Australian fashion industry failing to ensure workers are paid a living wage says report
Geelong, Australia As many as 89 per cent of fashion brands sold in Australia fail to pay garment workers a living wage, according to the findings of Baptist World Aid Australia’s Ethical Fashion Report. The report – which was released last week – is the 10th of its kind and it reveals slow progress in […]
10 years after Rana Plaza, Baptist World Aid report finds “huge gap” between fashion industry commitments and reality
Sydney, Australia Ten years ago, 1,134 garment workers were killed and 2,500 injured when a building in Bangladesh collapsed. Most had been sewing clothes for some of the largest fashion brands known around the world. Two managers working then for Baptist World Aid Australia learned of the Rana Plaza tragedy and said they were challenged […]
In Australia, fashion industry report card says further action needed to protect those in supply chains – Baptist World Aid report
Geelong, Australia Fashion companies need to continue to escalate actions to address issues ranging from modern slavery to the exploitation of workers and unsustainable environmental practices with a report showing fashion companies in Australia and New Zealand scored an average of just 29 out of 100 in an ethical supply chain assessment. Workers in the […]
Essay: A different kind of Christmas
PETER KEEGAN, director of advocacy at Transform Aid International/Baptist World Aid Australia, writes about why we need to pay attention to what we’re buying this Christmas…
ETHICAL FASHION: PRESSURE ON AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES SEEING INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENTS BUT STILL “A DISTANCE TO GO” REPORT FINDS
DAVID ADAMS reports on the findings of the seventh annual Ethical Fashion Report from Baptist World Aid Australia…
ETHICAL FASHION: INDUSTRY MAKES “SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS” IN PROTECTING WORKERS BUT GAPS STILL REMAIN
DAVID ADAMS reports on the release of Australian Baptist World Aid’s 2017 Ethical Fashion Report…