In recent years, the environmental, social and governance (or “ESG”) aspects of business have received ever more attention and companies have been pushed through legal, regulatory, consumer and employee pressure to use their values and culture to drive an ESG agenda forward. But while environmental issues have received a lot of coverage, and governance issues are understood to be around law and regulation within a business, what exactly is covered by the “S”, and how is the fashion industry measuring up in addressing “social” issues?

 

In a recent article for Drapers, Simon Kerr-Davis, Counsel in the Employment & Incentives team, delves into how fashion measures up in terms of the social aspect of ESG. You can read the full article here.