Signal: Tweets of the Week – Due diligence, circularity, forced labour concerns
Top fashion industry-related tweets this week came from the Worker Rights Consortium on brand responses to the Türkiye earthquake and the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA)'s support for California’s proposed new greenhouse gas emissions law.
This week on Twitter the fashion apparel industry saw a push for Cambodian garment workers being compensated for the wages they deserve among others trends. Credit: Shutterstock
Other tweets this week came from GIZ India, Aditya Birla and Centre for Environment Education flagging a report to advance the Indian apparel and textile sector towards circularity, and the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) launching a probe into major fashion apparel brands over forced labour concerns.
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The organisation based its report on the 16 brands and retailers that source from the Türkiye earthquake zone that provided responses to the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) and WRC.
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As part of our commitment to transparent processes, the CORE has released its Initial Assessment reports. This report details the complaint filed against Hugo Boss Canada Inc. about allegations of human rights abuses in their operations in China. https://t.co/v04DxT98Zcpic.twitter.com/zZbjiMw7YU
— Canadian Ombudsperson (CORE) (@CORE_Ombuds) August 24, 2023
Credit: Canadian Ombudsperson (CORE), Twitter
The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) published Initial Assessment reports in line with the complaints about Walmart Canada, Hugo Boss Canada and Diesel Canada.
In a letter released today, the American Apparel & Footwear Association, the Accessories Council, the CFDA, and Fashion Makes Change expressed support for California’s proposed Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253. https://t.co/8oSQ7wDDc6
The new law, introduced by California senators Scott Wiener and Lena Gonzalez and Henry Stern, will require any corporation with more than $1bn in gross revenues operating in the US state to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions publicly and at least annually.
Each week, Just Style’s journalists select top tweets that summarise the social media buzz in our sector, underpinned by GlobalData’s analytics. These social media signals help us understand brand sentiments and the themes driving conversations on social platforms. This new, thematic coverage is driven by our underlying Disruptor data which tracks all major deals, patents, company filings, hiring patterns and social media buzz across our sectors.
