- Polish labels in ruins of Rana Plaza factory
The labels of the Cropp, a brand owned by the biggest Polish garment company LPP S.A. were found in the ruins of Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh. The factory collapsed on April 24 killing 1127 workers who sewed the clothes for many world’s brands, including Cropp. Clean Clothes Polska immediately responded to information about Polish brand’s clothes produced in Rana Plaza by asking the LPP company to comment on it, sending information to the media and launching online campaign to make LPP take full responsibility for its chains of production. Consequently, on May 27th news about Polish clothes being produced in the collapsed factory appeared on the media, more than 1500 emails were sent to the LPP in response to Clean Clothes Polska’s call for action and the LPP issued a statement admitting that its clothes were produced in the fatal factory.
Then, Clean Clothes Polska took steps to make the LPP sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh since the company so far has not made any efforts to become responsible for working conditions in its chains of production.
The LPP company, however, refused to join over 70 international garnment companies in their effort to guarantee save working conditions in the factories they produce. Therefore, the Clean Clothes Polska is considering futher actions to make the Polish consumers be aware of how LPP avoids any responsibility for lives of people who sew their clothes.
July 2013
- Stop buying slave-grown cotton from Uzbekistan
CCC Polska is taking part in the international campaign to make H&M company to take all necessary steps to fulfill its pledge not to buy slave-grown cotton from Uzbekistan. CCC and the world community call on H&M to ban companies that do business with the Uzbek cotton industry from its supply chain and break ties with Daewoo International.
January 2013
- “Labels” reveal the truth about H&M clothes
KARAT was involved in the campaign aimed at a big garment retailer H&M company which pays its workers in Cambodia below living wage. The CCC activists were inserting the “labels” into the pockets of H&M clothes which informed about the hard working conditions in the company’s factories in Cambodia and the outrageous wages which are not high enough to provide decent life. The campaing was also a part of awareness raising activities conducted by CCC Polska in Polish society.
December 2012
- Success of our consumers’ campaign!
The campaign “Reserved: don’t reserve the information!” demanding transparency and social responsibility from one of the largest Polish clothing company (LPP and its most common brand – Reserved) brought very satisfying results. The LPP has committed to work on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy and update company’s Code of Conduct taking into consideration the Clean Clothes Campaign’s guidelines. It has also announced to undertake inspections assessing working conditions in supplying factories.
The campaign started with letters sent to LPP by consumers from Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Romania asking how the company ensures decent working conditions in its supply chain. Then, it was supported by action on the company’s facebook page. The outcomes of these actions will be presented in a report and the plan of improvements is going to be developed by the end of 2012.
March 2012