The European Commission decided on Wednesday 1 June to register a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Good Clothes, Fair Pay’.
The initiative calls on the Commission to propose legislation obliging companies operating in the clothing and footwear sector to exercise due diligence with regard to living wages in their supply chains. The organisers list six objectives of the due diligence, including: mitigating negative impacts on human rights, reducing poverty, combating child...