12 May 2026

How CCC's court case against Levi's draws on consumer solidarity (webinar recording)

On 6 May 2026 CCC and SOMO co-organised a webinar about the recently announced court case against Levi’s as a strategic litigation intervention in the textile industry. The recording is now available.

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The session featured contributions from Olivier Schotel, Lisette van der Linde (both de Roos), Chloé Bailey (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights) and Giuseppe Cioffo (CCC) and was moderated by Aintzane Márquez Tejón (SOMO). They reflected on the factual background, the legal theory, the role of consumer law, and the broader political and regulatory context in which the case is being brought (including the broader debate on CSDDD in Europe).

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Further reading:

The announcement of court case against Levi's on SOMO's website: https://www.somo.nl/levis-sued-over-misleading-claims-on-labour-conditions/
More background information about the Levi's case is available on the CCC website: https://cleanclothes.org/campaigns/levis
A machine-translated version of the public writ of summons can be downloaded from https://www.schonekleren.nl/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Machine-translation-NE-ENG-Stichting-Schone-Kleren-Kampagne-Clean-Clothes-Campaign-v.-Levi-Strauss-Nederland-B.V.-e.a.-en-US.pdf

Announcement about the findings from SOMO, CCC and Consumentenbond with regards to the use of social audits in claims that brands make about working conditions: https://www.somo.nl/audited-ethical-how-fashion-brands-mislead-consumers/

About ECCHR's case against Amazon and IKEA under the German Supply Chain Act: https://www.ecchr.eu/en/case/zehn-jahre-nach-rana-plaza-beschaeftigte-reichen-beschwerde-ein/
About ECCHR's latest case against KiK under the German Supply Chain Act: https://www.ecchr.eu/en/case/systematic-violations-of-labour-rights-in-pakistani-garment-factories/
About the 2010 complaint against Lidl for misleading advertising: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/lidl-retracts-advertisements-germany/
ECCHR analysis of the German Supply Chain Act after 2 years of implementation: https://www.ecchr.eu/en/publication/zwei-jahre-lieferkettengesetz-ein-erfahrungsbericht/
ECCHR report looking at how garment brands are failing to comply with their obligations under the GermanSupply Chain Act https://www.ecchr.eu/en/publication/unpicking-the-german-supply-chain-act-how-the-fashion-industry-is-failing-to-address-labor-rights-violations-in-pakistan/