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Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne

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Clean Clothes Campaign is a leading global alliance dedicated to improving garment industry working conditions.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

17 Nov 2025 · Sustainability omnibus - update for civil society

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

3 Nov 2025 · Sustainability omnibus - update for civil society

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

2 Oct 2025 · Sustainability omnibus - update for civil society

Meeting with Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Member of the European Parliament) and Teneo Brussels

7 May 2025 · Omnibus 1 package revision discussion

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

29 Apr 2025 · Sustainability omnibus

Meeting with Marie Toussaint (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

29 Apr 2025 · Omnibus I

Meeting with Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Member of the European Parliament) and European Coalition for Corporate Justice

24 Apr 2025 · Omnibus meeting

Meeting with Arash Saeidi (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Apr 2025 · Échange de point de vue

Meeting with William Sleath (Director Secretariat-General) and Friends of the Earth Europe and

20 Feb 2025 · The Omnibus proposal regarding the CSRD, the CSDDD, and taxonomy

Meeting with Pierpaolo Settembri (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas) and Friends of the Earth Europe and Anti-Slavery International

4 Feb 2025 · exchange of views

Meeting with Vita Jukne (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall) and ClientEarth AISBL and

29 Jan 2025 · Upcoming Omnibus proposal

Meeting with Alexandra Hild (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva) and Human Rights Watch and European Coalition for Corporate Justice

21 Jan 2025 · Simplification, in particular the upcoming Omnibus proposal

Meeting with Mirzha De Manuel (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis), Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis) and

20 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on the simplification policy

Meeting with Fiona Knab-Lunny (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath) and Human Rights Watch and

9 Jan 2025 · Meeting with a delegation of civil society organisations (CSOs) to discuss their concerns regarding the ‘omnibus’ initiative recently announced by President Von der Leyen.

Meeting with Isabel Wiseler-Lima (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Save the Children Europe and

4 Sept 2024 · Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union s policy on the matter – annual report 2024

Response to Postponement of deadlines within the Accounting Directive for the adoption of certain ESRS

11 Dec 2023

There is an urgent need for high-quality sector-specific European Sustainability Reporting Standards. Human rights abuses and environmental impacts in high-risk sectors are of an intensity that does not warrant delays. Furthermore, the lack of guidance in sector-specific standards while still asking companies to report under CSRD and other legal frameworks, is actually counterproductive. Clean Clothes Campaign was involved in the work already done by EFRAG on developing both horizontal and sectoral-specific reporting standards, including on Textiles, Accessories and Footwear. The development of reporting standards responded to the need voiced by all types of stakeholders - businesses, investors and benchmarking institutions, NGOs and trade unions - to have guidance on what should be disclosed. As long as there are no reporting standards, companies are left to individually determine what they should report on; leading to additional work and published information that serves almost no one. Furthermore there are many other legislative frameworks under way, including (but not limited to) the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, EU Textile Extended Producer Responsibility scheme and Waste Framework Directive, the Strategy for Sustainable Textiles, the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, Microplastics Regulation, Forced Labour Regulation and Guide, and the Product Environment Footprint Guide. All of these will require reporting standards, and by postponing a robust and comprehensive set of reporting requirements within the sector-specific CSRD/ESRS framework there is a high risk of competing, contradictory, non-standardized and needlessly burdening reporting requirements emerging. For efficiency and impact, it is also vital that data follows the format of ESRS reporting: standardized, machine-readable, and on equal footing with financial reporting. This is a necessary precondition for achieving transparency at scale, with real impact on tackling human rights and environmental problems. The social and environmental risks within the garment and textile industry are urgent, but they are also well-known and understood. The expert working groups working under EFRAG's guidance included diverse stakeholders, and drew upon a widely agreed understanding of what the most vital social and environmental data-points should be, fully in line with OECD guidelines, UNGP and other international standards. Thus, it is not only needed, but also eminently possible to come to a robust and meaningful sector-specific reporting standard by the latest of end 2024. This would give regulatory clarity, and allow all stakeholders enough time to prepare for implementation. Much work has also already been done in other high risk/high impact sectors like Mining, Energy production, Road transport, and Agriculture/farming/fishing. At least for these, a deadline of end 2024 for adoption is possible, and needed. Producing clear sector-specific guidelines will actually help in implementing the sector-agnostic ESRS Set 1 reporting, as it will give uniform guidance. Therefore it makes no sense to create an artificial distinction between asking EFRAG to concentrate on implementation guidelines and sector-specific standards; the sector-specific standards ARE implementation guidelines. Furthermore, Clean Clothes Campaign rejects the idea of postponing reporting requirements for non-EU based entities. The EU market should not become the dumping ground for goods that cannot be sold in other jurisdictions any more because they are tainted by grave human rights and environmental violations. Giving non-EU based entities an extra two years on reporting basic due diligence information would mean an unfair advantage over EU-based entities. The EU should create a level playing field, and raise the floor on due diligence and responsible business conduct. People and planet cannot wait any longer.
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Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

12 Oct 2023 · CSDDD

Meeting with David Kerr (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

26 Sept 2023 · Rana Plaza collapse anniversary

Clean Clothes Campaign slams weakened corporate sustainability reporting standards

7 Jul 2023
Topic — The European Commission is setting new standards for how companies report sustainability information.
Message — The group demands mandatory reporting on value chain workers and affected communities. Companies should be forced to explain why any sustainability topics are excluded. They urge the Commission to restore the original, more ambitious reporting proposal.1234
Why — Stricter reporting would allow the NGO to effectively scrutinize and challenge corporate claims.5
Impact — Vulnerable workers lose protection as companies can hide labor abuses from public view.6
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Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Human Rights Watch and

31 May 2023 · GSP

Meeting with Nikolaj Villumsen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and Anti-Slavery International and

11 Apr 2023 · Regulation on forced labour ban

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and The EU Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry

3 Apr 2023 · APA - Forced labour

Meeting with Salima Yenbou (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Amnesty International Limited

29 Mar 2023 · DROI opinion on the regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Krzysztof Hetman (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and adidas AG

1 Mar 2023 · Exchange of views on Forced Labour Regulation (meeting delegated to parliamentary assistant)

Meeting with Marc Botenga (Member of the European Parliament) and European Coalition for Corporate Justice and Oxfam-en-Belgique / Oxfam-in-België

1 Mar 2023 · Due Diligence

Meeting with Ilan De Basso (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and European Youth Forum and

28 Feb 2023 · Möte

Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights

13 Feb 2023 · Speak at the 2023 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Environmental Bureau and

8 Feb 2023 · Textiles

Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

25 Jan 2023 · EU textiles strategy

Meeting with Gints Freimanis (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and Finnwatch ry and Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen

17 Jan 2023 · Public access to customs data

Meeting with Marina Mesure (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and European Environmental Bureau

17 Jan 2023 · Textile

Meeting with Damien Carême (Member of the European Parliament) and Amnesty International Limited and

13 Jan 2023 · Le devoir de vigilance des entreprises

Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and Amnesty International Limited and

13 Jan 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Amnesty International Limited and

13 Jan 2023 · Due Diligence (staff level)

Meeting with Marina Mesure (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

8 Dec 2022 · Santé et sécurité au travail

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Dec 2022 · Situation of clothing and textile industry in Pakistan

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and Anti-Slavery International and

17 Nov 2022 · forced labour

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Amnesty International Limited and

15 Nov 2022 · NGO roundtable on Due Diligence

Clean Clothes Campaign urges public access to EU customs data

19 Sept 2022
Topic — The European Commission is revising the Union Customs Code to improve trade oversight.
Message — The organization wants the law changed to require importers to disclose manufacturer details and make trade data public. This would help stakeholders monitor supply chains for human rights abuses and forced labor. Access should be provided through open, digital formats.12
Why — Transparency would enable the organization to effectively track and report international labor violations.3
Impact — Companies using forced labor will face increased monitoring and bans on their products.4
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Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

5 Jul 2022 · CSDDD

Response to Sustainable Products Initiative

22 Jun 2022

At Clean Clothes Campaign – an international network of over 230 NGOs and trade unions focused on workers’ rights in the garment industry – we strongly believe that traceability and transparency are indispensable tools to ensure that products produced worldwide and consumed on the EU market are made in a sustainable way, with respect for human rights, labour rights and the environment. We welcome the introduction of a Digital Product Passport for many products circulated within the EU market, including textile products, in the context of the Proposal for a Regulation on ecodesign and sustainable product. However it is striking that the Proposal lacks any concrete reference to social issues, working conditions and impacts on workers manufacturing the products, including textile products. Environmental sustainability is not possible without social sustainability, and EU policy and regulatory initiatives on sustainability must reflect this. This Proposal for a Regulation makes the same mistake as the EC Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles, by not explicitly including human and workers’ rights in the concept of sustainability. Together with other civil society organisations, we noted this flaw and declared with reference to the Textile Sustainable Strategy that the legislative framework which we need right now is one that tackles environmental and social impacts together. The introduction of a digital product passport has the potential to improve transparency and access to relevant information for workers and other stakeholders, including consumers. Detailed information about not only upstream or downstream environmental impacts (such as chemical and material-efficiency aspects), but also social impacts on the supply chain actors should be available to all stakeholders at every step of the value chain. The Clean Clothes Campaign therefore calls for: 1) A digital product passport with a product label code linked to a website featuring information on traceability, and information relating to social and human rights impacts; this could also be made available via a QR code printed on the label of the product and landing onto the website; 2) Amending customs legislation to require the specific disclosure of manufacturers’ names and addresses to the relevant customs authorities and the publication of this information. The information accessible via the digital product passport, e.g. for a textile product, should contain: • Suppliers’ information along the supply chain: full name, address, type of product made, number of workers; suppliers should be given a unique ID number to facilitate data processing; • Social data on each supplier, including (i) workforce gender and migrant breakdown with salary costs divided by gender and migrant status, (ii) employment status and working conditions, such as average working time, number of temporary contracts, health and safety measures, (iii) presence of unions at the factory; • Economic information with reference to manufactured orders: (i) price paid before Free on Board (FOB, (ii) volumes of orders, and (iii) purchasing and payment practices (payment terms, separation of living wage cost ); • Information on access to grievance mechanisms in place for the brand to address workers’ and other stakeholders’ complaints, including how often they are used, and what the outcomes and impacts are; • Relevant information provided by auditing reports of the supplier; • Contact information available for external stakeholders to ask questions related to the product and production process. The above should be introduced by amending Art. 7, Art. 9 and Annex III of the Proposal accordingly, and it should be included in the Delegated Acts which will follow the approval of this proposed Regulation.
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Clean Clothes Campaign demands comprehensive EU forced labour ban with transparency requirements

20 Jun 2022
Topic — EU regulation to ban products made with forced labour from EU market.
Message — The organization requests a binding legal instrument covering all companies requiring full value chain traceability with public supplier disclosure. They argue companies must identify suppliers beyond first-tier relationships and that stakeholders should have formal complaint mechanisms to trigger investigations.1234
Why — This would increase pressure on fashion brands to improve supply chain oversight and worker protections.5
Impact — Companies lose flexibility to maintain opaque supply chains and avoid disclosure of sourcing practices.67
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Meeting with Saskia Bricmont (Member of the European Parliament)

24 May 2022 · régulation du secteur textile

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and European Environmental Bureau and

23 Mar 2022 · Views of group of civil society organisations regarding the EU strategy for sustainable textiles

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders) and European Environmental Bureau and

22 Mar 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

10 Mar 2022 · Sustainable Textile Strategy

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE and

14 Feb 2022 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Simeona Manova (Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira)

1 Feb 2022 · Sustainable corporate governance

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and Global Witness and

29 Nov 2021 · Due diligence and forced labour

Meeting with Marlene Rosemarie Madsen (Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira) and European Coalition for Corporate Justice

23 Nov 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

8 Nov 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Toma Šutić (Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica)

28 Oct 2021 · Exchange on EU Sustainable Corporate Governance & Corporate Due Diligence

Meeting with Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

22 Sept 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen), Renaud Savignat (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen) and

17 Sept 2021 · upcoming proposal on sustainable corporate governance

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

27 May 2021 · Due diligence

Meeting with Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová) and European Coalition for Corporate Justice and European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights

7 Apr 2021 · EU Sustainable Corporate Governance & Corporate Due Diligence

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and industriAll European Trade Union and

23 Mar 2021 · Review of the EU regulation on a generalized scheme of preference

Meeting with Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen), Renaud Savignat (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen) and

22 Mar 2021 · corporate due diligence

Response to EU strategy for sustainable textiles

2 Feb 2021

Clean Clothes Campaign is part of the NGO coalition behind the Civil Society strategy for sustainable textiles, garments, leather and footwear and we await the introduction of an ambitious and comprehensive EU Strategy for Sustainable Textiles (“EU Strategy”). European garment brands, retailers and e-tailers have long been implicated in violations of garment workers’ human rights, further exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.These human rights violations (poverty wages, unsafe labour conditions, harassment and discrimination) happen within and outside of the EU. Garment companies have immense influence over their value chains and should be held accountable for how workers are treated in the factories they source from. The fast fashion business model many EU garment companies base their success on, is incompatible with human rights and environmental protection. Contrary to what is written in the Roadmap, the EU clothing industry is actually the one taking advantage of the “lower production costs and environmental and social standards in place in third countries”. Their Profit-maximisation can only be achieved at the expense of workers and the environment. This is why the fast fashion model should be overhauled and we expect the EU Strategy to support such transformation. We want to highlight the following recommendations: 1.To be comprehensive and reflect the practices and impact of the European textile industry, the EU Strategy needs to put the respect of human rights, both within and outside the EU, at the forefront. 2.The garment industry is characterized by overconsumption. To achieve the EU Strategy’s aim of sustainable consumption and production patterns, the EU should develop binding rules and targets for member states and companies on extended producer responsibility, carbon emissions, waste management or sourcing and processing of raw materials and chemicals. 3.In the context of a move towards circular economy and reduced consumption, the EU Strategy should ensure that such reforms are carried out in accordance with a Just Transition, in collaboration with workers. This means that social dialogue, involvement of workers and the promotion of decent jobs needs to be an integral part of the transition to environmentally sustainable economies. 4.Emerging business models such as online retailing, direct selling or influencers apparel sales stand outside EU regulatory frameworks and risks undermining the progress made on sustainability. The EU Strategy should ensure it takes into account these industry developments and can respond to it. 5.The EU will introduce crosssectoral human rights and environmental due diligence and corporate accountability legislation. We call for an ambitious framework covering the entire value chain with reporting and transparency obligations, in addition to the requirement to conduct meaningful due diligence. The EU Strategy should take into account such future legislation as a minimum standard and include specific considerations for this high-risk sector, in order to reflect on how it could support its implementation in the garment sector. 6.If garment companies want to prove their products are produced in the respect of human rights and the environment, they should embrace transparency and access to information as a way to better understand the impact of their operations, enable public scrutiny of their claims and allow for workers and stakeholders to hold them accountable for their operations.The EU Strategy should support the development and implementation of traceability and public disclosure standards. 7.Unfair trading and purchasing practices are at the roots of corporate abuses.Garment companies use their market power to impose unfair business deals on their suppliers and transfer the price pressure to lower tiers in the value chain.Such practices also have an environmental cost linked to overproduction, disposal of orders and waste management.The EU Strategy should tackle this issue
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Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

4 Dec 2020 · Substainable corporate governance

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Amnesty International Limited and

30 Nov 2020 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Clean Clothes Campaign urges binding EU corporate accountability rules

8 Oct 2020
Topic — New EU rules to ensure companies prioritize long-term sustainability and human rights.
Message — The campaign demands mandatory rules covering all businesses and their entire supply chains to prevent labor rights violations. They insist that purchasing practices and living wages must be central to these legal requirements. They also reject social auditing as proof of compliance.123
Why — This would force brands to pay living wages and provide workers legal paths for compensation.45
Impact — Major retailers would lose the ability to use market power to impose unfair, low-cost deals.6
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Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE and

22 Sept 2020 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

5 Jun 2020 · Sustainable corporate governance

Clean Clothes Campaign urges tougher EU corporate transparency rules

25 Feb 2020
Topic — This consultation reviews rules for companies reporting environmental and social impacts.
Message — The organization wants the UN Guiding Principles to become the mandatory standard for corporate transparency. They call for full disclosure of supply chains and penalties for firms that fail to comply. They also recommend applying these rules to smaller companies in high-risk sectors.123
Why — Stricter reporting would help the group better monitor and challenge clothing brands' labor practices.4
Impact — Companies would face higher compliance costs and legal risks from mandatory human rights disclosures.56
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