Resources go back
find out more about where cheap clothes come from:
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report from "labour behind the label", July 2006, about throw away fashion at
Tesco, Matalan, Asda (Wal-mart) and Primark
Manual Codes and Practices of five garment makers in Africa, Dec 2006, by SOMO (centre for research on multinational coorperations). The executive summary tells you how each of five cooperations is doing. Complaints against each company are also documented. The companies included are: JC Penney, Jones Apparel, Sears, Target, Wal-Mart.
This report is an update on the 2006 research by "labour behind the label" and "let's clean up fashion". It focuses on the companies who are members of the ETI (see below) and is very easy to read.<
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCZ9yV9l50k a film about cotton production in Uzbekistan, 7.5 mins
and check how ethical the big companies are:
http://www.corporatecritic.org/ This is the best website i have found this year. You can search the ethical rating of any company, and you'll be surprised by how many are already on the data base. A friend of mine emailed them to request more information and they replied within a day.
http://ethisphere.com/2007-worlds-most-ethical-companies/ Don't call me one-sided - here you will find a list which includes McDonalds as ethical. The only problem is the lack of any real data on the site. Be sure you read the comments at the bottom. My request for informtion was never answered.
http://www.ethicaltrade.org/Z/abteti/who/memb/index.shtml The ETI is an alliance of companies and organisations working to ensure that codes of practice, in companies supplying the UK market, are adhered to.
http://www.fairlabor.org/participants/companies#A The FLA is an association helping to promote workers rights, and proividing public reports to let companies make responsible buying decisions.