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Outland Denim wins Stop Slavery Award


Outland Denim wins Stop Slavery Award

Outland Denim, billed as the world’s most humanitarian denim, has
received the global Thomson Reuters 2020 Stop Slavery Enterprise Award for
small and medium-sized companies, for their efforts to eradicate forced
labour.

The award recognises companies around the world that have taken
“concrete steps to eradicate forced labour from their supply chains and
business operations” and Outland Denim, which employs survivors and
vulnerable women in Cambodia, was praised for its “wide-ranging approach to
helping staff”.

James Bartle, founding chief executive of Outland Denim, said in a
statement: “It’s time for small, medium and large business to stand and
stop accepting slavery as part of our products or services. It is time for
us to stop turning a blind eye or hoping it doesn’t exist; we need to
actively look for it.”

Outland Denim jeans are crafted in the label’s stand-alone production
and finishing facilities in Cambodia, which was founded to offer holistic
support, training and employment to young women who have experienced
exploitation, human trafficking and other human rights violations.

The company was praised for providing its staff with a living wage and
education, as well as offering each of its seamstresses training across all
aspects of garment making.

The award came as the Australian-based brand prepares to launch in
Nordstrom and Bloomingdales.

Image: courtesy of Outland Denim



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