© Initiative Supply Chain Act Supply Chain Act: Duty of care must apply to all companies Bonn/Berlin. Apparently, there will again be no agreement in the cabinet today on the supply chain law promised in the coalition agreement. Non-governmental organizations in the Textile Alliance warn against dilution. A supply chain law must not be limited to large companies. A supply chain law must legally oblige all companies to respect human rights and environmental standards in their supply chain and enable victims to be compensated in German courts. Details Category: Lieferkettengesetz Published: 16 September 2020 Read more …
© FEMNET NGOs call for gender-responsive supply chain law Berlin/Bonn/Cologne. Today, Federal Ministers Gerd Müller and Hubertus Heil will present the results of the Federal Government's survey on human rights compliance along global supply chains. It is to be feared that these do not turn out well and that a large part of German companies disregard human rights. Details Category: Lieferkettengesetz Published: 14 July 2020 Read more …
© shironosov - iStock.com Fair wear works: GNF and FEMNET support companies in ecologically fair textile purchasing The Global Nature Fund (GNF) and FEMNET are launching a joint project to improve the procurement of textiles in companies. Through targeted Purchasing strategies are positively influenced by sustainable working conditions and environmental impacts along the supply chain. A survey for all interested companies is currently underway to determine the consulting needs. Details Category: Nachhaltiger Textileinkauf für den Privatsektor Published: 14 July 2020 Read more …
How much does a seamstress really earn? Inconvenient questions for Zalando Bonn, 23.06.2020 – On the occasion of the fashion retailer’s shareholders’ meeting on 23 June 2020, the women’s rights organisation FEMNET Zalando calls for the creation of a ‘fund for living wages’ for the seamstresses in its supply chain. FEMNET also calls for transparency on Zalando's purchasing practices. At the same time as the publication of the Fashion checkers, Uncovering details of wages in the supply chains of 108 fashion brands around the world, the company is said to provide information on due diligence obligations towards employees in its supply chain. Details Category: Existenzlohn jetzt! Faire Löhne für Textilarbeiter*innen Published: 23 June 2020 Read more …
Salaries to Live Instead of Dividends at Hugo Boss If the group does not move forward, the shareholders can show it the way. For example, on the occasion of the Hugo Boss Annual General Meeting, shareholder and FEMNET Chairman Dr Gisela Burckhardt calls for the creation of a ‘fund for living wages’ for the group’s seamstresses in its supply chains. At the latest in times of the corona crisis, it is now becoming apparent that without sustainable income structures, the survivability of the clothing industry and its employees is at stake. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 18 May 2020 Read more …
© cini.angela - Depositphotos.com From Rana Plaza to COVID-19: Textile workers again in deep crisis. Fair Purchasing Practices of Businesses Press release of civil society in the Textile Alliance Seven years after the factory collapse of Rana Plaza, textile workers are once again plunging into a crisis due to COVID-19. Right now, the Alliance for Sustainable Textiles must prove itself as an authority for safeguarding human rights responsibility, demands civil society in the Textile Alliance. While brand and retail companies are responding to the COVID-19 crisis with far-reaching cancellations from their suppliers, textile workers in the producing countries are suffering extreme economic hardship due to the loss of income. If the regular wage falls away, which often does not reach the end of the month anyway, there are no social security systems in place. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 24 April 2020 Read more …
© SAVE Corona Emergency Fund: Quick help for seamstresses in India and Bangladesh Globally, supply chains are collapsing due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the face of factory closures, wage losses, rising food prices and strict curfews, the situation for precariously employed textile workers is becoming increasingly severe. FEMNET has set up an emergency fund to protect themselves and their families and ensure their existence. In India, FEMNET's partner organizations have started distributing food. Details Category: FEMNET-Pressemitteilungen Published: 11 April 2020 Read more …
Merkel and Altmaier stop push for supply chain law - human rights and environmental protection can no longer wait Press release of the Supply Chain Act initiative, an alliance of which FEMNET is a member Berlin. Time and again, German companies are involved in human rights violations and environmental destruction along their supply chains. In order to prevent this, Federal Development Minister Müller and Federal Labour Minister Heil had already promised in December to publish key points for a supply chain law. According to the editorial network Germany (RND), the Federal Chancellery has prevented the publication of the key points planned for today. The Supply Chain Act initiative calls on the federal government to fulfil its obligations under the coalition agreement and finally to advance the legislative process for a supply chain law. Details Category: Lieferkettengesetz Published: 10 March 2020 Read more …
Workers' organisation protests against sexual harassment and violence in the workplace on 7 February 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. © Taslima Akter Study on sexual harassment of seamstresses in textile factories: Legislation needed to protect women in the workplace Bonn, Germany and Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8 March 2020. From economic exploitation to domestic violence, from sexual harassment by supervisors and prerogatives to rape in the workplace, violence and harassment are brutal everyday life for many women in Bangladesh. States and companies are not using their options to protect women from assault. FEMNET and its partner organisations call for the immediate ratification and effective implementation of international conventions for the protection of women in global supply chains. Details Category: Gegen Gewalt an Textilarbeiterinnen Published: 08 March 2020 Read more …
© FEMNET Well protected? Exploitation for European workwear FEMNET publishes studies on working conditions in India and Tunisia Extremely low wages, fixed-term contracts and the suppression of trade unions: Occupational clothing is intended to protect employees, but in manufacturing the working conditions are as precarious as in the fashion industry. Research commissioned by FEMNET in Indian and Tunisian factories shows: European brands accept that national labour laws and international core labour standards are trampled on in their suppliers. Details Category: FEMNET-Pressemitteilungen Published: 20 February 2020 Read more …
Business and human rights: Legal experts present requirements for supply chain law Joint PRESS RELEASE by Initiative Supply Chain Act, CorA Network, ECCHR, BUND Berlin. A supply chain law in Germany is feasible – for companies as well as for legislators. This is shown by a legal opinion of the Initiative Supply Chain Act, prepared by legal experts of the alliance with the support of lawyer Robert Grabosch. Such a law is intended to oblige companies in Germany to better protect people and the environment in their global business. Details Category: Lieferkettengesetz Published: 12 February 2020 Read more …
© Devi Adamo 2019 Transparency in the clothing sector is growing – but many companies in the textile alliance continue to refuse FEMNET has published the most important results of a new study in German Textile companies have made great progress in recent years in disclosing information about their supply chains. This is shown in a report published in December 2019 by an alliance of trade unions, human rights groups and labour rights initiatives, including the Clean Clothes Campaign. The short version has been translated into German by FEMNET. The report is an update of the 2017 company survey. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 13 January 2020 Read more …
