sustainability / Regulation
Shein Reveals Child Labour Cases as It Steps Up Supplier Audits
The company said both cases had been “resolved swiftly,” with remediation steps including ending underage employees’ contracts, arranging medical checkups, and facilitating repatriation to parents or guardians as necessary.
Nike Investors Want Answers on Human Rights Risks
The troubled sportswear giant is under pressure to address alleged failings in its approach to responsible sourcing as it struggles to execute on a turnaround plan amid an Olympics marketing push.
The Battle Over How Big Businesses Should Meet Climate Targets, Explained
The CEO of the Science Based Targets Initiative, which players from LVMH to Inditex use to set climate goals, stepped down this week amid a bust up over whether companies should be allowed to use carbon offsets to deliver on environmental commitments.
Op-Ed | Fashion Can’t Wait on Regulation to Act on Sustainability
The industry’s sustainability champions are banking on legislators to force brands to deliver on climate commitments. Unless policy is paired with rapid action, it still won’t be enough, argues Achim Berg.
Italian Sweatshop Probe Is a Wake Up Call for Luxury Brands
An investigation into labour exploitation in fashion’s Italian supply chains has already entangled Armani and LVMH, accusing the companies of failing to adequately oversee their suppliers. Incoming EU regulation means such lapses in oversight could soon come with penalties of up to five percent of global revenue.
What’s Behind the Slow Fashion Recession
The closure of Mara Hoffman and other brands that built ethical consumption into their business models is raising questions about whether there’s room in the market for brands that put sustainability first.
American Fashion Wants More Say Over Sustainability Regulation
Powerful trade groups are pushing back on a landmark New York bill that would make big businesses more accountable for their environmental impact.
Fashion’s Supply Chain Is Still Full of Banned Chinese Cotton
A study published this week found traces of cotton from Xinjiang in nearly a fifth of the products it examined, highlighting the challenges brands face in policing their supply chains even as requirements to do so spread to raw materials from diamonds to leather and palm oil.
Explainer: What the EU’s Big Week of Regulation Means for Fashion
Europe’s Parliament has signed off rules that will make brands more accountable for what happens in their supply chains, ban products made with forced labour and set new environmental standards for the design and disposal of products.
What Would Happen if Fashion Were Taxed Like Cigarettes?
France is pressing ahead with a ‘game-changing’ bill that would impose a ‘sin tax’-style penalty on fast-fashion products as high as €10 per item by 2030.
Europe’s Push to Regulate Fashion’s Supply Chains Is in Danger of Being Derailed
A landmark piece of legislation designed to make companies accountable for labour abuses and environmental damage in their supply chains has faltered, reflecting growing political opposition to more onerous climate rules.
Why Big Brands Are Pushing Back Against Sustainability Regulations
Fashion companies argue proposed government mandates for greater supply chain transparency are ‘impractical.’ They shouldn’t be, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.