Our colleagues at the Employment Law Worldview Blog have put together a helpful guide of 10 key points on the new requirements of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015. The guide provides an excellent breakdown of important points such as how businesses will be affected by the new disclosure obligation and what steps businesses should be taking … Continue Reading
Earlier this year, Squire Patton Boggs teamed up with TheBusinessDesk.com to gauge levels of confidence within the UK’s manufacturing sector and to determine what businesses need in order to stay competitive in the global market. At issue were the implications of a referendum on the UK’s membership with the EU. A survey was set up … Continue Reading
Bonded labor. Indentured servitude. Human trafficking. These are terms for modern slavery, essentially obtaining or holding another person in compelled service. The UN’s International Labour Organization estimates that 21 million people are enslaved around the world, generating approximately $150 billion a year in profits. Earlier this year as part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention … Continue Reading
There’s been buzz about Keer Group lately, the Chinese textile company that opened a cotton mill this year in South Carolina. China has long been seen as the global capital of textile manufacturing, due in part to their low production costs and seemingly endless supply of cheap labor. But Keer Group found the rising costs in … Continue Reading
Recently the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition has launched a sector inquiry into e-commerce in the EU. The aim is to gain a better understanding of possible antitrust concerns within the supply chain structure of Europe’s online marketplace. Businesses in all 28 EU Member States are being asked to provide data that may shed light on … Continue Reading
Few thoughts are supposed to pass through your mind when deep in the trance of Adho Mukha Svanasana, least of all whether your pants are leaving little to the imagination when bending over in a room full of people. Alas this was the issue for yoga gear favorite Lululemon Athletica. In early 2013, Lululemon recalled … Continue Reading
In our last installment of Fashion Friday, we visited the importance of increased supply chain visibility and the impact fast fashion is having on labor conditions of textile factories in low wage countries. Another area of concern in fashion that is gaining public awareness is the impact of toxic chemicals used in the manufacturing process … Continue Reading