The Ethical Fashion Report is the 6th from Baptist World Aid, seeking to shed light on what the industry and individual companies are doing to address forced labour, child labour and exploitation.
Each report – since the launch of the first in 2013 – has tracked the progress within the industry. The change since 2013 has been significant. This edition assesses 130 fashion companies, awarding each a grade from A to F based on the strength of their labour rights management systems to mitigate the risk of exploitation in their supply chain.
The grades awarded are a measure of the efforts undertaken by each company to mitigate the risks of forced labour, child labour and worker exploitation in their supply chains, as well as protect the environment from the harmful impacts of the fashion industry.
Higher grades are given to companies with ethical sourcing systems that, if implemented well, should reduce the extent of worker exploitation and environmental harm.
The Baptist Ethical Fashion Guide 2020 edition has been released. This year’s edition takes a look at the way fashion companies have navigated and protected their garment workers throughout the pandemic.
The Ethical Fashion Report is the 6th from Baptist World Aid, seeking to shed light on what the industry and individual companies are doing to address forced labour, child labour and exploitation.
This is the 5th report produced by Baptist World Aid Australia examining labour rights management systems in the fashion industry. The Report grades 114 companies, from A to F, on the strength of their systems to mitigate against the risks of forced labour, child labour and exploitation in their supply chains. For the first time, the 2018 Report also includes preliminary data on the global fashion industry’s environmental performance...
This industry forum is an opportunity to explore best practice and learn from key industry figures, in a 'Chatham House' environment, strategies for building healthy labour practices into your fashion supply chain.
As part of the Behind the Barcode Project, the report seeks to raise awareness around issues of ethics and worker exploitation in the Fashion supply chain. The initiative encourages companies to make greater efforts toward protecting their workers while also providing consumers with a point of reference when seeking to make ethical purchases.
