Frequently Asked Questions

• What's all this jargon?

• What does the Clean Clothes Campaign do?
  What are its main objectives and activities?

• How is the Clean Clothes Campaign structured?

• Why does the Clean Clothes Campaign focus on clothes and sportswear?

• Is the Clean Clothes Campaign the only organisation campaigning to improve working conditions in the garment industry?

• Has the Clean Clothes Campaign had any successes in improving working conditions?

• Why doesn't the whole world know about these issues?

• What kind of (audiovisual) material, publications and educational information do you have available?
  Do you have a newsletter?

• Do you have a list of "good" or "clean" garment brands, retailers or manufacturers?
  Where should ordinary consumers buy their clothes?

• How can I become active in this campaign?

• I want to represent CCC in my country. I want to start a CCC office. What do I do?

• What exactly is a sweatshop?

• What do the workers earn from making a piece of clothing, and where does the rest of my money go to?

• What seems like too low a wage for consumers and activists in Northern countries may be okay in those countries, right?
  And they are paid the minimum wage!

• What is a living wage?

• Aren't the workers in the garment industry doing something themselves?

• Do these workers want you to campaign for them?
  They may loose their jobs, and now they at least earn something and have a job!

• Shouldn't it be the government's job to make sure there are decent working conditions?

• Do you have a list of "good" or "clean" garment brands, retailers or manufacturers?
  Where should ordinary consumers buy their clothes?

• Why isn't there a Clean Clothes Campaign label?

• Won't "clean clothes" be expensive?

• Where can I find information on specific companies and their labour practices?

• How do I find out where my clothes are made?

• Do you call for boycotts?

• The sourcing companies, including the big brands, say that in their workplaces the working conditions are okay, and that they check them regularly. So they are making an effort, right?

• How far down the subcontracting chain does our responsibility as a company go?

• What about medium or small sized companies with limited resources? They surely cannot be held responsible for working conditions in their supply chain to the same extent as powerful trans national companies?

• What should companies do when they find human or labour rights violations in their subcontracting chain?

• What is a code of conduct?

• What is a model code of conduct?

• According to the CCC, what is a good code of conduct?

• What's in the CCC Model Code?

• Why aren't there any environmental demands in the codes of conduct?

• Has the CCC model code of conduct been adopted by any companies?
  Are there good monitoring and verification models?

• Are there other codes of conduct in the garment sector besides the CCC model code?

• What is a company code of conduct?

• Why are codes of conduct so important?

• What is the ILO?
  What are ILO conventions?
  What are core labour standards?

• What is meant by implementation of a code of conduct?

• What is meant by monitoring of a code of conduct?