Worker Rights Consortium

Thulsi Narayanasamy, our Director of International Advocacy, spoke on the panel “Too Hot To Fashion?” alongside Clean Clothes Campaign and Solidarity Center during , exploring what a looks like in the garment sector.

We emphasized that ensuring fair purchasing practices and living wages for garment workers is essential to addressing both the root causes and the negative impacts of fashion on the climate crisis.

As Thulsi noted on the panel: “I hadn’t expected to have such an enthusiastic audience when discussing why the fundamental shifts required in the structure of clothes manufacturing to ensure living wages and decent work are the same shifts needed to reduce the negative impact of fashion on the climate. That has given me great hope.”

She added: “You can’t have environmental sustainability while abusing workers’ rights, and you can’t protect garment workers’ rights while ignoring fashion’s climate footprint—the causes of both are inextricably linked, and the solutions must be, too.”

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