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Curious to learn more about transparency?  Best practices, expert advice, tools and campaigns are curated here so that you can take an informed step.

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Initiatives

Apparel companies can participate in initiatives that enhance supply chains transparency.

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Initiatives , Collect & Disclose Data , Monitor & Evaluate , Human Rights , Environment
Alliance for Corporate Transparency
The Alliance for Corporate Transparency brought together leading civil society organisations and experts to carry out the largest study on corporate sustainability reporting to date. The objective of the project is to provide evidence-based recommendations to improve and develop the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). This initiative also serves as an open platform to discuss policy proposals on corporate transparency with civil society organisation companies, and investors.
Environment , Human Rights , Initiatives , Analyze & Compare Data , Purchasing Practices , Product/Sourcing Locations
Remake Fashion Accountability Report
Remake’s Accountability Report 2021 rates 60 fashion companies on six key criteria: environmental justice, governance, traceability, commercial practices, raw materials and wages and wellbeing.
Human Rights , Brand Equity , Initiatives , Analyze & Compare Data , Factory Performance , Purchasing Practices
Fashion Checker
Brands in the fashion industry advertise themselves as ethical and sustainable, making claims about paying their workers a living wage. Fashion Checker shows how far from the truth this actually is, giving consumers and garment workers access to real data from the supply chains of the worlds’ biggest brands.
Initiatives , Collect & Disclose Data , Human Rights , Environment , Legal Compliance
US and UK Violation Tracker
Violation Tracker is the first wide-ranging database on corporate misconduct. It covers 502,000 civil and criminal cases from more than 300 agencies. Its UK version - Violation Tracker UK - contains more than 60,000 cases. Both are produced by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First.
Product/Sourcing Locations , Analyze & Compare Data , Initiatives
Mapped in Bangladesh
A map of export-oriented ready-made garment industry across all garment-producing districts in Bangladesh.
Human Rights , Collect & Disclose Data , Analyze & Compare Data , Take Action , Initiatives
UN Guiding Principles
The UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework is the world’s first comprehensive guidance for companies to report on how they respect human rights.
Product/Sourcing Locations , Collect & Disclose Data , Analyze & Compare Data , Initiatives
Open Apparel Registry
Open-source map and database of global apparel facilities, their affiliations.

Legislation

Legal requirements on transaparency and disclosure of due diligence information.

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Legal Compliance , Collect & Disclose Data , Legislation
Norwegian Transparency Act
Large and mid-size companies are required to conduct human rights and decent work due diligence throughout all business relationships in their value chain. Citizens will be entitled to request information from companies, and the Norwegian consumer authority may issue injunctions and fines for non-compliance.
Legislation , Legal Compliance , Human Rights , Environment
French Law on the Corporate Duty of Vigilance to Legislation
The law places a duty of due diligence on large French companies and requires them to publish an annual vigilance plan.
Legislation , Environment , Human Rights , Legal Compliance , Collect & Disclose Data , Take Action , Monitor & Evaluate , Analyze & Compare Data , Factory Performance , Purchasing Practices , Product/Sourcing Locations
Corporate sustainability due diligence
The Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence sets out duties for companies to undertake due diligence for actual or potential adverse human rights and environmental impacts in their own operations, those of their subsidiaries and established business relationships in their value chains. It largely builds on existing international standards such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and related guidance.
Legislation , Environment , Human Rights , Legal Compliance , Collect & Disclose Data , Purchasing Practices , Factory Performance
EU Corporate sustainability reporting
EU rules require large companies to publish regular reports on the social and environmental impacts of their activities.
Legislation , Legal Compliance , Human Rights , Take Action , Factory Performance , Purchasing Practices
Dutch child labour due diligence law
The Dutch law has introduced a duty of care for companies to prevent the supply of goods or services which have been produced using child labour.
Legislation , Legal Compliance , Human Rights , Take Action , Purchasing Practices , Factory Performance
California Transparency in Supply Chains Act
Requires retailers and manufacturers doing business in the state to disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their supply chains.
Legislation , Human Rights , Environment , Legal Compliance , Analyze & Compare Data , Collect & Disclose Data , Monitor & Evaluate , Take Action , Product/Sourcing Locations , Purchasing Practices , Factory Performance
German law on Human Rights Due Diligence
Mandatory human rights due diligence for German companies and their supply chains.