O’Neills urged to be transparent about how sports gear is manufactured

A group lobbying for better working conditions in Bangladesh clothes factories has called on O’Neills to be transparent in how its sports gear is manufactured.

O’Neills urged to be transparent about how sports gear is manufactured

O’Neills has admitted sourcing products from Bangladesh, where the legal minimum wage is less than 25% of what a person needs to live outside of poverty.

The Clean Clothes Campaign Ireland, part of a global alliance of organisations seeking to improve working conditions in the global garment industry, recently asked Irish retailers what they were doing to ensure garment workers received a wage they could live on.

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