Many popular clothing and retail brands like Coach, Gucci, and Ralph Lauren are under fire right now for alleged links to human rights abuse.
According to a report released by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, there are over 28 cases of alleged human rights abuse related to the purchasing practices of many reputed brands.
This report contains information from March to September 2024 and has brought many popular brands under fire.
While these brands include both fast fashion brands as well as bigger, more reputed brands, common names like H&M, Mango, Coach, Gucci, and Ralph Lauren have also come under fire for the same.
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Popular brands like Gucci, Ralph Lauren, and Coach have come under fire for human rights abuse allegations
The reports of human abuse allegations have been made against these brands stating reasons for "ruthless buying practices" on the part of popular fast fashion brands.
According to the reports, between March to September 2024, there was a mass reduction in buyer orders, which ultimately resulted in mass layoffs in the production and seller houses. This, in turn, led to mass unemployment and severance without pay.
Although there are many factories that have been impacted, one of the biggest names that have been impacted by this reduction in buyer orders is the Luenthai Philippines factory. According to the report, in May 2024, the company was forced to lay off over 2000 of its employees due to a mass reduction in buyer orders.
The factory is known to work closely with popular brands like Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Tapestry, Adidas, and Fast Retailing. This mass layoff had to be done owing to the mass reduction in buyer orders from these brands over the last two years.
Yet another name that was heavily impacted was Anzir Apparels, a Bangladesh-based factory that had to shut down since major brands that worked with it, such as Mango and River Island stopped purchasing from them in 2021.
This left the workers at these companies heavily impacted and has ultimately resulted in human rights abuse allegations against the popular fast fashion brands.
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While many of the accused brands have said that they are taking steps towards severing ties with non-compliant suppliers, many within the industry believe that this step is too little too late.
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