Intro: Fashion's Impact on People

Millions of people are employed in the complex and interconnected chains that make up the global fashion industry. How the industry functions – from raw material production an...

Fashion and Employment: Decent Work?

The fashion industry, taken as a whole, is a major provider of work to adults.  One in eight of the world’s adult popul...

Poverty and Pay in the Fashion Industry

There is a large and persistent gap between what garment workers are paid as a legal minimum, and what they need for a decent standard of living. Minimum wages paid are on average ...

Working Hours in the Fashion Industry

Alongside low pay, excessively long hours are a major concern for garment workers1. Indeed the two intersect, with workers agreeing to work overtime to boost poo...

Modern Slavery and the Fashion Industry

With its global supply chains, fashion is an industry that is susceptible to modern slavery – and under increasing pressure from legislators to take steps to tackle it....

Death, Injury and Health in the Fashion Industry

Poor health and safety in workplaces potentially affect millions of workers in fashion supply chains, resulting in deaths, injuries and long-term illnesses....

Combating The Complex Subcontracting Crisis

With on-going trade wars and political instability, the risk of unauthorised subcontracting in global supply chains is on the rise. CO explores what brands can do to tackle this en...

Intro: Fashion's Impact on Children

Fashion affects millions of children both directly, through child labour, and indirectly, as poor pay and conditions and the need to migrate for work impair the lives of garment wo...

Child Labour in the Fashion Industry

Globally there are 151.6 million children aged between five and 17 years in child labour. Half of these children are in hazardous work including in fashion supply chains....

Fashion's Indirect Impact on Children

As millions of adults work in insecure work for low pay in the fashion industry this has an impact on their children. This includes children separated from their parents; children ...