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Dear friends, Have you ever shopped at Forever 21, Urban Outfitters, Walmart, Primark, or Armani? Do you know how to find out exactly where those clothes were made, and under what conditions? Neither do we!
Sure, a T-shirt label may say, “Made in China,” but in what factory? And what are the working conditions there? How are the workers – mostly female – treated?
The need for more information is clear. The collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh on April 24, 2013 – four years ago today – killed over 1,100 garment workers. Yet almost no public information was available about what brands were sourced there. The only way to hold apparel companies accountable was to interview survivors and rummage through the rubble, searching for clothing labels.
It’s high time for industry-wide transparency. Demand that these clothing companies publish their supplier factory information and join the “Transparency Pledge.”
This is the first step in making the apparel industry more transparent and fostering an environment of better corporate responsibility for the human rights of workers.
 | Aruna Kashyap,
Senior Counsel,
Women's Rights Division,
Human Rights Watch,
@ajkashy |
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