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Talk to me about the Gap
in Green Living
I tried to google for something recent regarding their ethical behavior (or lack thereof) but I can't find anything newer than the late 90s.
So I'm asking here.
I'll continue to google and if I find anything recent I'll share.
TIA!
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Re: Talk to me about the Gap
In 2007 Gap was busted for child slave labor in India. The children were sold into labor to the sweatshop where they were hand embroidering designs onto shirts. This was after Gap came out with their campaign stating they no longer bought goods from sweatshops.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/gap.labor/index.html
While they said it was a small instance that they quickly corrected, it was my last straw with the company.
Honestly most clothing stores have used child or underpaid labor with bad conditions... Unless the clothes have some kind of certification like Fairtrade or were made in countries with labor laws you trust, you can't assume that the clothes you're buying were ethically made. How much of the clothing produced in China do you think was produced under good conditions? Even a 'Made in the USA' label can also mean made in Guam, Puerto Rico or the Marinas Islands. And they don't get an American minumum wage (though they probably have it better than most Chinese workers.
Gap, Nike, those are the big companies and of course they get the most attention. If a clothing store doesn't have a corporate responsibility part of their website, it obviously isn't a high priority for them.
However I think some companies try harder than others. Howies, H&M, Patagonia, People Tree, Kuyichi among others.
Another reason to buy secondhand clothing and only buy clothes to last, instead of trendy one season pieces.
I seriously do not know anyone who buys "trendy one season pieces".
H&M was caught earlier this year slashing tons and tons of clothes that not sell from the season and then simply throwing them away in dumpsters--wasting them and making them completely unwearable OR donatable to those second hand stores or shelters.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1241560/H-M-faces-uproar-slashing-throwing-unsold-clothing.html
I find the excuse that the clothes did not fit their safety or quality standards to be absurd.