home and the World of Work This study examines the impact of the Ready-made Garment (RMG) industry on the lives, work, and households of women in India's apparel export sector. It clearly features on how caste, class, and gender intersect to shape the vulnerabilities of female workers. The research explores how capitalist production systems influence social reproduction and rely on it, highlighting the connection between unpaid labor and low wages in these systems. The study is based on a survey of 184 women workers across 13 factories in Bengaluru and Mysuru, providing insights into the experiences of both local and inter-state migrant women. It reveals how women's migration and work patterns affect their lives and underscores broader implications for female labor force participation in the global low-wage supply chain. Mehr Details
Corporate Responsibility Worldwide - Potential of the Supply Chain Act for Trade Union Work For trade unions and employee representatives, the legal situation results in concrete tasks of co-creation and opportunities for the enforcement of employee rights in Germany and worldwide. Different existing control tools and rules for the globalized economy are presented, the supply chain law is classified and analyzed in it, with a perspective on global production networks. The law is then presented with a view to which specific obligations arise for companies and which tasks for employee representatives. The Bangladesh and International Accords for the textile and clothing industries show how an agreement between companies, trade unions and trade unions, i.e. a private regulatory initiative, can work, especially in the field of occupational health and safety. This can also be seen in particular as success factors for the establishment of complaint mechanisms, as required under the Supply Chain Act. Mehr Details
