Information for the press
Clean Clothes Campaign is available to answer media inquiries regarding labour rights issues and corporate behaviour in the global garment and sportswear industries.
Contact information
Amsterdam, The Netherlands:
press@cleanclothes.org
+31-20-4122785
Please also consider contacting the national coalition in the country where are based, or where the topic you are writing about or brand you are investigating is located.
Find more information and contact details on our global network here.
What we can and cannot help with:
Our specific focus is labour conditions in the ready made garment industry.
We have no in-house expertise available on other related topics, such as the environmental impact of the apparel industry or labour rights in cotton farming.
We can provide photographic material on many of the topics that we work on. Please be aware that we have less audio-visual material available. Most of the material that we have is used in our campaign videos.
Subscribe to our press list
To receive press releases from the Clean Clothes Campaign international office please e-mail your name, organisation and contact details to press@cleanclothes.org with the words “Add to Press List” in the subject line.
All our press releases are also posted on this website and are shared over twitter.
To join the press lists of national Clean Clothes Campaign coalitions please find more information and contact details here.
Are you a journalist interested in interviewing a garment worker?
We believe that stories about the garment industry should not only be written from the perspective of the activist or consumer, but should also include the voices of people on the ground. However we cannot give you access to factories, and unless we have a specific campaign with worker involvement we can not set up interviews on demand. Alternatively we would be happy to help you reach out to organisations in garment-producing countries where our network is present.
Looking for advice on specific brands and where to shop?
If you are looking for information on particular brands or advice on where to shop, please be aware that we are not able to comment on individual companies. The general lack of transparency in the sector, the complexity of supply chains and the large number of factories and suppliers makes this an enormous undertaking. Please visit FashionChecker.org to research brands.
We encourage consumers to hold the clothing companies that they purchase from accountable however we do not advocate boycotting. We have found that contacting companies on social media regarding their ethics is especially effective. It is very visible and encourages others to join in on the conversation.
For further information regarding high-street brands and why we do no advocate boycotting, visit the FAQ section of our website.
Are you a student researching the garment industry?
If your email is a request for research support for an academic paper or project please be aware that we are unable to respond due to the high number of requests. We make all information that might be helpful to you, including our industry reports and other resources, publicly available for download on our website.
Do you need background or additional information?
For background information about the garment industry and Clean Clothes Campaign you can visit our Fashion's Problems pages, FAQ and country profiles. There is also a lot of information in our most recent campaigns and be sure to check out our latest publications.
Latest press releases
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October 17, 2024
After years of pressure Levi’s commits to protecting workers in Pakistan
Denim giant Levi’s Strauss has signed a binding agreement to ensure that garment workers making its jeans in Pakistan will finally be able to go to work without having to fear for their lives. The Clean Clothes Campaign network welcomes the brand’s decision to join this binding and independent mechanism to protect workers in Pakistan, and is grateful to the many unions and campaigners that have worked with us to make this possible. We also encourage Levi’s to soon take the same decision for workers in Bangladesh.
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September 25, 2024
Luxury brands, cheap practices: fired garment workers abandoned by leading fashion houses
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September 9, 2024
Nike faces unprecedented annual meeting revolt over failure to respect worker rights
Ahead of tomorrow’s Nike annual meeting, CEO John Donahoe is faced with major investors defying his recommendation to ignore worker rights concerns. Instead ever more investors are coming out in force to demand that the sportswear giant fixes its failure to accurately monitor human rights violations in its supply chain. These investors are joining the chorus of rights organisations, unions, consumers, and students who have urged Nike to end its cruel and unnecessary four-year stand off with thousands of vulnerable unpaid workers. Investors claim that these millions in wages still legally owed to workers in Nike’ supply chain pose a sizable risk.
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August 2, 2024
Activists disrupt Nike’s Olympic advertising extravaganza with unpaid workers’ demands
Spending its largest marketing budget in Olympic history, sportswear giant Nike has taken over Paris with advertising, including a screen spanning the Centre Pompidou museum. Activists yesterday evening raised the hypocrisy of Nike’s billion dollar marketing spend while refusing workers in its supply chain the $2.2 million in outstanding wages and compensation they are legally owed, through an action at the heart of Nike’s advertising.
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