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Thursday 2nd December 2021

Fashion Revolution’s Out of Sight report finds a lack oftransparency persists in fashion supply chains
The 2021 update to ‘Out of Sight: A Call for Transparency From Field To Fabric’ shows that
supply chain transparency amongst 63 major fashion brands and retailers is increasing; but
progress remains too slow and too shallow.
Key findings:●●●●

Only 2 out of 63 brands are disclosing a full list of their textile production sites, anincrease of 1 from last year.
49 out of 63 brands are now disclosing the first-tier manufacturers where theirgarments are cut and sewn, an increase of 2 from last year.
29 brands are disclosing processing facilities such as dyehouses, while only 28
brands are disclosing production sites such as fabric mills.
44% of brands are disclosing at least some of their textile production sites. This is anincrease of 13 percentage points since last year.

A lack of visibility of supply chains can allow exploitative, unsafe working conditions andenvironmental destruction to thrive while obscuring who has the responsibility and power toredress these issues. For many years, there have been reports of labour abuses in textile
mills, informal workshops, tanneries, dyehouses and farms around the world that supply
materials to the global fashion industry, such as recent investigations into the forced labourof Uyghur people to produce cotton and textiles in Xinjiang, China. A lack of transparency
from global fashion brands surrounding where their cotton is produced prevents a chain ofaccountability for this human rights crisis.
Anyone, anywhere should be able to find out how, where, by whom and under whatconditions their clothes are made. This is why Fashion Revolution has been calling for
greater transparency and accountability across the global fashion industry since the RanaPlaza building collapsed in Bangladesh in 2013, which killed more than a thousand garmentworkers.
“There is a real need for transparency beyond the first tier of manufacturing, where millionsof hidden workers face labour abuses to make the fabrics in our clothes,” says Ciara Barry,
Policy & Research coordinator at Fashion Revolution. “Brands must urgently takeresponsibility for the environmental and human rights impacts across their entire supplychains. This starts with disclosing all textile production facilities in their supply chains.”
Calls to action:

●●●This report calls for major brands and retailers to expand supply chain transparency
by disclosing all textile production facilities in their supply chains.
This report also calls on citizens everywhere to demand greater transparency beyond
the first tier by asking brands #WhoMadeMyFabric? on social media.
We’re also inviting producers to share their stories using #IMadeYourFabric, so wecan connect more closely with the people who produce the fabrics and raw materials
in the clothes we wear.

NOTES TO EDITORS
About the #WhoMadeMyFabric campaign
Supply chains in the global garment and textiles industry are notoriously opaque. They arealso long, complex, fragmented, and continuously evolving. In fact, supply chains are more
like webs than linear chains, with networks of agents, contractors and subcontractors. This isa problem because fragmented and opaque supply chains can allow exploitative and unsafe
working conditions to thrive while obscuring who has the responsibility and power to redressthem.
In response, Fashion Revolution calls on citizens everywhere to demand greatertransparency beyond the first tier of the supply chain by asking #WhoMadeMyFabric.
Throughout 2021, thousands of Fashion Revolutionaries have helped us call on major
fashion brands and retailers to publicly disclose the processing facilities and textile mills intheir global supply chains by using our email, social media and product review tools.
About Fashion Revolution
Fashion Revolution is the world’s largest fashion activism movement, campaigning globallyfor a fashion industry that conserves and restores the environment and values people above
growth and profit. In order to achieve this goal, Fashion Revolution conducts research thatshines a light on the fashion industry’s practices and impacts, highlights where brands andretailers are moving too slowly and incentivises and promotes transparency andaccountability across the supply chain.
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Download the Out of Sight report here
Download #WhoMadeMyFabric and #IMadeYourFabric imagery here
For further information about the report or for interview and imagery requests, please contactpress@fashionrevolution.org