Asos has extended its human rights commitments into transport and logistics, signing a legally binding agreement with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to safeguard workers across its global supply chain.
The partnership makes Asos the first fashion business with agreements in place with both the ITF and IndustriALL, covering product manufacturing as well as transport operations.
Under the deal, the online fashion giant and the ITF will collaborate on human rights due diligence (HRDD), ensuring risks are identified, mitigated, and remedied where violations occur.
Stephen Cotton, ITF General Secretary, said: “Agreements like this are helping the ITF to shift the dial on the protection of transport workers’ rights. But we can only do this in tandem with pioneering, progressive businesses like ASOS, who are ready to push far beyond the minimum of what’s legally required of them.”
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The agreement will see the retailer implement monitoring and compliance measures across directly operated and subcontracted transport operations, engage workers in line with ITF guidance, and provide remediation in cases of rights violations. It also includes collaboration on climate change and gender equality, key issues affecting the sector.
Asos CEO José Antonio Ramos Calamonte said: “Our new agreement with ITF will enable us to take our work even further and extend our action to protecting and improving the human rights of workers in our transport and logistics supply chain, reducing risk and improving supply chain resilience while delivering positive change for the people supporting our business.”
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