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Focus on gender-responsive health: Launch of a new multi-stakeholder initiative in the clothing and footwear sector

In April 2022, a new initiative in the textile and footwear industry is gaining momentum. The aim is to improve the health situation of the workers. The focus is on production regions in India and Indonesia as well as opportunities for action in Germany. The organizations FEMNET e.V. and SÜDWIND Institute initiate the initiative in Germany. “From the outset, we want to take into account the needs of all relevant stakeholders. These include local workers, local trade unions and other civil society organisations. At the same time, it is important for us to involve companies, existing initiatives and supplying companies", explains project manager Lisa Carl from FEMNET.

Category: Gendergerechter Gesundheitsschutz

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Art instead of consumption: T-shirt art against disposable fashion

Pipilotti Rist, Frank Schätzing, Marcel Odenbach, Pia Fries and 15 other renowned artists set an example for sustainability in the textile industry. They create works of art from their own T-shirts, which are now available in a Online gallery on display and ‘fairlost’ on Rana Plaza Memorial Day.

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Working together for gender equality and sustainable business: Bonn OB Katja Dörner welcomes annual partnership with FEMNET

Bonn. Mayor Katja Dörner is in a Video message of the Bonn Women's Rights Association FEMNET Congratulations on the 15th anniversary. Since 2007, the association, which is the annual partner of the city of Bonn in 2022, has been committed to improving the living and working conditions of textile workers and clarifying the background of the global clothing industry.

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EU Supply Chain Act: Commission announces draft for February - more than 100 companies call for liability rule

More than 100 companies and investors from Europe are in favour of a far-reaching EU supply chain law, which also calls for civil liability for companies. The European Commission will discuss this on 23 February.

Category: Lieferkettengesetz

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Well-known artists donate artworks for sustainability and fairness in the global fashion industry

Save the Dates:
Tue, 01 March 2022: Home Online gallery with T-shirt artworks
Sun 24 April 2022: Exhibition and exhibition at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum

Bonn. From Tuesday, 1 March 2022, the Bonn-based women's rights organisation FEMNET e.V. will be showing 17 unique works of art from well-known artists from all over Germany (primarily from North Rhine-Westphalia) that have been donated online. The artworks address the T-shirt as a symbol of fast-paced cheap fashion and are the culmination of the five-month solidarity and education campaign #onetshirtto live by FEMNET.

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"Climate & Clothing" New Crossmedia Project for Young People Launched

Bonn/Cologne. Under the title ‘Klima & Klamotten’, LizzyNet gGmbH and FEMNET e.V. are launching a nationwide cross-media and education project. The project encourages young people to engage in climate-friendly alternatives to fast fashion. The three-year measure is funded within the framework of the National Climate Initiative (NKI) of the Federal Ministry for the Environment.

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Art – Exhibition – Dialogue – Participation. From throwing away to appreciating people & materials

On 25 November 2021, the new solidarity and education campaign #eintshirtzumleben for more sustainability and fairness in the global fashion and textile industry will start.

Bonn. The Bonn-based women's rights organization FEMNET e.V. will launch the five-month solidarity and education campaign #onetshirtto live. At the center is the T-shirt as a symbol of fast-paced cheap fashion. The goal is to create awareness of the value of fashion.

Category: FEMNET-Pressemitteilungen

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36 textile alliance companies complete trial run for supply chain law

Civil society members have a positive view of the established process, but criticise the exits of some companies.

Berlin / Bonn / Munich. As part of the new review process, the Alliance for Sustainable Textiles is examining its member companies for the first time for the implementation of human rights, environmental and corruption-related due diligence obligations. The Supply Chain Act provides for similar obligations. As part of the review, independent experts have analysed the information provided by the companies and requested improvements in accordance with an OECD-compliant risk analysis and remedy. It became clear: In terms of risk analysis and measures, some companies still have a lot to do to comply with future legal requirements. As of today, the released reports will be made available to the public on the Alliance's homepage. More reports will follow in the coming weeks.

Category: Unternehmensverantwortung

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FEMNET welcomes the new binding agreement on workers' safety

On 25 August 2021, clothing companies and trade unions announced their agreement on a new international agreement on health and safety in the textile and clothing industry. This extends and expands the previous Accord for the Protection of Seamstresses.

Category: Unternehmensverantwortung

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Federal Cross of Merit for FEMNET Chairman Gisela Burckhardt

The Federal President has awarded Dr. Gisela Burckhardt the Federal Cross of Merit. In doing so, he honours the tireless commitment of the women's rights activist to a dignified and self-determined life of thousands of textile workers in the global South.

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Lack of transparency: Campaign for Clean Clothes calls for improvements in the Textile Alliance

Berlin/Bonn/Dortmund, 21.06.2021. The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) criticises the fact that member companies in the Textile Alliance are not obliged to disclose their supply chain. In a recent report, the CCC shows that very few member companies disclose their supply chains and adhere to the best practice standard. Transparency Pledge follow. Only with this transparency can human rights due diligence obligations be effectively and credibly implemented. The campaign for clean clothing also criticises the lack of binding requirements for human rights due diligence.

Category: Lieferkettengesetz

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Destroyed Rana Plaza building

Change begins with you, OTTO - Sign the new binding security agreement!

Press release of the Clean Clothes Campaign of 20.05.2021

On 15 May 2013, just weeks after the Rana Plaza collapse, which killed at least 1,134 people, brands and retailers, along with trade unions, signed the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh (Accord). This landmark, legally binding agreement expires in 10 days, on May 31, 2021, after the program has made 1,600 factories safer for over two million garment workers over the past eight years. The Clean Clothes Germany campaign calls on the 200 brands and retailers that are currently signatories to the Accord, including the Otto Group, to sign a new legally binding security agreement.

Category: Unternehmensverantwortung

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