"Report: Fashion brands make no progress on social and environmental accountability", March 7 2024

Remake World’s Fashion Accountability report ... analysed 52 major fashion companies, including Patagonia, H&M Group, SKIMS, Ralph Lauren and Reformation ...

....no significant improvements [were] observed in critical areas such as traceability, wages and wellbeing, commercial practices and sustainability governance.

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The report highlights that only 6% of companies, including H&M Group and Burberry, have met all four of Remake World’s climate demands....

While a few companies have taken steps to integrate social and environmental metrics into executive bonuses, the overall pace of change remains sluggish.

According to the report, only a handful of brands, including Inditex, Kering, Nike, PUMA and Ralph Lauren, have begun addressing governance issues by including specific metrics in calculating executive bonuses.

.... the report highlights that waste resulting from ‘fast fashion’ often ends up in landfills or incinerators, disproportionately impacting countries in the Global South such as Chile and Ghana ...

...none of the companies assessed have yet committed to reduce or even stabilise the number of garments they produce each year, as per the report.

...the fashion industry ... has yet to accept responsibility for mitigating the effects of climate disasters on fashion-producing hubs and the garment workers who make its products.

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....no company assessed currently incorporates responsible exit commitments in its contracts with suppliers, nor do they demonstrate that the prices they pay support fair wages. Additionally, only two companies, HanesBrands Inc. and MUJI, include detailed responsible sourcing timeline considerations in their order planning.

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....only a select few among the major companies assessed in the report, including Adidas, ASOS, H&M Group, Nike and Primark, have expressed support for the [EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)] ...

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The report urges major brands and retailers to actively support legislation and binding agreements that hold companies accountable for their human rights and environmental impacts.

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