Neumann is the Canadian director of the United Steelworkers, which, on Thursday, launches its No More Operating in the Dark campaign, targeting generally Canadian apparel companies that have yet to introduce full supply chain transparency, and specifically Canadian Tire. And yet, as the Follow the Thread report states, “virtually no public information was available concerning apparel companies that were sourcing from the factories involved. Transparency disclosure long predates the Rana Plaza tragedy. But now look at a company like H&M, which commits to the quarterly publication of the names and addresses of supplier factories and vendors. In February, Loblaw started posting the names of its supplier factories, with a commitment to update the list of manufacturers twice annually.

Source: thestar April 20, 2017 04:52 UTC