Reports
Read all of Labour Behind the Label’s reports on what’s really happening in the global garment industry.
Report: Adidas and Nike pay record-breaking amounts to footballers, but deny decent wages to women stitching their shirts
Report: Adidas and Nike pay record-breaking amounts to footballers, but deny decent wages to women stitching their shirts While millions of people are getting ready to cheer their favorite teams during the Football World Cup, a report by Éthique sur l’étiquette and...
Report: How To Do Better: an exploration of better practices within the footwear industry
The report presents a short review of the better practices in the shoe industry. The practices we found were assessed according to how they improved five key areas:1. Improving working conditions in all parts of the production supply chain (from tanneries to...
Report: The Real Cost of Our Shoes
This report is an investigation into the supply chains of three major shoe brands: Tod’s, Prada and GEOX. It reveals continuously changing global production routes, where the mobility of capital, combined with outsourcing strategies, has created the perfect...
Report: Watch Your Step
A Study on the Social and Environmental Impacts of Tanneries in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, India. Every one of us wears shoes every day. But do we ever ask ourselves where the leather comes from to make our shoes? How is the skin of an animal turned into a shoe?...
Report: Something is a Foot
How human rights standards and environmental regulations in the footwear industry are being quietly ignored by banks. The aim of this investigation is to uncover and analyse financial relationships between European financial service providers and the European...
Report: Let’s Clean Up Fashion
Report: Let's clean up fashion The state of pay behind the UK high street. “My concern is not that there are too many sweatshops, but that there are too few,” says economist Jeffrey Sachs. In a sense he, he has a point. The fashion industry has the potential to lift...
Giving Labour Rights the Boot: Working Conditions in the Turkish Shoe Industry
Report: Giving Labour Rights the Boot Working Conditions in the Turkish Shoe Industry This study from INKOTA (Germany) reveals the extent of widespread labour law violations being committed within the Turkish footwear and leather industry. EU member states, most...
Report: No Excuses for Homework
Report: No Excuses for Homework Working conditions in the Indonesian leather and footwear sector. Indonesia is the fourth largest footwear manufacturer worldwide after China, India, and Vietnam, producing one billion pairs of shoes in 2015 which equals a world share...
Invisible Workers: Syrian refugees in Turkish garment factories
Invisible Workers Syrian refugees in Turkish garment factories A report by Fair Action and Future in our Hands Thousands of Syrians who have fled their war-torn home country are working in Turkey’s apparel factories. Most of them do not have work permits and are...
Walk a Mile in Their Shoes: Workers Rights’ Violations in the Indian Leather and Footwear Industry
Report: Walk a Mile in Their Shoes Workers’ Rights Violations in the Indian Leather and Footwear Industry India has been the second largest producer of footwear after China for many years. More than 1 million people are engaged in the Indian footwear industry, and...