Garment Workers Face a 45 Percent Wage Gap, New Report Finds

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Garment Workers Face a 45 Percent Wage Gap, New Report Finds
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The Industry We Want is a new multi-stakeholder initiative presenting data on the wage gap, purchasing practices and GHG emissions in fashion.

Better Buying Institute’s Partnership Index, referenced by TIWW in its dashboard, gave buyers an annual score of just 39 out of a maximum of 100.

“Some would argue it would require buyers to commit to the key principles of purchasing practices, so they commit to fair payment terms and various other things. Better Buying [Institute] has the Five Principles [Visibility, Stability, Time, Financials and Shared Responsibility]. That would be the soft-branded approach,” said Windham Stewart. “I would argue for either commitments to much stronger contract terms but really I’d get behind policy change.

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