When the topic of child labour is raised, it is very often confined to cocoa production in Côte d’Ivoire or mineral extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While child labour is undeniably more present in specific industries and countries, it should not be automatically excluded from human rights risk analysis as soon as operations and value chains are located in Western countries, let alone in the United States (US). Contrary to what some (European) managers may think, child labour does exist in the United States and is far from being limited to one or two small companies. As the former Secretary of Labour Marty Walsh said, child labour in the United States “is not a 19th century problem, this is a today problem”.
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New York introduces Bill on fashion sustainability and social accountability
On January 5, 2022, the Fashion sustainability and social accountability Act (Assembly Bill A8352) was referred to the legislative Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee of the New York State. If passed, the Act would be the first of its kind in the US, requiring fashion retail sellers and manufacturers, on pain of a fine based on annual revenues, to disclose environmental and social due diligence policies.
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