Leather Homeworkers Face Many Health Risks
Problems linked to lack of recognition of workers, writes Kohila Senbagam
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Area of Work: Research
When Will Leather Brands Pay Living Wages?
Pradeepan Ravi explains why brands shouldn’t ignore international standards on wages.
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A new living wage benchmark for tea workers
We discuss the concept of a workers’ living wage in the context of tea plantations in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, and compare existing living wage calculations in the light of learnings from a social sustainability study conducted jointly by Cividep India and Finnwatch.
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Leather workers of Tamil Nadu: First-wave induced economic shocks and the need for sustained relief
This article highlights the main findings of a research study conducted by Cividep and its partners INKOTA, Sudwind, and SLD to assess the impact of the unprecedented lockdowns in 2020 on the lives of leather sector workers of Ambur, Tamil Nadu. Cividep’s relief measures to help alleviate the workers’ distress are also described here.
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Human rights due diligence in India’s leather industry: A long way to go
A study by Cividep India, Homeworkers Worldwide, and Ethical Trading Initiative identified adverse labour rights risks and impacts in factories and informal supply chains of leather goods production clusters in India. Companies need to conduct more comprehensive due diligence, involving civil society organizations, in industries such as the export-oriented leather sector in India, with complex and largely unmapped supply chains.
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