News about Our Work - 27 September 2019 How fair does your brand pay? The declarations of intent of most fashion houses only look good on paper. This is the conclusion reached by the Clean Clothes Campaign in its "Company check 2019“, for which it examined 45 of the main European brands. Despite promises to the contrary, none of the companies analysed still ensure that their seamstresses receive a living wage in real terms. On paper, fashion companies recognize the right to livelihood wages, but in their purchasing practices they violate this human right. Despite many voluntary individual company and industry initiatives, the wage situation in the garment factories of the low-cost producing countries has not improved in recent decades. Only five fast fashion providers make living wages an issue vis-à-vis their suppliers, but they do not eradicate the poverty of workers in factories and their supply chains. More information Existing wages in the global fashion industry - Company check 2019 (PDF file)
