{"id":159372,"date":"2017-10-03T13:53:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T13:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/asos-signs-global-deal-on-workers-rights\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T13:47:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:47:43","slug":"asos-signs-global-deal-on-workers-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/asos-signs-global-deal-on-workers-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"ASOS signs global deal on workers rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Young fashion etail giant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asos.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ASOS<\/a> as signed a Global Framework Agreement (GFA) with IndustriALL, the world's largest sectorial trade union organisation, to <strong>strengthen the implementation of international labour standards<\/strong> across its global supply chain.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The agreement is<strong> a first for an e-commerce brand<\/strong> and will help ASOS to establish a framework for protecting the interests of factory workers producing its own-brand products in countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Nick Beighton said the \"landmark\" deal was \"a signal of our intent to ensure that <strong>everyone working in our supply chain feels safe and respected<\/strong> by their employers and fellow workers.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"This can only be achieved if employees <strong>have the right to organize and bargain collectively<\/strong>, and the ability to ensure improved employment conditions are consistently implemented,\" he added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_104648\" style=\"width: 825px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104648\" class=\" wp-image-104648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/ASOS-Beighton-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"ASOS\" width=\"815\" height=\"543\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-104648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ASOS CEO Nick Beighton (r) signs the deal with Valter Sanches<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Under the terms of the agreement, ASOS and IndustriaALL, which represents 50m workers worldwide, will commit to:<\/p>\n<p>- the<strong> agreement of common strategies<\/strong> on a country-by-country basis;<\/p>\n<p>- the<strong> joint development of methodologies to assess the impact of purchasing practices<\/strong>\u00a0at the worker level of the supply chain;<\/p>\n<p>- the implementation of <strong>confidential worker hotlines<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p>- and the linking of <strong>ASOS\u2019 gender empowerment programme<\/strong> with IndustriALL\u2019s worker rights training.<\/p>\n<p>\"This agreement provides mechanisms and standards to empower our unions to safeguard workers\u2019 rights across ASOS\u2019 global supply chain. The GFA deepens our relationship with ASOS, and is <strong>an important step for supply chain industrial labour relations<\/strong>,\" IndustriALL general secretary Valter Sanches said.<\/p>\n<p>The move is the latest in the line of ethical initiatives from ASOS. The business<strong> launched its first Modern Slavery Statement in 2017<\/strong> and, earlier this year, made its global factory list public, providing transparency on the 612 Tier 1 factories its uses across 25 countries.<\/p>\n<p>It also<strong> participates in Action, Collaboration and Transformation (ACT)<\/strong>, an initiative designed to address the issue of living wages and, since 2009, has been a member of the <strong>Ethical Trading Initiative<\/strong>, an alliance of companies, non-governmental organisations and trade unions, which actively tackles labour rights issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":127427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[7329,9816,12329,9817,4039],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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