Textile Incidents List: a new website that tracks publicly available information on incidents, labour rights violations and infringements from production countries

Welcome to our new “Textile Incidents List” website: https://textile-incidents.info/about-us.html

This website is part of the project “Multi-Actor Partnership for Improved Due Diligence Implementation in the Textile Sector through Worker- and Community-Based Monitoring.” The initiative is a collaboration between German civil society organizations FEMNET, HEJSupport, INKOTA-netzwerk, and SÜDWIND, along with Bangladeshi partners Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) and Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO). Other partners include the WageIndicator Foundation, Mondiaal FNV, and the Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF).

The project aims to assist companies in meeting their due diligence responsibilities within the textile supply chain, focusing on the protection of workers and their environment. Two monitoring processes are being implemented, initially concentrated in the Savar sub-district of Dhaka, Bangladesh, but designed to be scalable:

1. Worker-Based Monitoring (WBM):
   This method involves interviewing workers from garment and textile factories to gather data on wages and working conditions. The goal is to assess compliance with labor laws and provide accurate information on risks and violations by directly involving the rights holders. Surveys are conducted outside the factories, and the results are compared with Bangladeshi labor law and international standards, published online, and updated annually. Trade unions can leverage this data in negotiations with suppliers to improve wages and working conditions, while companies gain deeper insight into social risks at their suppliers as part of their human rights due diligence (HRDD) requirements.
2. Community-Based Monitoring (CBM):
   This process records environmental damage in communities near textile factories, documenting and storing the data in a database. These cases are reported to local authorities for enforcement action. Additionally, environmental samples are collected to scientifically assess the impact of specific chemicals on both the environment and the local population.

Alongside these two monitoring processes, the project is dedicated to establishing, maintaining, and regularly updating the database that serves as the foundation for this website. This database highlights and tracks publicly available information on incidents, labor rights violations, and breaches occurring in production countries.