Ethical clothing is hot news now. Wherever you look in the fashion industry, which is what the buzz going. Thus, manufacturers and retailers have finally bowed to consumer pressure and cleaned their act?
are The problem with answering this question, there is no standard definition is, on what ethical clothing actually is. Some people focus on fair trade issues. How were treated the workers? How much they were paid? Others are more used with the materials on the procurement organic, recycled and animal-free products and to concentrate. Still others focus on transport and around the world on the environmental cost of shipping fabric and finished goods. It is rare to get a single point of sale, which also only a minority of their shares will be treated to all these questions.
For sure, the large retail chains have ethical clothing output cottoned and fall in an attempt about themselves seem to be as green green. Top Shop has teamed with People Tree (local in much of the world-countries Community production support) and M & S have bought 30% of the world's Fairtrade cotton supply. Primark, once labeled the least ethical place clothing in the UK to buy - just 2.5 of 20 achieved at the ethical index - has to change with the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) and swore their way to be connected.
The ETI sounds a great idea, but in reality it is only a means by which to enter the company itself a cheap green image. To the EIT dealer must join agree to accept a basic code. The code is large. It includes everything you would expect - good working conditions, fair wages, etc. The error, and it's a huge one, is that the dealer does not agree, you have to think of this code - only in the direction to work with him , How many companies have simply look together to green?
In December 2006, to combat poverty campaigners from War on Want, the appalling conditions and payment of Bangladeshi workers supplying Primark and Tesco (both ETI members) reported.
In 2006, working behind the label carried out a large survey of the biggest fashion brands and retailers in the high street. Simply ask, "What are you to do, that the worker makes your clothes ensure paid a living wage?" The majority of the responses that they had "a combination of procrastination, stalling and fairly transparent excuses. Few companies admitted that there was a problem, and even less that they had a responsibility to fix it." Were, again
A follow-up study in 2007 found that had changed very little.
"There is not a single high street company where we could say we believe that you could buy their products knowing that they were not made in sweatshop conditions." Said Sam Maher, behind the label a spokesman for campaign group work.
But it's not all bad news. There are a growing number of alternatives available. Stores who really strive, well made, stylish, organic and fair-trade clothing. Most of these are only found online and until we as consumers give them our support, which is where they will stay. Let's get shopping!
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