How well do you really know these outdoor brands?
You certainly remember the collapse of the textiles factory Rana Plaza, the 24th of April 2013 at Dacca in Bangladesh. 1127 Bengalis died in the catastrophe, leaving a long-lasting stain regarding intensive production aiming to supply occidental Fast Fashion. Then, a documentary was directed in 2015 to denounce work conditions in emergent countries and the direct consequences of the use of some substances on people and the environment in these areas.
Since, we can observe Transparency operations raising to show who are the people behind our clothes, equipment and other productions. Several brands fighting for the Earth clearly display the will to create a shorter production circuit, to use organic materials, to put forward the work of farmers and workers, essential for the creation of a textile garment.
Nevertheless, some downward slides remain, even for Outdoor brands showing a “clean” ethic. Indeed, according to the new article written by Outside (link below), different brands are now in uncomfortable positions concerning bad treatment against employees in confection factories. Most of these companies are at the basis of the whole process, located in poor countries where the labour rate is really low as we can imagine. In addition, the investigations put under the light testimonies about verbal harassment and physical assaults against workers, especially women.
These well-conducted extensive enquiries unveil a significant flaw in proceedings of the production chain of some Outdoor brands, claiming to be fair and clean in the whole processing of products. Besides, the same circuit justifies generally the high price. Thus, be aware of these abuses in Outdoor brand production described as “irreproachable”.
For further information, you can read this well-written article: ARTICLE OUTSIDE