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Protesters hold up a sign saying 'No climate justice without workers rights'

The Ministry of the Environment is planning a legislative package that will allow fast-fashion manufacturers to contribute to the costs of disposal and recycling. In doing so, it is implementing an EU requirement, namely extended producer responsibility (EPR), which entered into force in October 2025.

Details: Category: Unternehmensverantwortung; Published: 27 March 2026

Details: Category: Unternehmensverantwortung; Published: 27 March 2026

Today, the positioning on the Omnibus I package was voted again in the European Parliament – after no agreement was reached on the proposal of the Committee on Legal Affairs two weeks ago. Today's majority was achieved by the votes of the right-wing and far-right factions.

Details: Category: Lieferkettengesetz; Published: 19 November 2025

The petition of the Supply Chain Act Initiative to preserve the Supply Chain Act and the EU Supply Chain Directive has received over 210,000 signatures. Together with trade unionists and scientists from Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries, the initiative handed over the petition today.

Details: Category: Lieferkettengesetz; Published: 08 October 2025

Whether in competitive or grassroots sport, active athletes know the power of change in their discipline. The competition for ideas has this energy Sports Fairly modified As part of the Leipzig Gymnastics Festival 2025, sports clubs were invited to submit their concepts for a social-ecological transformation.

Details: Category: Nachhaltiger Textileinkauf für den Privatsektor; Published: 02 October 2025

On 3 September 2025, the Federal Cabinet decided to significantly weaken the German Supply Chain Act: The reporting obligation is suspended and sanctions are only provided for in the case of serious infringements. While this eliminates central instruments of national law, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) also threatens to be diluted at European level. Negotiations are ongoing in Brussels – time to take a look at the state of play.

Details: Category: Lieferkettengesetz; Published: 05 September 2025

Berlin/Karachi. Pakistani textile workers, the Pakistani National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) point to serious evidence of violations of the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) by the textile discounter KiK. They therefore lodged a complaint with the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) against KiK.

Details: Category: Lieferkettengesetz; Published: 19 June 2025

The Fair Wear Works project expands its educational offer with a new web seminar series, which is specially designed for actors in the sports and healthcare sector. The series aims to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable textile purchases as an integral part of a comprehensive sustainability strategy.

Details: Category: Pressemitteilungen; Published: 06 June 2025

This International German Gymnastics Festival in Leipzig continues to think of fairness – far beyond sporting competition. As part of the major sporting event, the Fair Wear Works project sets the idea of fairness in motion with a large-scale campaign – and puts the challenges of the textile industry in the spotlight. The message: Fairness does not end at the edge of the field.

Details: Category: Nachhaltiger Textileinkauf für den Privatsektor; Published: 28 May 2025

Amsterdam/Florence/Cologne. The campaign for clean clothing, shareholders for change and the umbrella organisation of critical shareholders call on Adidas AG to comply with workers' rights in the global supply chain before the Annual General Meeting on May 15. Workers in Myanmar and Cambodia report human rights violations such as wage theft, illegal layoffs and obstruction of trade union activities.

Details: Category: Unternehmensverantwortung; Published: 14 May 2025

Berlin. On his inaugural visit to Brussels last Friday, Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced his intention to abolish the German Supply Chain Act (LkSG). He also spoke out clearly against the planned EU Supply Chain Directive (CSDDD). A broad civil society alliance reacts with strong protest – and launches the petition “No profits without conscience - protect human rights and the environment!”

Details: Category: Lieferkettengesetz; Published: 13 May 2025

FEMNET is a member of the Supply Chain Act initiative. Here we publish the joint statement of this initiative on the coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and the SPD published on April 9, 2025.

Details: Category: Lieferkettengesetz; Published: 10 April 2025

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This fashion system is unsustainable – a textile law must stop exploitation and environmental degradation by the textile industry

This fashion system is unsustainable – a textile law must stop exploitation and environmental degradation by the textile industry

European firewall fell, human rights protections sacrificed - Supply Chain Act initiative condemns EU alliance with right-wing extremists

Global pressure on the Chancellor: More than 210,000 people and trade unionists from Pakistan and Bangladesh call for preservation of supply chain law

Sport Fair Modified: Leipzig Gymnastics Festival awards associations for creative ideas on social-ecological transformation

Mitigation instead of implementation: An overview of the state of play of the European Supply Chain Act

LkSG complaint against KiK: Systematic violations of fundamental labour and trade union rights

Fair Wear Works web seminar series: Sustainable impulses for textile purchases in sports and health care

Focus on fairness: Fair Wear Works project sends a signal for sustainable sport at Turnfest Leipzig

285 organizations around the world are calling for: Pay Your Workers – Respect Labour Rights

Chancellor Merz attacks supply chain law - Civil Society Alliance of over 90 organisations launches petition

Planned weakening of the Supply Chain Act: Sharp criticism of the coalition agreement between the Union and the SPD

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