Are garment workers the big forgotten of initiatives in favour of more sustainable fashion?

Celebration of the Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2020, assessment of the first year’s progresses of the The Fashion Pact… the news has just highlighted several textile industry’s initiatives in favour of committed fashion.

However, some of them are disrupted by activists such as the Clean Clothes Campaign, which reveals the worsening living conditions of workers in these supplychains, particularly weaken since the health crisis.

The NGO is calling for redistributing value among these actors, through effective financial security and wage assurance.

More than ever, sustainable sourcing in our supply chains means tackling both environmental AND social issues.

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