Two decades ago it was standard practice for an apparel company to publicly deny any responsibility to the workers in its supply chain, but with a greater public interest and understanding in ethically sourced products, this is something we expect to be a thing of the past.
However, only a small number of brands guarantee higher than minimum wage salaries at factory level.
More shockingly, six countries are known to use child and/or forced labour at cut-make-trim and textile production levels, including China and India- both of which being top-ten global exporters.
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