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. Details Category: FEMNET-Pressemitteilungen Published: 22 February 2022 Read more …
© Julia Kuzenkov - pexels.com 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. Details Category: FEMNET-Pressemitteilungen Published: 25 November 2021 Read more …
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. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 15 November 2021 Read more …
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. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 26 August 2021 Read more …
© Sascha Engst/Federal City of Bonn 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. Details Category: FEMNET-Pressemitteilungen Published: 25 June 2021 Read more …
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. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 21 May 2021 Read more …
Zalando and its suppliers: The online retailer has little concrete information when it comes to labour rights Joint press release by FEMNET and the umbrella organisation Critical Shareholders On the occasion of the upcoming Annual General Meeting of Zalando on 19 May 2021, Gisela Burckhardt, shareholder and CEO of the women's rights organisation FEMNET, poses critical questions to the online retailer. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 17 May 2021 Read more …
Critical Questions for Hugo Boss at the Shareholders' Meeting Joint press release by FEMNET and the umbrella organisation Critical Shareholders At the next Annual General Meeting of Hugo Boss on 11 May, FEMNET and the umbrella organisation of Critical Shareholders submitted critical questions to the fashion company. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 10 May 2021 Read more …
‘The green button’: German state metaseal does not guarantee human rights protection Joint press release by FEMNET e.V. and Public Eye Zurich/Lausanne, Bonn. FEMNET and Public Eye have jointly analyzed the reporting of fashion companies whose products are certified with the "Green Button" of the German Ministry of Development. The sobering result one year after the start of the Green Button: Public reporting by many companies is inadequate. Standard and testing process have shortcomings, so that the Green Button does not deliver in practice, which many of them promise: Clothes and textiles produced without exploitation or pollution. Sealers and seal holders urgently need to improve. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 07 January 2021 Read more …
Unleashing at the expense of the workers: NRW government removes human rights from public procurement law Düsseldorf. The State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia has removed the obligation to provide evidence of compliance with international labour rights and environmental standards from the Tariff Adherence and Public Procurement Act (TVgG) of North Rhine-Westphalia. The amendment to the law abolishes a uniform national regulation that also aligns public procurement with human rights and environmental standards. Municipalities and provincial contracting authorities can still voluntarily request proof that labour rights and environmental standards have been complied with in the production of, for example, workwear. However, each municipality now has to develop its own regulation for sustainable procurement. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 21 March 2018 Read more …
