A recent study released five years after the Rana Plaza disaster revealed, when it comes to labour conditions in supply chains, top luxury brands including Christian Dior, Dolce and Gabbana and Chanel are among the least transparent businesses. According to this year’s Fashion Transparency Index D&G, Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Versace and Giorgio Armani scored less than 10 per cent of the total available points and Dior reveals virtually nothing about where its clothes are made.
The report was published by Fashion Revolution, a campaign group set up after the collapse of Rana Plaza, a complex of garment factories in Bangladesh, which killed more than 1,100 workers. It ranked companies based on how open they were about where their clothes were made, who was responsible for conditions in their supply chain and how they dealt with trade unions.
Sportswear makers like Adidas, Reebok and Puma are the most transparent brands, while the top UK companies on the list were Marks & Spencer and Asos. Many large mass-produced brands had upped their game after attracting negative attention says Peter McAllister, executive director of the Ethical Trading Initiative campaign.
