Modern slavery supply chains: The rules of the game need to change

How can responsible investors navigate the fast fashion industry?

As far as a pitch for a Netflix docudrama goes, it is unlikely to get executive pulses racing. 'Fast fashion brand is found to have less than optimal working practices, endangering the most vulnerable staff?'

People have heard all that before, for decades. And yet history keeps on repeating itself, the same story making headlines in 2020. How can responsible investors move with confidence in such an environment? The latest retailer to fall from grace - Boohoo Group - comes in a long line of supply chain scandals in apparel. Its meteoric rise from Manchester market stall to full market listing and billions of pounds in sales took place at exactly the same time as public awareness around sweatshops took root. At exactly the same time as the Rana Plaza disaster saw the world wake up to the tr...