Producer responsibility is increasingly being used to deal with the environmental costs of production. It can also be used to deal with social issues.
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Our new research sets out six ways to cut a more gender-just and sustainable fashion sector.
Our research shows the inadequacy of relying on consumer power to eradicate exploitation in the fashion industry.
How could a company highly regarded for its commitment to sustainability do so badly on the industrial relations front, pushing staff to strike for almost a fortnight?
Australia’s Senate has voted to prohibit the import of goods made using forced labour. But without government support it won’t become law.
Just four of 31 international chocolate makers have been rated ‘good eggs’ for their social, environmental and governance standards.
Supply chain transparency is important, but countries like Australia also must do more to support the justice process, such as securing compensation for fishermen and putting traffickers in jail.
121 companies in Australia have delivered their first reports required by the Modern Slavery Act.
Slavery and slavery-like practices exist in Australia, in the form of forced marriages, sexual exploitation and forced labour.
In the shadows of the agenda to accelerate India-Australia trade and investment is the risk of pushing Indian workers into slave conditions.
Workers further down supply chains are being left destitute and exposed to exploitation.
Combat modern slavery by spending your money in places that take the issue seriously.
The real cost of footballs transfer markets: how fake agents traffic African boys with dreams of playing in Europe’s biggest leagues.
The prospect of China using forced labour to supply foreign companies highlights the importance of modern slavery laws.
Rather than requiring companies to ensure a living wage for their global supply chain workforce, the Modern Slavery Act ends up punishing them.
Global capitalist pressures on labour markets and the search for cheaper workers can lead to slavery.
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Professor and Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Adjunct professor, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Research Fellow, Bielefeld University
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Visiting Scholar: School of Architecture and School of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Sociology, University of Essex
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Lecturer in Law, Keele University, University of Hull
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Professor - Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University
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Professor of Law and Justice and Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney
