On October 4, the Spanish textile company Inditex, which owns Zara, signed an agreement with the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF), in order to guarantee the respect of decent working conditions among suppliers. Presented as "unprecedented" by the federation, the agreement recognized that the international federation is "the global trade union counterpart for workers engaged in the production of textile, garments and footwear" in terms of CSR. The signatory parties committed to "work together to guarantee the respect (...) of all international labour standards throughout the Inditex supply chain." (Ref. 070824)
Signed by Pablo Isla, First Deputy Chairman and C.E.O. acting for and on behalf of Inditex, and by Neil Kearny, General Secretary of the ITGLWF, in front of Spanish union representatives, this agreement goes over Inditex’s Code of Conduct and reminds that the Spanish company committed that both themselves and their subcontractors meet elementary standards throughout the production chain, including in third countries. The agreement also sets up the control procedure in order to make sure that th
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