Fair Wear Formula

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfQgfKz8t9w

الملخص

TLDRThe video explores the complex interconnections within the global apparel industry, noting that while consumers often focus on style, comfort, and price, the conditions under which the clothes are made can be overlooked. It highlights the labor challenges within the supply chain, where workers can face harsh conditions, including long hours and low wages. The Fair Wear Foundation works to address these issues by enforcing labor standards such as no forced labor, safety, and fair wages. They emphasize the need for brands to be responsible by offering fair working conditions, fair pricing, and sensible delivery timelines. Collaboration among brands, factories, unions, government and consumer groups is essential. The foundation also facilitates public transparency through reporting, enabling consumers to make informed choices. Consumers are encouraged to look beyond labels and support brands committed to ethical practices.

الوجبات الجاهزة

  • 🛍️ Consumers often overlook the production conditions when choosing clothing.
  • 🔗 The apparel industry relies on complex global supply chains.
  • 👔 Fair Wear Foundation aims to uphold labor standards in manufacturing.
  • ⚖️ Labor standards focus on eliminating forced labor, discrimination, and child labor.
  • 🏭 Factories face excessive overtime due to low wages and tight delivery demands.
  • 🤝 Brands can influence working conditions by promoting fair practices.
  • 📢 Public reporting helps consumers make informed choices.
  • 📉 Low wages contribute significantly to poor working conditions.
  • 🔍 Transparency enables consumers to look beyond brand labels.
  • 🌍 Collaborative efforts are needed to improve industry conditions.

الجدول الزمني

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    The global apparel industry faces challenges regarding the working conditions of those who make our clothes. Consumers often desire to purchase garments made under safe and fair conditions, yet it is challenging to find reliable guarantees of such practices. This difficulty stems from complex international supply chains where brands typically don't own factories, but rather employ numerous companies. An example is the typical lifecycle of a T-shirt—beginning with cotton cultivation and ending in sewing factories, each step handled by different parts of the world. Fair Wear Foundation seeks to ensure fair treatment of factory workers by introducing eight labor standards based on the United Nations Principles, addressing issues such as forced labor, discrimination, child labor, wage payment, and working conditions.

الخريطة الذهنية

فيديو أسئلة وأجوبة

  • Who often experiences poor conditions in the clothing industry?

    The people making the clothes often work in poor conditions facing limits on their rights and freedoms.

  • What contributes to the complexity of ensuring fair treatment in clothing manufacturing?

    The complexity of international supply chains and the fact that brands do not own their own factories contribute to the difficulty.

  • What role does Fair Wear Foundation have in the apparel industry?

    They focus on the parts of supply chains where clothes are manufactured and ensure that labor standards are upheld.

  • What are some of the labor standards mentioned?

    Labor standards include no forced employment, no discrimination, a safe working environment, and payment of a living wage.

  • What is a significant problem leading to excessive overtime?

    Low salaries forcing workers to do overtime to meet basic needs and high pressure on factories to meet short delivery times are significant problems.

  • How can brands positively impact working conditions?

    Brands can pay fair prices, ask for reasonable delivery times, and provide security about future orders.

  • What action can consumers take according to the video?

    Consumers can make informed purchasing decisions by looking at public reporting on brand performance.

  • How does Fair Wear Foundation handle public reporting?

    They report on brand performance, factory progress, and worker complaints, allowing consumers to make informed decisions.

  • Why can’t factories fix all the issues on their own?

    Factories can't fix everything due to interconnected issues such as wage levels, contracts, and how brands conduct business.

  • How does excessive overtime affect workers?

    It affects their quality of life, work safety, and quality of labor, often due to economic necessity.

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التمرير التلقائي:
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    when we buy our clothes we choose our
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    brands for style price comfort and
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    quality but when you look at the story
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    behind the label the people making the
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    clothes come into view they often work
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    in poor conditions facing limits on
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    their rights and freedoms every day many
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    of us would like to buy clothing that is
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    made under good and safe working
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    conditions but reliable guarantees are
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    hard to come by in the global apparel
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    industry one reason is that clothing
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    brands don't usually own their own
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    factories clothes are instead produced
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    by many different companies in complex
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    International Supply chains take for
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    example a t-shirt between the person who
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    buys the shirt and the people who make
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    it are a shop a clothing brand
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    Transportation agents and of course the
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    factories where the t-shirt is made
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    assembling a t-shirt involves many
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    workers who can be spread over multiple
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    Factor
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    more complex clothing can involve even
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    more workers that's a lot of places
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    where things can go wrong and that's
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    only one part of the full supply chain
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    cotton for example is grown on
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    plantations spun into yarn dyed woven or
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    knit into cloth which is sent to sewing
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    facilities that's the supply chain for a
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    single t-shirt a single item in a
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    Brand's seasonal collection but each
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    brand creates dozens or hundreds of
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    designs every season usually ordered
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    from many different
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    Factories at the same time each Factory
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    can make clothing for dozens of
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    different brands the end result is a
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    tapestry of diverse and interwoven
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    Supply chains in such a complicated
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    system how do you begin to make sure
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    that the people making the clothing are
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    treated fairly well fairware foundation
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    focuses on the parts of the supply
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    chains where clothes are manufactured
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    many labor violations take place in
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    sewing factories and as sewing is very
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    labor intensive lots of workers are
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    involved at the heart of fairware
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    Foundations work are eight labor
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    standards which are based on United
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    Nations principles and cover workers
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    basic human rights employment is freely
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    chosen meaning it's not forced or
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    coerced there's no discrimination and no
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    child labor workers freedom of
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    Association and the right to collective
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    bargaining are
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    respected there is payment of a wage
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    reasonable hours of work a safe and
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    healthy working environment and a
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    legally binding employment relationship
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    that is a fair and legal
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    contract so how do these standards work
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    in
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    practice sometimes it's quite
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    straightforward for instance when fire
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    exits are locked to prevent workers from
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    taking breaks or stealing clothes locked
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    exits are a clear violation of the
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    health and safety standard and
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    relatively easy to solve but in most
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    cases violations are interlined and
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    there are root causes beyond the
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    Factory's control for example a very
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    common problem is excessive overtime in
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    many garment factories people work up to
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    16 hours a day six or even seven days a
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    week that's more than 100 hours a week
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    sometimes for months at a time let's
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    think about what that means if you work
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    for 16 hours let's say from 700 in the
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    morning until 11:00 at night there's no
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    time for family life or relaxation there
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    isn't even enough time for sleeping long
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    hours also affect the quality of the
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    work and also the safety of the workers
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    by far the most workplace accidents
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    happen during overtime when workers are
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    tired so why do people work this long
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    sometimes workers are simply not allowed
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    to go home almost always salaries are so
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    low that without overtime workers could
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    not afford a place to live enough food
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    and other basic needs so despite the
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    fact that excess overtime is dangerous
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    and reduces the quality of the products
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    there's huge pressure on factories to
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    deliver clothing fast otherwise they'll
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    lose business and workers will lose
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    their jobs Brands demand short delivery
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    times they change their orders at the
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    last minute and PID unreasonably low
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    prices putting huge pressure on wages
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    and working hours style changes and Peak
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    Seasons mean factories are never sure
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    when the next order will come so they
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    overbook another cause of over over time
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    unpredictable orders also mean that
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    workers are denied contracts or steady
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    work so excessive overtime is connected
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    to wages contracts and health and safety
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    as well as to the way brands do business
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    labor standards are connected in many
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    other ways as well payment of a living
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    wage is a key issue because it has
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    KnockOn effects for example on child
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    labor if parents don't earn enough to
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    live on guess where the children are
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    likely to head probably not to school
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    likewise ensuring that workers can form
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    or join a trade Union of their choice
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    and bargain collectively means that they
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    can play a primary role in improving
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    factory conditions it would be great if
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    we could just tell the factories to
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    shape up but the reality is that
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    factories cannot fix everything on their
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    own so who is responsible for making it
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    fair well the Factories do have a
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    crucial role to play they're the ones
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    employing the workers but brands also
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    play a big role along with quality and
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    price requirements they can also call
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    for decent working conditions plus
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    Brands can have a major positive impact
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    on working conditions by paying fair
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    prices asking for reasonable delivery
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    times and by providing some security to
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    factories about future
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    orders so fairware Foundation works on a
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    number of levels we check conditions in
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    factories and production countries and
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    we look at the way that brands in Europe
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    do business with factories fairware
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    Foundation also works with trade unions
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    labor and women's groups business
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    associations governments and consumer
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    organizations both in production
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    countries and in Europe to find
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    solutions that last workers themselves
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    can complain directly to fairware
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    Foundation fairware Foundation reports
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    publicly about brand performance
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    progress in factories as well as worker
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    complaints and that's where you come in
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    public reporting allows consumers to see
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    what's behind the label and make an
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    informed decision about what clothes to
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    buy if you'd like to know more visit
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    fairware dorg where you can check which
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    brands we work with and create a
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    shopping list of fairware foundation
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    members who sell products in your
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    country
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    [Applause]
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الوسوم
  • apparel industry
  • supply chain
  • labor standards
  • Fair Wear Foundation
  • workers' rights
  • fair trade
  • ethical fashion
  • consumer choices
  • brand responsibility
  • transparency