Big clothes brands found to fall short of own fair wage promises
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The world’s top clothing brands are failing to fulfil their own promises to pay workers a fair living wage that covers basic family needs, academics and activists said on Thursday. Most major garment companies lack plans for calculating – let alone achieving – a living wage in their global supply chains, despite […]
From Malaysia to Mauritius, UK aid funds six global anti-slavery projects
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation From sexually exploited girls in Ethiopia to migrant workers in Malaysia and Mauritius, Britain on Friday pledged £4 million to support global anti-slavery projects. Six organisations, such as charity Anti-Slavery International and the United Nations University, a research institution, will share the aid money from The Modern Slavery Innovation Fund. Rukmani Rajhansiya, […]
ETHICALLY-MADE: SLAVE-FREE JEANS SELL OUT ON ‘MARKLE SPARKLE’ BUT CAN COMPANIES BACK ETHICAL VOWS?
In the wake of a royal visit in which Meghan Markle’s “slave-free” jeans grabbed global attention, KIERAN GUILBERT, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts by companies like Outland Denim to produce ethically-made goods…
UK’s Twinings reveals suppliers amid drive for slave-free Indian tea
Thomson Reuters Foundation UK tea firm Twinings published a list of the Indian plantations it buys from on Monday, citing the need for transparency to improve conditions in an industry experts say is rife with abuse. India’s tea industry, the world’s second largest, employs 3.5 million workers and studies have found many live in appalling […]