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5 Дек 2022

Автор:
Sandra Halliday, Fashion Network (France)

Shein refutes most allegations in exposé and announces $15 million investment in physical enhancements to suppliers’ factories

"Shein says exposé claims partly untrue, doubles investment in conditions" 5 December 2022

Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein has announced a $15 million investment to “help upgrade hundreds of factories in its supply chain”. That’s a doubling of its current investment.

The move comes a week after it emerged The Rolling Stones wanted to exit a licensing deal with the retailer after being alerted to allegations of poor working conditions in its supply chain following a UK TV exposé.

At the same time as it announced the new investment, it released details of the independent investigation launched in the wake of the allegations about working practices at two garment factories. 

It said the independent audits carried out by experts at Intertek and TUVR mean it “can refute most of the allegations”. However, there were some issues uncovered and it has also “reduced orders from the two producers by three-quarters until they fully comply with” its Code of Conduct.

It said workers at the factories “receive wages that are in accordance with local labour laws and regulations” that are “significantly higher than” the local minimum wage in Guangzhou and more than the average wage of workers in the region’s textile and garment production industry.

Claims that “factories withhold worker's salaries or illegally deduct wages are also untrue,” it added.

And it said that allegations workers are only paid per completed garment are also wrong with workers paid for each step in a garment’s construction.

On working hours, it admitted that while the hours aren’t as high as claimed in the documentary, they are nonetheless high, while days off are few. It has given the suppliers by the end of this month to “rectify the situation and reserves the right to take action against them if they fail to do so by then”.

Meanwhile, the new investment announced Monday is a three-to-four-year project that “focuses on making physical enhancements to its suppliers’ factories and is part of Shein’s Supplier Community Empowerment Programme (SCEP). More than 30 projects will be completed by the end of this year, 100 by the end of 2023 and up to 300 within four years”. [...]

Part of the following timelines

China: Shein's sudden rise and the hidden costs borne by workers behind cheap fashion

Chinese fast fashion brand Shein faces challenges going public, amid scrutiny of supply chain conditions

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