GERMAN CLOTHING SECTOR SCEPTICAL ABOUT GOVERNMENT’S SOCIAL LABELLING PLANS
July 5th, 2014
Germany’s textile and fashion industries are sceptical about proposals by the development minister Gerd Müller to establish minimum health, safety and social standards in outsourced manufacturing countries. The minister’s plans could mean that garments sold in German shops and on-line may have to introduce a form of “social labelling” to re-assure consumers that minimum labour conditions have been met by suppliers. Mr Müller has summoned industry leaders, including manufacturers and retailers, trade unions and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to ...
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