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Ethical factor:Salaries
Ethical factor:Health and safety
Ethical factor:Transparency
SalariesMore Information
You have chosen shoes produced by underpaid workers. Millions of employees in the shoe industry live in extreme poverty. Yet their pay represents only 2% of the sales price of shoes. If they were paid a living wage, it would barely impact the price of the shoes.
Health and safetyMore Information
You have chosen shoes that were made without any health and safety protection for workers. They are the weakest link in the supply chain – and have to pay the price. Low wages are linked to health issues. It is therefore essential to protect both health and safety of the workforce in factories and tanneries. This is the companies’ responsibility.
TransparencyMore Information
You have selected an intransparent mode of production, where working conditions cannot be controlled. Transparency is however necessary to guarantee fair working conditions: companies must know their suppliers and subcontractors in order to be aware of the measures they implement to guarantee fair working conditions.
Well done! You opted for a just and fair production of your shoes! But can they really be made in a sustainable way? The current situation in the shoe industry is far from just and fair. It is nearly impossible to find ethically correct shoes in a shop. But you can help to improve the working conditions. We show you how.
The ethical factor of your shoes is not 100%. The shoe industry is unfortunately anything but sustainable: the big brands don’t really care about sustainable and fair working conditions. That makes it nearly impossible to find ethically correct made shoes in shops. But you can help to improve the working conditions. We show you how.
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Demand better working conditions, spread the word to your friends and help us raise awareness about the dark side of the shoe industry.
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Discover the hidden face of the shoe industry, its unacceptably low salaries and dangerous chemical products.
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