News & Press Releases - CSR & Supply Chain Law

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In the face of weaker consumer spending and economic uncertainties, Hugo Boss has adapted its strategy. CEO Daniel Grieder emphasizes the focus on brand strengthening in 2026. On the other hand, workers in the supply chain are not strengthened. Hugo Boss leaves the important building protection agreement in Pakistan, trade unionists are dismissed at his own factory in Turkey. FEMNET, the umbrella association of critical shareholders and the campaign for clean clothing expect concrete answers at tomorrow's shareholders' meeting.

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Bonn, Cologne, Berlin. A big profit of 591 million euros: No payment of living wages for employees in the supply chain, no publication of audit results, no sustainability requirements for third-party brands. FEMNET, the umbrella organisation of critical shareholders and the campaign for clean clothing (CCC Germany) will ask critical questions about these and other topics at the Zalando Annual General Meeting on 12 May.

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Together with 200+ allies we carry the Just Fashion Manifesto. We share the vision of a fair fashion system that puts people above profits.

Fashion can never be sustainable if the people who make our clothes are underpaid, overworked and unprotected. Fashion can never be fair when pollution and garbage are the norm. Social justice and climate justice are two sides of the same coin. The Just Fashion Manifesto formulates principles for a just fashion system. The manifesto was initiated by the global network "Clean Clothes Campaign". The final version was published worldwide on 1 May 2026 and takes into account hundreds of contributions, comments and points of view, including from industry representatives worldwide.

Category: Kampagne für Saubere Kleidung (CCC)

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The Ministry of the Environment is planning a legislative package that will allow fast-fashion manufacturers to contribute to the costs of disposal and recycling. In doing so, it is implementing an EU requirement, namely extended producer responsibility (EPR), which entered into force in October 2025.

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How can the involvement of workers in the textile industry be transformed from a theoretical compulsory exercise into an effective, systemic practice? Using various practical examples such as the Dindigul Agreement, FEMNET's new study shows how companies can move from symbolic consultation to effective participation.

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The European Supply Chain Act should enshrine binding human rights and environmental due diligence obligations for companies along global supply chains at EU level. However, after massive lobbying pressure, the directive was significantly weakened at the end of 2025. The overview shows which key elements remain, what effect the German Supply Chain Act has had so far – and what is now important when transposing the CSDDD into national law.

Category: Lieferkettengesetz

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With today's vote on the compromise text of the trilogue negotiations, the EU Parliament adopted the Omnibus I package – and thus decided on a massive weakening of the EU Supply Chain Directive.

The Supply Chain Act initiative strongly criticises this decision. The legislative package adopted today in Parliament cores the EU Supply Chain Act, a milestone in the protection of human rights, the environment and the climate, in essential elements before it could even be implemented in a single EU Member State.

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Today, the trilogue negotiations on the Omnibus I package were concluded. Representatives of the European Parliament, the EU Commission and the EU Council have negotiated a final compromise text that provides for a massive weakening of core elements of the EU Supply Chain Directive.

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Our partner organisations HEJSupport and ESDO have published a new study on chemical pollution in communities around textile factories in Bangladesh. As part of a community-based monitoring, soil, water, sewage and hair samples were analyzed. The results show a significant exposure to long-lasting and harmful chemicals as well as heavy metals.

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