© 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Never again Rana Plaza! Five years after the disaster, FEMNET calls for increased commitment from textile companies Video of the current campaign. © CCCFive years ago, the catastrophic factory collapse of Rana Plaza killed 1,134 workers. In order to further improve the security situation in Bangladesh's textile factories, the agreement on fire protection and building safety in Bangladesh is now being extended. The women's rights organization FEMNET calls on all Bangladeshi-producing fashion and textile companies to participate in this new contract. Details Category: Unternehmensverantwortung Published: 20 April 2018 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 …
