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Fashion Revolution are ‘periodically monitoring and reporting on brands’ efforts towards Goal 1 – transparency beyond the first tier’. \u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C/p>\u003Cp>The urgent need for greater transparency concerns both social and environmental factors and efforts in achieving positive systematic change. \u003C/p>","\u003Cp>As customers and consumers, the information we predominantly receive surrounding the production of our textiles and apparel, references suppliers involved in the final production stages, i.e., cutting, sewing, packaging. Beyond ‘tier one’ of the industries’ supply chains is where there remains an alarming absence of information concerning who made our fibres and textiles and under what conditions. \u003C/p>\u003Cp>    \u003C/p>\u003Cp>The lack of transparency around where ‘fabrics are knitted or woven, textiles are treated and laundered, yarns are spun and dyed, fibres are sorted and processed, and raw materials are grown and picked’, can and \u003Cem>have \u003C/em>allowed exploitative working conditions whilst ‘obscuring who has the power and responsibility to redress them’. The Out of Sight report determined that only 31% of the 62 brands/retailers reviewed are disclosing just some of their textile production sites and only 1 brand out of the 62 disclose \u003Cem>all \u003C/em>their textile production sites. \u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C/p>\u003Cp>A few examples of exploitative working conditions that take place behind these muddy supply chains include forced and child labour, excessive overtime and withheld wages, lack of PPE exposing workers to harmful chemicals, unhealthy and unsafe living and working environments and deceptive recruitment practices known to take advantage of those living within poverty. \u003C/p>","\u003Cp>In support of the Tamil Nadu Declaration and Framework of Action, Fashion Revolution have partnered with Tamil Nadu Alliance to try and combat the opaque and disjointed supply chains that exist throughout the textile and apparel industries. Within their report ‘Out of Site: A call for transparency from field to fabric’, Fashion Revolution have conducted research around 62 major fashion brands and retailers to uncover the harmful and exploitative working conditions that thrive behind the lack of transparency.  \u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Through the campaign titled ‘Who Made My Fabric?’ launched earlier this year, Fashion Revolution are calling upon brands for greater transparency, asking citizens across the globe to demand as such, and calling for producers to tell us; ‘I Made Your Fabric’. By using the power of social media and providing an easy-to-use platform for people to reach out to brands individually, requesting disclosure beyond first tier manufacturing, Fashion Revolution are striving for us to ‘connect more closely with the people who produce the fabrics and raw materials we wear’. They have also created various ‘Get Involved Guides’ with actions and ideas for how to combat this lack of transparency and thus, the severe labour exploitation within the textile industry.\u003C/p>",[364,366,368,370,372],{"name":365,"type":227,"value":365},"https://tamilnadudeclaration.org",{"name":367,"type":227,"value":367},"https://tamilnadudeclaration.org/the-declaration",{"name":369,"type":227,"value":369},"https://www.fashionrevolution.org/transparency-beyond-tier-one/",{"name":371,"type":227,"value":371},"https://www.fashionrevolution.org/whomademyfabric/",{"name":373,"type":227,"value":373},"https://www.tamilnadualliance.com",{"id":144,"type":375,"cta":15,"cta_link":15,"created_at":376,"updated_at":377,"owner_id":132,"owner_relationship":178,"views":166,"owner":378,"image":379,"contributors":382,"article_locations":387,"article_industries":388,"view_count":166,"like_count":166,"collection_count":169,"content":391,"can_edit":229},"business_case","2021-08-03T17:38:14.036Z","2022-03-21T14:30:33.975Z",{"id":132,"type":133,"owner_id":132,"about":15,"job_title":15,"url":15,"linkedin":15,"email":15,"staff_of_id":15,"organisation_id":15,"organisation":15},{"id":380,"link":381,"alt":15,"source":15,"created_at":376,"updated_at":377,"article_id":144,"image_profile_id":15,"banner_profile_id":15},"NuxK6tSJoBw=","https://kh-assets.prod.circularity-gap.world/main-image/1778152491706-AkDraGkz.jpeg",[383,385,386],{"contributor_id":384},"1TI7-Q",{"contributor_id":132},{"contributor_id":190},[],[389],{"article_id":144,"industry_id":211,"created_at":140,"updated_at":15,"industry":390},{"id":211,"name":213,"description":214,"sector":215},{"id":392,"score":166,"body":393,"status":228,"article_id":144,"created_at":376,"updated_at":377,"published_at":376},"QJV4",{"title":394,"problem":395,"summary":396,"attachment":397},"International Labour Organisation report on gender inequality in Asia's garment sector.","\u003Cp>Despite the vital role women play within garment production in Asia, there remains persistent imbalances and inequalities concerning gender within this sector. The ILO's Moving the Needle report and Regional Road Maps interrogate the four key issues reported to be impacting gender inequality in Asia's garment industry: 'pay equity, discrimination, violence and harassment, unpaid care - managing work and responsibilities, and women's voice, leadership and representation in industry decision making'.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Ascertaining fair, equal and inclusive policies and working environments for employees plays a vital role in achieving circularity within the textiles and garment sectors. The ILO highlights the demand for gender equality within Asia's garment supply chain through the report 'Moving the Needle: Gender equality and decent work in Asia’s garment sector'. This report demonstrates the existing gender gaps, excavates the key issues impacting gender inequality within industry in Asia, and sets out Regional Road Maps in order to begin actioning the necessary changes needed. \u003C/p>",[398,400],{"name":399,"type":227,"value":399},"https://www.ilo.org/asia/media-centre/news/WCMS_789936/lang--en/index.htm",{"name":401,"type":227,"value":401},"https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/genericdocument/wcms_793065.pdf",[]]