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Boohoo Review Finds 'Unacceptable Issues' in Leicester Supply Chain

25 September 2020 • By Reuters

25 September 2020 • By Reuters

The review found that some workers had not always been properly compensated for their work and that many were not fully aware of their rights.
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Boohoo Review Finds 'Unacceptable Issues' in Leicester Supply Chain

The review found that some workers had not always been properly compensated for their work and that many were not fully aware of their rights.
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How Likely Is It to Find Slavery in Fashion’s Supply Chains? Very.

4 September 2020 • By Rachel Deeley

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How Likely Is It to Find Slavery in Fashion’s Supply Chains? Very.

The risk of finding forced labour, trafficking and other forms of modern slavery in major fashion manufacturing hubs has reached extreme levels, a new report finds.
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Boohoo Shares Plunge After Suspending Business With Suppliers

28 August 2020 • By Bloomberg

28 August 2020 • By Bloomberg

Shares dropped as much as 17 percent in afternoon trading in London after the Guardian cited auditors’ findings that more than a dozen UK suppliers may be paying substandard wages.
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Boohoo Shares Plunge After Suspending Business With Suppliers

Shares dropped as much as 17 percent in afternoon trading in London after the Guardian cited auditors’ findings that more than a dozen UK suppliers may be paying substandard wages.
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Is Forced Uighur Labour in Your Supply Chain?

23 July 2020 • By Brenton Johns

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Is Forced Uighur Labour in Your Supply Chain?

Fashion brands need to urgently clean up their supply chains as the US and Europe move to legislate against the alleged use of forced Uighur labour in China. Yet some players are still burying their heads in the sand.
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Can Anything Shake Consumers’ Addiction to Fast Fashion?

22 July 2020 • By Rachel Deeley and Aminah Khan

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Can Anything Shake Consumers’ Addiction to Fast Fashion?

Low-cost, high-volume fashion has come under fire for its environmental impact and unethical manufacturing practices. And yet, its cheap-chic combination remains compelling to both shoppers and investors.
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The BoF Podcast: Amber Valletta Says, ‘I Don’t Want to Work in an Industry That Is the Same as Before’

14 July 2020 • By BoF Team

14 July 2020 • By BoF Team

The supermodel, actress and environmental activist talks to BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks about why the fashion industry cannot return to ‘business as normal.’
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The BoF Podcast: Amber Valletta Says, ‘I Don’t Want to Work in an Industry That Is the Same as Before’

The supermodel, actress and environmental activist talks to BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks about why the fashion industry cannot return to ‘business as normal.’
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Why Fashion ‘Slavery’ Is Making Headlines

10 July 2020 • By Vikram Alexei Kansara

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Why Fashion ‘Slavery’ Is Making Headlines

Fashion’s mistreatment of garment workers is widespread, but this week, allegations of ‘modern slavery’ at suppliers of British ultra-fast fashion label Boohoo have ignited a firestorm. Why now?
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Weakened Demand at Stores Signals More Trouble for Garment Suppliers

6 July 2020 • By Reuters

6 July 2020 • By Reuters

With retailers looking to sell old inventory and seasonless basics, new orders for factories in garment hubs like Bangladesh are down by as much as 45 percent compared to last year.
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Weakened Demand at Stores Signals More Trouble for Garment Suppliers

With retailers looking to sell old inventory and seasonless basics, new orders for factories in garment hubs like Bangladesh are down by as much as 45 percent compared to last year.
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The BoF Professional Summit Wrap-Up: How to Build a Responsible Fashion Business

19 June 2020 • By Rachel Deeley

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The BoF Professional Summit Wrap-Up: How to Build a Responsible Fashion Business

The climate crisis, Covid-19 and recent anti-racism protests have forced the fashion industry to recognise how it is failing to live up to its environmental and social responsibilities. Global experts at The BoF Professional Summit weighed in on where we go from here.
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Op Ed

Op-Ed | How Fashion Perpetuates Modern-Day Colonialism

21 May 2020 • By Bandana Tewari

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Op-Ed | How Fashion Perpetuates Modern-Day Colonialism

The exploitation of Asia by western businesses is as widespread today as it was when the British ruled India and Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin discussed the subject in a brief encounter in 1931, argues Bandana Tewari.
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