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Brand guides · 6 guides

Clothing & footwear

Workers’ wages, sourcing, durability and the claims behind the label.

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6 evidence guides

Clothing & footwear

Adidas

Adidas examined through worker-rights investigations, wage disclosures and material choices. What its policies establish, and what buyers still cannot verify.

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Clothing & footwear

Gap

Gap’s ethics explained using its own factory findings, outside worker evidence and current sustainability assessment. Progress, gaps and practical buying questions.

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Clothing & footwear

Patagonia

Patagonia has substantial environmental commitments and repair support, but living-wage and waste gaps remain. What the evidence means before buying.

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Clothing & footwear

Reebok

Reebok is no longer owned by Adidas. Understand its operating partners, labour disclosure gaps, material claims and recurring membership before buying.

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Clothing & footwear

Shein

Shein’s ethics go beyond cheap clothes: worker testimony, disputed discount claims, regulatory action and privacy. Findings, company responses and buying implications.

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Clothing & footwear

Uniqlo

Uniqlo’s ethical record examined through recent supplier findings, living-wage gaps and useful repair services. What the Fast Retailing evidence shows.

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