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Article

6 Dec 2006

Author:
Stephen Frost, CSR Asia

[PDF] Is Hong Kong fashion transparent enough?

Oxfam Hong Kong released a report that rated Hong Kong clothing brands (like Giordano, G2000, Esprit and others) on the types of information they provide publicly on workplace conditions in supply chains. As the principal researcher, I worked with OHK to collect the information and write the report. The results showed that Hong Kong clothing companies provide very little information to the public on supply chain issues. In fact, they rate well below their major competitors in the apparel sector...While five of the companies operating in the Canadian market achieved scores of more than 50 percent for transparency, only two of the Hong Kong companies received a score of 10 percent, and most received no marks at all. Four of the 16 companies surveyed are on the right path by publicly reporting on some aspects of workplace conditions in supply chains, but the remaining have even further to go.