How sustainable are recycled textiles really?
More and more clothing brands are promoting the use of recycled materials as part of their sustainability strategy. Processing textile waste into new fibers…
Lisanne Beijen17 November 2025
Fast fashion is fuelling a global waste crisis
By producing an enormous number of cheaply made garments each year—designed to last only a few wears—the fast fashion industry drives a cycle of…
Lisanne Beijen10 July 2025
Global fashion giants linked to wage theft at Pakistan denim factories
Workers in Pakistan’s denim factories—supplying global fashion brands such as H&M, C&A, and Gap—are subjected to excessive working hours, wage theft, poverty wages, and…
Lisanne Beijen1 July 2025
International companies linked to forced labour in Indian spinning mills
New SOMO/Arisa report “Spinning around workers’ rights. International garment companies linked to forced labour in Tamil Nadu textile mills”
Sandra27 May 2021
Complex chain of used Dutch textiles in India
Study shows that risks on child labour and poor working conditions are prevalent in global textile recycling chains.
Sandra26 June 2020
New Report: Modern day slavery in the Indian textile industry
Workers are still facing appalling labour conditions that amount to forced labour in the export-oriented Southern Indian textile industry.
Sandra28 October 2014
Rights of Indian leather workers systematically violated
Major footwear and garment brands react to serious human rights issues in their leather supply chain and promise collective action.
Sandra16 March 2017
Large-scale child slavery in Indian spinning mills making yarn for international garment brands
New research by the ICN shows that various forms of modern slavery, including child slavery, are found in more than 90% of the spinning…
Sandra21 December 2016
Dutch companies producing garments in India often pay less than minimum wage
Other working conditions are also quite bad in factories producing for C&A, Coolcat, G-Star, McGregor, MEXX, Scotch & Soda, Suitsupply, The Sting and WE…
Sandra27 September 2016
‘Unfree and Unfair’ – young migrant garment workers in Bangalore, India
C&A, H&M, Inditex ('Zara'), GAP and PVH ('Tommy Hilfiger') declare to take serious action.
Sandra28 January 2016