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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

The International German Gymnastics Festival Leipzig 2025 sends a strong signal for sustainability in sport. As part of the fairness campaign "Sport Fairändert - Our club, our values. For a fair future", a competition of ideas was launched, which encourages sports clubs to develop innovative projects for greater social and ecological commitment in the field of textile products.

Details: Category: Nachhaltiger Textileinkauf für den Privatsektor; Published: 13 March 2025

In an appeal published today, more than 70 politicians, companies, economists and civil society organisations call for the protection of the EU Supply Chain Directive.

Details: Category: Lieferkettengesetz; Published: 26 February 2025

A Thai worker holds up a sign saying 'Otto - Help us to get our wages back'

"I want to say to OTTO that we have been making clothes for ten years," says Hnin Hnin*, a worker from Myanmar who made clothes for OTTO brands in the Thai Royal Knitting factory. “We have been harmed and feel hopeless, but we want help to get the money we deserve.”

In April 2020, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the management of the Royal Knitting Factory in Thailand dismissed Hnin Hnin and a further 208 employees without notice. More than 90 percent of those affected are women from Myanmar. Their employer unlawfully refused them wages for work done and severance pay. Almost five years later, and despite the Thai court ruling against Royal Knitting, the 209 workers are still waiting for over $1,000,000 in unpaid wages and severance payments.

Details: Category: Unternehmensverantwortung; Published: 13 February 2025

The Global Nature Fund (GNF) and the Traditionsclub 1. FC Nürnberg have started a cooperation as part of the Fair Wear Works project. Together, they are committed to sustainable textiles in sports and merchandise as well as fair textile supply chains. The cooperation aims not only to promote ecological standards in purchasing, but also to strengthen social justice in the global textile industry.

Details: Category: Nachhaltiger Textileinkauf für den Privatsektor; Published: 30 January 2025

The International German Gymnastics Festival 2025 cooperates with the Global Nature Fund as part of the ‘Fair Wear Works’ project. The aim of the cooperation is to provide clubs with practical information and assistance for responsible purchasing of sports textiles. During the gymnastics festival, there will be numerous information and workshops on sustainable sports textiles and the volunteers will receive GOTS-certified gymnastics bags.

Details: Category: Nachhaltiger Textileinkauf für den Privatsektor; Published: 09 January 2025

Annual meeting of the Association of Critical Shareholders on 14 September 2024 in Cologne discusses the Supply Chain Act.

Cologne/Bonn. At the annual meeting of the Association of Critical Shareholders, experts will discuss whether the German Supply Chain Act has already had a positive effect and what expectations are associated with the European Supply Chain Act. This year, the umbrella organisation is awarding its group-critical Henry Mathews Prize to Dr. Gisela Burckhardt and the organisation FEMNET.

Details: Category: Lieferkettengesetz; Published: 10 September 2024

FEMNET Chairwoman Dr. Gisela Burckhardt comments: "With today's proposal to suspend the LkSG for two years, Habeck stabs all those who have been fighting for years for a legal regulation in the back. It unsettles companies, civil society feels fooled. This could have implications for the EU elections."

Details: Category: Lieferkettengesetz; Published: 07 June 2024

Berlin. In the future, large companies in the EU will have to work towards compliance with human rights and environmental standards in their supply chains. Der Rat der Europäischen Union hat die entsprechende Richtlinie, das sogenannte EU-Lieferkettengesetz, heute final beschlossen. This puts an end to months of political tug-of-war, in which the FDP in particular wanted to bring the project down on the German side. EU Member States now have two years to transpose the project into national law. The Federal Government must adapt the existing German Supply Chain Act accordingly.

Details: Category: Lieferkettengesetz; Published: 24 May 2024

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Broad resistance to dilution of the EU Supply Chain Directive

Workers in Thailand produced clothes for Otto Group brands – they have been waiting for their wages for five years

Global Nature Fund and 1. FC Nürnberg start cooperation for fair and sustainable textiles in sports & merchandise

Sustainability in the focus of the Turnfest 2025

Henry Mathews Award to Dr. Gisela Burckhardt and FEMNET

Annual meeting of the Association of Critical Shareholders on 14 September 2024 in Cologne discusses the Supply Chain Act.

Going it alone on the Supply Chain Act: Habeck stabs Greens and responsible companies in the back

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