Per ThorsheimUS gov asks european suppliers to guarantee they don't do DEI.
Next: we ask US to guarantee they do fair pay, 5 weeks paid annual vacation and 1 year paid maternity leave.
Hilde Austlid@thorsheim Seriously, we should set some minimum requirements of decent working conditions for all imports, no matter where they're from.
Andreas K@hildeaustlid @thorsheim Actually the EU wanted to, but our industry lobby managed to stop the supply chain law I think.
And the national level ones, e.g. in Germany, got watered down.
It's ridiculous hard to make a profit when the end of the supply chain is responsible for ensuring European work standards are applied from the start for your ultra-cheap fast fashion.
Saupreiss #Präparat500 🗽I have been told that at present it’s close to impossible to guarantee even minimal Standards for quality wear even if the industry wanted to and I tend to believe that.
It would improve when they’re forced to, because it creates a market, while disrupting another one.