Did you know?

That the manufacturing supply chain for a single garment involves up to

That more than different processes involving multiple workers and suppliers?

Australian textile, clothing and footwear businesses have ECA accreditation.

ECA’s accreditation program was created in response to

Rising Concerns

about the exploitation of Australian TCF workers, particularly of outworkers.

Physical Audit

That taking part in the ECA’s accreditation program involves a of all in house operations and any outsourced activities. This can also mean visits to outworkers who are predominately working from their homes.

The Compliance Officers from the Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) Union that work with Ethical Clothing Australia

Find Breaches

on almost every audit that is undertaken, with superannuation, incorrect payments and Occupational Health and Safety breaches high on the list.

In the past year, compliance audits uncovered

1290 Breaches

Research has found that accredited labelling can

influence a consumer's purchase

decisions at the point of sale, as it reminds them of the ethical concerns involved in clothing production.

386

310

209

Of these, were related to Health and Safety, in relation to Workers Compensation and related to Supply Chain Relationships.

The TCF Union supported ECA accredited businesses to remedy these breaches and ultimately ensuring the workers were paid and working in safe conditions.