scholarly journals Sustainability and Transparency to Safeguard Fashion Industry Workers

Pro Futuro ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dewan Afrina Sultana
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Due Diligence ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Guiding Principles ◽  
Soft Laws ◽  
Voluntary Initiatives

The global fashion industry has the most dynamic complex supply chain. A completed garment or footwear reaches consumers through different brands, from developing countries to Western countries. The workers at the bottom of the supply chain, who work hard to produce a product, earn  minimum wages. On the top of the supply chain, the owners of the factories, brands and retailers earn huge profits from these labourers’ hard work. Because of the lack of direct control over  labourers, as they are not employed by the brands and retailers, they often ignore the abuse of labourers’ rights  in their supply chain. To improve the fashion industries’ working conditions and to maintain workers’ rights,  strong labour law and its implementation is not sufficient. The brands andretailers can play a vital role in changing the labourers’ conditions. By incorporating soft laws like the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UN Guiding Principles) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector (OECD Due Diligence Guidance on Garments), in their responsible business behaviour. The IFAs between the brands and the tread unions. The brands and retailers took some voluntary initiatives to incorporate these soft laws. Among the many voluntary initiatives, the Transparency Pledge of 2016 and sustainable development goals (SDGs) have  had a significant impact on  labour rights in the supply chain. This article is to evaluate how the Transparency Pledge of 2016 has impacted labour protection in the global fashion industry and how far transparency and incorporation on sustainable development goals (SDGs) has improved  labourers’ abusive conditions in the fashion industry supply chain. This shall be done by analyzing the Human Rights Watch’s reports, ILO, better works and other labour organisations’ reports. What further initiatives can be taken to improve the labourers’ conditions.

scholarly journals Linking the SDGS with human rights: opportunities and challenges of promoting goal 17

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-72
Author(s):  
Wekgari Dulume
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Partnerships ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Government ◽  
Principles And Standards

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is grounded in different international human rights instruments. Human rights (HR) principles and standards are strongly reflected in several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. Furthermore, SDG 17 emphasizes partnership as a key to achieving all of the SDGs. This article examines the SDGs-HR linkage in general, as well as specific HR principles that can be advanced by the achievement of SDG 17. Opportunities and challenges to promote Goal 17 of the SDGs that directly affect certain HRs are also examined. A review of relevant literature, 2030 summit documents, and outcomes of recent international conferences on the SDGs is undertaken in order to determine the progress made towards forging regional and global partnerships for the SDGs, as envisaged in Goal 17. This article finds that the absence of a political will and commitment, increased isolationist policy, narrow nationalism and poor rule linkage at national and international levels are some of the obstacles to the attainment of Goal 17. Yet, opportunities abound to promote the Goal. The article recommends a genuine commitment to implementing the SDGs by encouraging the South-South and North-South to prevent the SDGs from becoming a mere wishlist. Synergy between the government, individuals, civil society organizations (CSOs) and transnational corporations (TNCs) is equally very important. Keywords: Human rights, sustainable development goals, partnership for the goals.

scholarly journals Human Rights

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-62
Author(s):  
Reetta Toivanen ◽  
Dorothée Cambou
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Political Agency ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Legal Situation ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Goals

This chapter takes up the status of the human in terms of rights and law. Surveying the status of human rights law within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the authors highlight the cultural context of Arctic Indigenous peoples, namely the Sámi people in Finland. The lack of legal and political agency is a barrier not only to sustainable and culturally desirable livelihoods, as the authors detail: this legal situation enables ongoing extractivist projects in the form of mining and forestry.

A Roadmap for Sustainable Development Through Responsible Sourcing in Construction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Sophie Ball ◽  
Colin A Booth ◽  
Abdul–Majeed Mahamadu ◽  
Patrick Manu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Green Supply Chains ◽  
Responsible Sourcing

Responsible sourcing and green supply chains are becoming dominant tools towards procuring materials in a sustainable manner across the architecture, engineering and construction sector to achieve the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. The aim of this study was to provide a structured review of responsible sourcing literature to identify the potential opportunities and obstacles towards the accomplishment of a roadmap for the sector to support delivery of the goals. The main opportunities included competitive advantage, stakeholder value and improved supply chain management. The main obstacles included cost, deficiencies in structured frameworks and an array of industry specific constraints. These were aligned with the goals to produce a roadmap, validated by industry experts. For fruition, it is surmised that refocusing the industry in recent years combined with achievement of the goals will stimulate innovative technical solutions to produce truly sustainable development.

WPS and Sustainable Development Goals

2018 ◽  
pp. 703-714
Author(s):  
Radhika Balakrishnan ◽  
Krishanti Dharmaraj
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Violent Conflicts ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter suggests that achieving sustainable development requires a change in the current economic system. Moreover, it advances the idea that an economic system based on the fulfillment of human rights and a peace and security agenda must consider what polices are needed to achieve sustainable peace, beyond the absence of war and violence. The chapter observes that in order to examine the issues surrounding women, peace, and security it is critical to unpack the relationship between existing economic policy and violent conflicts, and to consider how women are disproportionately affected at this intersection. If the fulfillment of human rights was at the center of economic policymaking, the chapter argues, the way in which the state gets and distributes resources would be very different.

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