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Task 1 Exploring The Ethical Fashion Report

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Geographies of Interconnections Assignment #1 - The Geography of My Shopping! Investigating how you are connected to people and places in the world Learning Intentions: • Understand about the idea of “place” and how we connect to different places • Understand the ways places and people are interconnected with other places through trade Assessment: Criterion 2: Locate, select, use and acknowledge relevant information. Criterion 5: Communicate clearly and accurately using a range of forms and technologies ____________________________________________________________________________________ TASK: Complete the following tasks to better understand the effects of your purchasing habits and how the products you own connect you to the rest of the …show more content…

Page numbers are included in the question to help you find the answers. Open the Report and complete the questions below in the spaces provided. 1. What event prompted Baptist World Aid Australia to begin making the Ethical Fashion Report in 2013? (p. 5) Google the event and read about what happened. The Rana plaza incident in 24th of April 2013 prompted Baptist World Aid Australia to begin making the Ethical Fashion Report in 2013. The incident claimed 1,135 lives, and injured around 2 500 many of whom lost limbs. A court in Bangladesh has charged 38 people with murder and three were charged with helping Rana flee after the tragedy. The tragedy has not only prompted Baptist World Aid Australia to begin making the Ethical Fashion Report, it has also lead to safety checks that have led to many factory closures and the loss of exports and jobs. 2. On what kind of scale are the companies rated? The fourth report on labour rights management systems in the fashion industry produced by …show more content…

What do you think is meant by the word ‘traceability’? How is this relevant to ethical trading? Traceability refers to whether or not a company has a system in place that publishes and/or traces their raw materials and suppliers. In the last year companies have published full supplier lists (16% to 26% last year). Over the last four years we have seen a increase in traceability deeper to the supply chain. Raw material tracing still is a persistent problem with only 7% of companies knowing where all their cotton is coming from. 7. Examine the infographic on pages 6-7 a. Which area is still needing major attention? China is still needing major attention as it remains the most common country for production, shortly followed by India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand. b. What are some of areas of improvement in this year’s results? In this year’s results some of the areas of improvement include traceability (companies have published full supplier lists percents rising 10% (16% to 26%)), 67% of companies are making efforts to train suppliers, buyers and factory managers to understand human trafficking, child labour, and forced labour risks, 77% of companies are working to actively improve leverage and relationships with suppliers, through supplier consolidation and/or industry collaboration, 59% of companies are investing in paying fairer wages to workers, companies tracking the presence of trade unions and collective bargaining agreements in the majority of their factories

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