Zara Promises Sustainability, But What About Its Garment Workers?

ilana winterstein
3 min readJul 29, 2019

Last week, Zara publicly announced that all of its clothes will be made from 100% sustainable fabrics by 2025. This is a media win for the brand, coming at a point where conscious consumerism is at a peak and environmental issues are creating headlines daily. However, what does this drive towards sustainability mean for Zara’s garment workers?

Bangladeshi garment workers. Photograph by Heather Stilwell.

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ilana winterstein

Ilana Winterstein is an award-winning creative writer, and Urgent Appeals Campaigner at human rights campaigning NGO, Clean Clothes Campaign.