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2 Aug 2017

Author:
Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vier Voeters/Four Paws, Stop Child Labour Coalition, India Committee of the Netherlands, Labour Coalition / Hivos, Solidaridad, UNICEF, CNV, FNV, VGT, Inretail, Modint

Netherlands: Coalition of govt., trade unions, business & five NGOs concludes agreement on sustainable garment & textile sector

...The Parties agree that enterprises must conduct due diligence in order to put their social responsibility into practice. The Parties therefore expect individual enterprises that support the Agreement to sign a Declaration in which they state that: they will conduct a due diligence process, which is consistent with their size and business circumstances, within one year after signing the Agreement; they will present an annual action plan as part of their due diligence process to the secretariat of the Agreement on Sustainable Garment and Textile (hereinafter “AGT Secretariat”, see also 5.2) for assessment/approval and declare themselves to be in agreement with the process of assessment, possible improvement and approval by the AGT Secretariat; in their annual action plan...