Femnet e.V.

Volume 1:

This book deals with the important aspects of green fashion including​ Animal Welfare in Ethical Fashion, ​Sustainable Processing of Textiles, Sustainable design case studies, Wool Composting, Consumer behaviour in sustainable clothing market, industrial case studies related to green fashion, etc.

Volume 2:

This book details the crux of green fashion, addressing various environmental aspects and discussing the importance of sustainable fashion in the apparel industry. It addresses various important topics such as Relationship marketing in green fashion, Animal Ethics and Welfare in the Fashion and Lifestyle Industries, Green Flame retardants, etc.   

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This book covers all sustainable fibres applicable in the fashion sector and discusses their importance in the context of sustainability. It is the first of its kind to address all the minute details pertaining to these fibres and to connect these fibres with the world of sustainable fashion. It stresses their importance in developing sustainable apparel, since fibres play a major role as the starting point in the life cycle of clothing.

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This edited collection critically explores the efforts of the apparel industry to improve safety conditions and suggests governance reforms that will resolve lingering issues. The volume examines two consortia: the Alliance and the Accord, which set up cooperative auditing systems of supplying factories and penalties for non-compliance, and include funding to help factories comply and for workers if factories are idled during repairs, though the editors raise doubts about the long-lasting value of such efforts. In the wake of the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster, leading researchers across labor relations and industry studies tackle and debate such issues, giving their perspective of how multinationals operating in developing countries should regulate labor standards in order to resolve and improve the substandard working conditions under which much of our clothing is made.

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This paper attempts to explain why brands and retailers do not implement better wages on a larger scale. It analyses the hurdles buyers face when trying to implement higher wages in their supply chains, and assesses how they try to raise wages. It particularly examines how lead firms’ purchasing practices affect wages, and how they improve working conditions in their supply chains.
The three main research questions are:
1. What root causes do low wages in the supply chain have?
2. How do buyers try to raise wages in their supply chain?
3. How do purchasing practices enable suppliers to implement, or prevent them from implementing higher wages and decent working conditions?

The paper has an empirical focus. It examines 14 brands and retailers, most of which are small and medium enterprises (SME), and most of which have a policy to implement a ‘living wage’ at their supply factories.

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• Der Aufschwung der Sozialaudit-Branche ist symptomatisch für eine neoliberale Kultur freiwilliger Verhaltenskodizes, die privatwirtschaftlich kontrolliert werden.
• Im blinden Vertrauen auf Sozialaudits wird eine tatsächliche Verbesserung der Arbeitsbedingungen in den Fabriken ausgeklammert. Dabei haben Sozialaudits im besten Fall einen abbildenden Wert.
• Für eine nachhaltige Kontrolle der Arbeitsbedingungen bedarf es sowohl einer gewerkschaftlichen Organisation der Arbeiter_innen als auch einer effektiven Kontrolle durch staatliche Arbeitsinspektionen. Solange es nur privatwirtschaftliche Audits gibt, müssen Unternehmen, Fabrikbesitzer_innen und Prüfunternehmen die Haftung übernehmen. Die privatwirtschaftlichen Kontrollen ohne Haftungsanspruch haben jedoch zu einem System ohne wirkliche Kontrolle der Qualität der Sozialaudits geführt, das zudem den Arbeiter_innen die nötigen Rechtsmittel verwehrt.

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