Herausgeber_in: Blum Center for Developing Economies, University of California, Berkeley

Autor_in: Siddharth Kara

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Asien, Frauenrechte, Heimarbeit, Indien, Kinderarbeit

Kurzbeschreibung:

The study offers the most comprehensive investigation yet into the conditions of work for women and girls in India’s home-based garment sector. Approximately 85 percent of the home-based garment workers documented for the report exclusively work in supply chains for the export of apparel to major brands in the United States and European Union. These Indian workers consist almost entirely of women and girls from historically oppressed ethnic communities who earn approximately $0.15 per hour. The primary aim of the report is to provide insights into the lives of these workers in the hope that governments, companies, and nonprofits will be able to better coordinate on solutions to address the exploitation documented.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2019

Umfang: 60 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

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Herausgeber_in: Fair Wear Foundation

Autor_innen: Zaw Aung, Koen Oosterom, San Latt Phyu, Ellen Keith, Saskia Wishart, Andrea Spithoff

Redaktion: Erin van Santen-Hobbie

Schlagwörter: Asien, Kinderarbeit, Lieferkette, Menschenrechtsverletzungen

Kurzbeschreibung:

Change starts with transparency. This publication seeks to promote a greater understanding of the realities of child labour by presenting interviews with children who were found working in Asia’s garment sector.

It first gives definitions of child labour, an overview of Asia’s booming garment industry and then examines child labour in Asia. The study also discusses the role of brands and introduces the Fair Wear Foundation trainings on age verification as well as the Fair Wear Foundation policy on child labour.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2018

Umfang: 46 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download

Autor_in: Gershon Nimbalker, Jasmin Mawson, Claire Harris, Meredith Rynan, Libby Sanders, Claire Hart, Megan Shove

Herausgeber_in: Baptist World Aid Australia, Trustfund

Kurzbeschreibung:

Tearfund and Baptist World Aid’s Ethical Fashion Report has returned for 2018, allowing consumers to assess information on 407 different international and local fashion brands.

This is the fifth report produced by Baptist World Aid Australia examining labour rights management systems in the fashion industry. It grades 114 companies (covering these 407 brands), from A to F, on the strength of their policies, traceability and transparency and systems to mitigate against the risks of forced labour, child labour and exploitation in their supply chains.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2018

Umfang: 99

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug:  kostenfrei zum Download

 Autor_in: Dr. Sabine Ferenschild

Herausgeber_in: Südwind e.V.

Kurzbeschreibung:

Kinderarbeit kann unsichtbar in jedem Kleidungsstück oder Handtuch aus indischer Baumwolle stecken, denn Indien gehört zu den wichtigsten Baumwollproduzenten und -exporteuren weltweit. Wer Textilien und Bekleidung ohne Kinderarbeit anbieten (oder konsumieren) will, muss deshalb auch der Frage nachgehen, unter welchen Bedingungen das Saatgut produziert wurde, aus dem dann später die Baumwollfaser gewonnen und verarbeitet wurde.

SÜDWIND und der indische Partner CLRA (PRAYAS) führten Ende des Jahres 2017 eine Befragung in Gujarat durch, um das derzeitige Ausmaß der Kinderarbeit zu erfassen. Dabei wurden drei separate Erhebungsbögen zur Befragung auf den Farmen, der ArbeiterInnen und der Haushalte in den Dörfern erstellt.

Die konkreten Untersuchungsergebnisse:

• Bildungsniveau: Rund ein Drittel der Kinder und Jugendlichen hat nie eine Schule besucht.
• Arbeits- und Lebensbedingungen auf der Farm: Alle Kinder berichteten von mindestens acht Arbeitsstunden pro Tag, die deutliche Mehrheit arbeitetet sogar regelmäßig zehn Stunden täglich. Qualitative Interviews mit Kinderarbeiter_innen zeigen, dass körperliche Übergriffe am Arbeitsplatz bei Kindern besonders häufig vorkommen.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2018

Umfang: 28 Seiten

Sprache: Deutsch

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Herausgeber_in:  World Journal of Social Sciences Volume 7 No.1.
Autor_in: Zeenath Reza Khan, Gwendolyn Rodrigues, Sreejith Balasubramanian

Schlagwörter: Lieferkette, Arbeitsbedingungen, Bekleidungsindustrie, Kinderarbeit, Ausbeutung, Umweltschäden, soziale Verantwortung, Konsumalternativen, Konsumverhalten,

Kurzbeschreibung:
Ethical issues with offshore manufacturing plants in the readymade garment industry is a regular affair, particularly for factories located in lesser developed nations. Despite efforts by non-government agencies around the globe pressurizing both governments and multinational corporations to adopt ethical practices, disastrous accidents and loss of lives continue to haunt the industry. This paper reviews existing literature to develop an understanding of consumers as pressure groups, and proposes a factor model that may influence consumers’ willingness to pay for ethical garments which will be tested in future studies.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2017

Umfang: 17 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug: Kostenfrei zum Download

Autor_in: Stefan Winter, Rainer Lasch

Schlagwörter: Nachhaltigkeit, Lieferkette, Standards, Ökostandards, Sozialstandards, Unternehmensverantwortung, Monitoring, Zulieferer, Zulieferfabriken, Interviews, Kinderarbeit, Zwangsarbeit, Wasserverbrauch, soziale und ökologische Folgen

Kurzbeschreibung:
Due to environmental and social problems with suppliers, companies have included sustainability criteria in their supplier evaluation. However, there is little research on the application of environmental and social criteria and related purchasing practices. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine how companies apply environmental and social criteria in supplier evaluation. Interviews with purchasing experts from the fashion and apparel industry were conducted. The results indicate that no child labour, working hours, no forced labour, no discrimination, employment compensation, freedom of association, and health and safety practices are commonly used as social criteria, whereas end-of-pipe control (wastewater treatment systems) and environmentally friendly materials are used as environmental criteria. New criteria, for example, housing conditions and home worker conditions, were identified as not having been suggested in the literature on supplier evaluation. The discussion herein examines the application and the importance of sustainability criteria in the supplier evaluation process. Environmental and social criteria are applied in pre-qualification as well as verification of the compliance of the purchasing requirements in supplier controlling. However, these criteria are not important in the final selection of a supplier for an order as is often recommended in the literature. Consequently, sustainability criteria are indeed important for supplier evaluation but do not carry the same importance that many papers assign them. The research findings contribute to the literature on sustainable supply chain management with empirical insights about the application and importance of environmental and social criteria in supplier evaluation. Furthermore, the identified sustainability criteria can be used by practitioners to improve supplier evaluation efforts.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2016

Umfang: 15 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug: Bezug: Kapitel aus Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 139

Für Studenten und Fakultätsmitglieder ist diese Studie kostenfrei unter verfügbar.

Herausgeber_in: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
Autor_in: Benjamin Pütter, Dietmar Böhm

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Globalisierung, Handel, Indien, ILO, Kinderarbeit, Lieferkette, Siegel, Welthandel

Kurzbeschreibung:
Kinderarbeit ist international verboten. Trotzdem schuften Millionen Kinder unter den unwürdigsten Bedingungen für unsere Produkte, z.B. für Schmuck, Teppiche und Natursteine. Der Kinderarbeitsexperte Benjamin Pütter ist schon über 80-mal durch Indien gereist, das Land mit den meisten Kinderarbeitern. Er berichtet von Mädchen und Jungen, die teilweise bereits mit fünf Jahren ganztags arbeiten müssen, prangert die Machenschaften skrupelloser Firmenchefs an und deckt auf, warum auch wir unwissentlich Produkte aus Kinderarbeit kaufen.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2017

Umfang: 222 Seiten

Sprache: Deutsch

Zielgruppe: Erwachsene

Medien: Hintergrundinformationen

Bezug: Print € 12,99€ ISBN 978-3-453-60440-7
Das Buch ist auch als e-book erhältlich.

Herausgeber_in: India Committee of the Netherlands
Autor_in: Rosanne Hoefe, The Netherlands (Utrecht)

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Arbeitsplatzsicherheit, Arbeitsrechtsverletzungen, Arbeitszeiten, Befragung, Chemikalien, Diskriminierung, Gesundheitliche Schäden, Heimarbeit, Kinderarbeit, Leder, Lederproduktion, Lohn, ökologischer Fußabdruck, Prekäre Arbeitsbedingungen, Südindien, Tamil Nadu

Kurzbeschreibung:
The environmental impact of the leather industry is well known, with tanning being one of the most polluting industries in the world. Waste water from tanneries often contains high amounts of acids, salts and heavy metals. These toxic chemicals alsnegatively impact the health of workers, as has been documented by Human Rights Watch and many others. The short film ‘The Toxic Price of Leather’ by Sean Gallagher, for instance, strikingly illustrates the harmful effects on people and environment of extreme pollution caused by tanneries of the city of Kanpur, the biggest producer and exporter of leather goods in India. Less known are the many other sustainability and human rights issues related tthe leather and footwear production in India. This report explores labour conditions in the leather industry that are related tdeep-rooted social inequalities in Indian society. It highlights underlying structural issues that impact the labour conditions in the leather industry in India: caste and gender discrimination. ICN feels that tackling these structural social conditions is a crucial prerequisite for the success of any CSR initiative in the Indian leather industry.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2017

Umfang: 52 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Zielgruppe: Erwachsene

Medien: Hintergrundinformationen

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download bei indianet.nl

Herausgeber_in: India Committee of the Netherlands
Autor_in: Marijn Peepercamp

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Arbeitsrechtsverletzungen, Arbeitszeiten, Empfehlungen, Kinderarbeit, Lohn, Menschenrechtsverletzungen, sexuelle Belästigung, Spinnereien, Sumangali, Südindien, Tamil Nadu, Zwangsarbeit

Kurzbeschreibung:
The state of Tamil Nadu is the largest producer of cotton yarn in India and a global sourcing hub for readymade garments in recent years. The spinning mill industry is of major importance tthe state and tthe national economy. A publication by the Tamil Nadu government claims that India is the world largest cotton yarn producer after China, responsible for a little over one-fifth of yarn production worldwide. 35 t40% of this yarn is produced in Tamil Nadu, which is home tapproximately 1,600 mills employing between 200,000 and 400,000 workers. Approximately 30% of this yarn is used in the export factories in Tamil Nadu, whproduce for brands like C&A, H&M, Marks and Spencer, Primark, Walmart, Zara and a lot of other brands.An unknown share of this yarn is used in other garment hubs in India that produce garments for the export. Yarn produced in Tamil Nadu is alsused for the domestic market and for the production of exported home textiles. Furthermore, a 2012 estimation suggests that over 20% of the production is exported directly tgarment producing countries like Bangladesh and China.Previous SOMand ICN research identified five factories under the Bangladesh Accord for Building and Fire Safety whsource from twspinning mills in Tamil Nadu. Seven if your shirt is not ‘Made in India’, the yarn might be. The India Committee of the Netherlands has worked with SOM(Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations) and with Mondiaal FNV for several years now tdraw attention tthe deplorable working conditions in the Tamil Nadu mills.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2016

Umfang: 11 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Zielgruppe: Erwachsene

Medien: Hintergrundinformationen

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download bei indianet.nl

Herausgeber_in: Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), Stop Child Labour

Autor_in: Martje Theuws, Virginia Sandjojo, Emma Vogt

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Arbeitsrechtsverletzungen, Arbeitszeiten, Asia Floor Wage, Bangladesch, Befragung, Einkaufspraktiken, Gewerkschaft, Kinderarbeit, Kinderrechte, Lebensstandard, Lohn, Unternehmen und Menschenrechte

Kurzbeschreibung:
The Stop Child Labour Coalition commissioned the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) tcarry out this research intwage levels and working conditions in the export-oriented garment industry in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The research specifically looks intthe relationship between wages and working conditions of adult workers and the extent twhich their children attend school or are engaged in paid/unpaid work. The objective of the research was tassess how the wages and working conditions of adult workers in export-oriented garment factories affect workers’ abilities tmeet basic needs, including housing, food and education. The aim is tanswer the following questions: Are the wages of adult garment workers sufficient tcover their family’s basic needs, including schooling costs for their children? Are the children of garment workers engaged in paid work in order tadd tthe family income sthat the family’s basic needs are covered? Are children of garment workers engaged in any unpaid work (e.g. household work)? If the children of garment workers dnot attend school, what are the reasons for this?

Erscheinungsjahr: 2017

Umfang: 74 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Zielgruppe: Erwachsene

Medien: Hintergrundinformationen

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download bei somo.nl