“ we believe that the areas at highest risk of modern slavery within City Chic Collective’s operations are within the garment manufacturing processes that sit under tier 2 in our supply chain, being Cotton Farming, Yarn and Dye Mills and Synthetic fibre production processes” p.12
pg. 10
"We are aware that the risk of modern slavery exists in the textile and garment industry supply chain."
...
"According to the Global Slavery Index report (2018GSI), it is estimated that over 40 million people are enslaved1 with 58% of victims are in China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Uzbekistan. 71% of these victims being female and 1 in 4 children."
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"In the apparel and textiles industry, we believe these risks include bonded or forced labour, trafficked persons, or deceptive recruitment along with use of child labour within the supply chain."
pg. 16
"Throughout this pandemic we are seeing an emerging risk with some of our overseas distributors, particularly in the USA, experiencing a significant increase in staff turnover and absenteeism, which has consequently required those distributors to rely more heavily on temporary workers and migrant workers to keep up with demand. We are working with these distribution partners to ensure workers continue to experience safe and fair working conditions."
workforce: City Chic Collective recognises that there is a risk
of modern slavery in any area of our business
where there is:
+ Migrant labour (country to
country or within a country)
+ Temporary and contract agency workers (p.10)