Consumers demand more sustainable fashion – this is the crucial outcome of a consumer survey conducted by Zalando. To gain detailed insights in the needs and demands of their consumers with regard to sustainability, Europe’s leading fashion platform conducted an online survey with roughly 3000 of their customers. Included were customers who have purchased at least one item of textile or shoes in the last six months. The results of the survey stress the importance of sustainability in the purchase […]

The new research commissioned by Oxfam reveals the extent of human, workers’ and women’s rights violations supermarket supply chains. Two detailed case studies in Brazil and India disclose that forced labor, hidden suffering and discrimination form part of the day-to-day business in the supply chains of many international supermarket chains. In Assam, the North Indian tea-production region, 510 workers on 50 tea estates, that are linked to the supply chains of several international supermarkets, have been interviewed for the Oxfam […]