Turkey

Worker representation was the focal point of the work carried out by Turkish cluster in 2012. Both projects materialized in the developement of two projects in collaboration with IndustriALL and the Association for the Support of Contemporary Living (CYDD).

Inditex and IndustriALL drew up a guide to help workers freely choose their representatives and also held a series of training sessions on labour rights. The collaboration with CYDD, was designed to develop and implement the Minors Labour Prevention and Remediation Plan.

The cluster, along with other relevant players in the sector, also participated in the Joint Turkey Programme, which aimed to improve the labour conditions of clothing industry workers within the country.

Concerning the compliance programme, in 2012 the following actions are worth mentioning:

• Seven auditors were trained in Inditex’s social audit methodology
• 59 individual meetings with suppliers
• 133 competence visits to factories directed at ensuring compliance with the Code of Conduct for Manufacturers and Suppliers

More information about the clusters can be found in the Sustainability Balance Sheet.