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MPs call for adjudicator to tackle UK garment supply chain abuses

MPs have called for the introduction of a garment trade adjudicator to help eradicate non-compliance with labour market regulation in the UK’s garment industry. It comes as the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) said it has seen evidence of “ongoing labour abuses in the domestic and international supply chains supplying UK fashion retailers”....

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Government rejects MPs’ sustainable fashion recommendations

The government has rejected all recommendations made by the Environmental Audit Committee’s ‘Fixing Fashion Report: Clothing Consumption and Sustainability’ report published in February. The report called on the government to “end the era of throwaway fashion” through multiple recommendations covering environmental and labour market practices,...

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Pure London: MP Mary Creagh to talk sustainability on main stage

UK trade show Pure London has confirmed that MP and chair of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), Mary Creagh, will be taking to the main stage at this February event where she’ll be discussing sustainability in the fashion industry. Creagh will be speaking with journalist and sustainability expert Lucy Siegle about the EAC’s ongoing...

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MPs ‘shocked’ by UK fashion retailers' inaction on sustainability

MPs have criticised leading UK fast-fashion companies for “failing to commit to reduce environmental impact” within the industry. A report, released by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) on Thursday, found that JD Sports, Sports Direct, TK Maxx, Amazon, Boohoo, and Missguided were “least engaged" in their sustainability efforts, with none...

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UK clothing manufacturers fined 90,000 pounds for underpaying staff

UK-based garment factory owners have been forced to pay almost 90,000 pounds for non-payment of minimum wage, new data from HMRC shows. Since 2012, an average of 900 pounds has been paid out to 126 factory workers. The figures show that more than 1,350 pounds has been paid in wage arrears to 10 workers following HMRC investigations into the...

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Fashion retailers summoned to face MPs

The Environmental Audit Committee, which is currently investigating the sustainability of the fashion industry, has invited Asos, Amazon, Boohoo, Missguided, and PrettyLittleThing to give evidence in Parliament. The chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, Mary Creagh MP, has written to the five leading online-only retailers to request...

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MPs demand fashion bosses reveal environmental records

The Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee has written to the UK’s ten leading fashion retailers, including Marks and Spencer, Primark, Next, and the Arcadia Group, to submit evidence to the Committee’s inquiry into the sustainability of the fashion industry, to state what steps they are taking to reduce the environmental and social impact...

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MPs to examine sustainability of fashion industry

MPs are to investigate the environmental impact of disposable ‘fast fashion’ and the wider clothing industry in a new inquiry launched by the Environmental Audit Committee. The inquiry, launched today, June 22, will examine the carbon, resource use and water footprint of clothing throughout its lifecycle and supply chain, as well look at ideas...