The failure of TÜV and Co: Social audits protect companies and leave workers in the lurch Social audits are designed to monitor and ensure compliance with human rights at work. However, as a control tool, this approach has failed. This is documented in the report ‘FIG LEAF FOR FASHION - How social auditing protects brands and fails workers’ of the Clean Clothes Campaign: The multi-billion-dollar, private-sector certification and audit industry systematically protects the reputation and profits of the contracting companies instead of the rights of workers. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 12 November 2019 Read more …
Fair fashion show on Bonn's Münsterplatz at the Rundum Fair. © Tam Tran Fair breakfast, fair fashion and change of clothes at Münsterplatz Bonn. "All-round fair" will take place on Saturday, September 28, at Münsterplatz: As part of Fair Week 2019, an alliance of initiatives and associations invites you to a public fair breakfast from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fairly traded coffee, tea, spreads and many other delicacies await visitors, as well as the presentation of fair-produced clothing at a fashion show as a highlight. Details Category: FEMNET-Pressemitteilungen Published: 23 September 2019 Read more …
Civil society in the Textile Alliance: Green button just another voluntary measure alongside a weak textile alliance Berlin / Bonn. Today's presentation of the new ‘Green Button’ textile label by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) uses civil society in the Textile Alliance to determine a critical location. The members of the civil society alliance criticise the fact that the Green Button, like the Textile Alliance, is only a voluntary measure. However, there is an urgent need for a law that makes human rights, environmental and anti-corruption due diligence mandatory for all companies. This law must form the basis for social, ecological and economic sustainability. Voluntary measures such as the Green Button and an improved textile alliance could build on this. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 09 September 2019 Read more …
Civil society in the Textile Alliance: Green button just another voluntary measure alongside a weak textile alliance Berlin / Bonn. Today's presentation of the new ‘Green Button’ textile label by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) uses civil society in the Textile Alliance to determine a critical location. The members of the civil society alliance criticise the fact that the Green Button, like the Textile Alliance, is only a voluntary measure. However, there is an urgent need for a law that makes human rights, environmental and anti-corruption due diligence mandatory for all companies. This law must form the basis for social, ecological and economic sustainability. Voluntary measures such as the Green Button and an improved textile alliance could build on this. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 09 September 2019 Read more …
Civil society in the textile alliance criticizes companies' roadmaps as uninformative Bonn / Berlin. The civil society organisations in the Textile Alliance criticise the roadmaps and progress reports of the member companies in the alliance. In its current form, these are not meaningful and poorly comparable. The roadmaps also showed that many companies are still at the very beginning when it comes to living wages. In addition, better working conditions in supply chains could be achieved if companies cooperate more frequently. On Monday, the Textile Alliance published roadmaps and progress reports of its members. In it, they show what measures they want to take in the field of human rights and ecology in textile production for the next year and whether planned measures were implemented in the previous year. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 13 August 2019 Read more …
Live better without Primark - Creative promotions and dress swap party for the opening of the fashion giant Bonn. The Fair Trade Town Bonn is richer by one consumer temple. On 13.08. the fashion giant Primark opens in front of the main station with cheap clothes on 8000m2. But really cheap here is only the business model: What the commodity actually costs people and the environment, the prices do not reflect. FEMNET and Bonn im Wandel call on the day of the opening to talk about mass consumption and the future of the city. More than 20 organisations are already supporting the campaign ‘Better living without Primark’. The Alliance's appeal is against waste, pollution and human rights violations. With information stands and changing clothes, FEMNET and Bonn are showing that things can be different. From 10 a.m., visitors can expect a colourful program in Poststraße. Politicians, organisations and citizens are invited to join the “Live better without Primark-Talk” and talk about better concepts of urban development. Details Category: FEMNET-Pressemitteilungen Published: 08 August 2019 Read more …
International Women's Day: Stop the massive violence against women in fashion factories! Blue Hands #Against Violence: FEMNET calls for solidarity in Bonn with the start of the campaign.One in three textile workers are victims of structural violence in the workplace. Fashion brands aren't doing enough to protect women in their suppliers. For this reason, FEMNET is launching the campaign #Counterviolence on International Women's Day. With hands painted in blue, the supporters invite you to participate in order to set a sign against violence against women. Details Category: Gegen Gewalt an Textilarbeiterinnen Published: 08 March 2019 Read more …
Civil society in the Textile Alliance appeals to companies: Shows more commitment to living wages! Bonn/Berlin. Living wages are a key element of decent work. In the countries of the Global South, however, a large proportion of employees cannot live humanely on hard-earned wages. This also applies, and in particular, to employees in the textile and clothing industry. The Alliance for Sustainable Textiles, founded in 2014 on the initiative of Federal Development Minister Dr. Gerd Müller, has started to change this. The civil society organisations in the Textile Alliance are now calling on all members to follow their commitment to action and to step up their efforts to pay living wages. Details Category: Existenzlohn jetzt! Faire Löhne für Textilarbeiter*innen Published: 29 January 2019 Read more …
Infants without care at suppliers of H&M, Primark, Zalando & co On World Children's Day, FEMNET petition with more than 14,100 signatures calls on fashion companies to protect the children of their seamstresses! Details Category: Wer passt auf? Mütter und Kinder in Fabriken Published: 20 September 2018 Read more …
Anniversary of the factory fire at KiK suppliers in Pakistan Complaint against Italian testing service provider RINA, which issued a certificate to the factory despite safety deficiencies. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 11 September 2018 Read more …
© FEMNET OECD complaint on TÜV Rheinland test report on RanaPlaza factory Ministry of Economy recognises need for action for reforms in controls in the global supply chains of the textile industry Berlin and Dhaka. The system of controls on safety and working conditions (social audits) in the global supply chains of the textile industry needs to be fundamentally changed. The Final declaration The OECD National Contact Point (NKS) at the Federal Ministry of Economics in Berlin in the Rana Plaza complaint procedure against the testing service provider TÜV Rheinland could pave the way for necessary reforms. The NCP recommends a dialogue between testing service providers, business associations, dealers, manufacturers and trade unions. Topics include: the transparency of audit reports and whether it makes sense for controls (social audits) to be paid by the owners of the factories checked: In addition, the NCP recommends measures that could already be implemented today, such as incorporating the experience of trade unions and workers. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 05 July 2018 Read more …
Civil society members see textile alliance at risk The textile alliance initiated by Federal Development Minister Gerd Müller (CSU) does not sufficiently motivate companies to commit themselves to respecting human rights in their supply chains. This is criticised by the civil society members of the Alliance on the occasion of a networking meeting that will take place on 5 June in Hanover. The companies that have joined the Textile Alliance so far cover slightly less than 50 percent of the German textile market. It is also likely that additional members will have to leave the alliance at the beginning of July if they do not comply with the obligation to draw up an annual action plan. Civil society members pointed out that the voluntary textile alliance could make meaningful contributions to the implementation of standards. However, effective legal rules applicable to all companies are necessary for the realization of human rights in the textile supply chain. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 05 June 2018 Read more …
