European high-end luxury brands are more dependent on forced labour factories to make their clothes.
KnowTheChain, a non-profit group, has in its report found renowned fashion giants like Fendi, Dior and Prada using workers who are exploited or face the threat of being exploited in garment factories.
The non-profit agency has been ranking brands on the basis of the extent to which the companies have reformed their supply chains so that their products are not made by exploited workers.
KnowTheChain added that many of these apparel brands do not give complete information about their supply chains as these brands use network of factories that misuse or abuse the rights of workers.
In some countries, workers also have to pay several dollars to employment agencies to get a job, failing which their important documents including passport are confiscated.
Fashion brands like Burberry, Kering and Ralph Lauren, according to KnowTheChain, have scored better grades in maintaining an ethical supply chain.
On the other hand, athleisure brands like Adidas, Gap and Lululemon are among those who have scored high grades for treating their workers fairly. Adidas has been training factories on ethical employment across Vietnam, Indonesia, Taiwan and other countries.
KnowTheChain has been encouraging companies to employ workers directly instead of employing them through job agencies.
