Fashion Transparency Index 2023

The Fashion Transparency Index conducts an annual assessment of 250 of the world’s largest fashion brands and retailers, evaluating them based on their disclosure practices concerning human rights and environmental policies in both their operations and supply chains.

The focus is deliberately directed toward major fashion entities, as they wield substantial influence over the well-being of workers and the impact on the environment, thus holding primary responsibility for instigating positive change.

Emphasizing the need for systemic change in the global fashion industry, the report highlights transparency as a crucial element in addressing issues like exploitation that persist within the industry.

Fashion Revolution, the publisher of this report, has been actively campaigning for transparency in the fashion industry since 2014, utilizing the Fashion Transparency Index as a practical tool to assess and encourage greater disclosure.

While acknowledging transparency as a critical initial step, the text clarifies that it is not a revolutionary concept but a necessary precursor for achieving sustainability, accountability, and fairness in the fashion sector.

Notably, transparency is distinguished from sustainability, with the understanding that without transparency, the endeavor to create a sustainable, accountable, and fair fashion industry would face formidable challenges.

The report also points out the opacity prevalent in a significant portion of the fashion value chain, emphasizing that a lack of visibility hampers efforts to address issues such as exploitation. In short, transparency is foundational to transformative change, providing the groundwork for addressing concerns related to human rights and environmental impact in the fashion industry.

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