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Complaint against C&A submitted to Dutch Garment Agreement
Garment giant not addressing problems at supplier in Myanmar Today, SOMO, the Clean Clothes Campaign Netherlands (SKC) and Action Labor Rights (ALR) from Myanmar are submitting a complaint about C&A garment company to the Complaints…
Reports by clothing companies on corporate accountability are insufficient
A report released today by the Dutch Clean Clothes Campaign (SKC) and SOMO signals substandard reporting by companies that have signed the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile for corporate accountability in international supply…
Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile
Signatory companies’ due diligence reporting comes up short
C&A ignores problems at its supplier in Myanmar
Trade union busted at Roo Hsing clothing factory – C&A did not intervene Two years ago this week, a Myanmar garment factory started a union-busting campaign against a newly formed union, leading to the dismissal…
Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile is currently a paper tiger
Concrete improvements for garment workers are not forthcoming The ‘Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile’ (CKT) was signed almost three years ago. Today, the CKT published its second annual report. The Clean Clothes Campaign…
Bangladesh Accord in danger
In the aftermath of the Rana Plaza collapse, which led to the death of more than 1100 workers, trade unions and clothing brands created the ‘Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh’. The Accord is…
Letter to garment companies to continue Bangladesh Safety Accord
Letter from the Clean Clothes Campaign, FNV, CNV, India Committee of the Netherlands and SOMO to Dutch companies affiliated with the Bangladesh Accord. In this letter (Dutch only), the organisations strongly urge the companies for…
The Netherlands should provide input for a binding UN treaty on business and human rights
On 14 November 2018, the Dutch Committee on Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (BuHaOS) will meet in the House of Representatives to discuss the binding UN treaty on business and human rights, during a Parliamentary…
Open letter: High time for the European Commission to impose transparancy in the Garment Supply Chain
Together with the 80 civil society organisations, SOMO calls upon the European Commission to require that companies disclose, on a regular basis, the names, addresses and contact details of all production units and processing facilities…
The shrinking space for civil society
Civil society organisations (CSOs) play a vital role in safeguarding a society that is socially just, inclusive and environmentally sustainable. However, there is a worrying trend that the space for CSOs to operate in is…
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