1. Realising that minimum pay cannot deliver adequate living standards.

2. Governments and brands need to realise that the voluntary approach to fair wages has failed for decades. Only way to change this is by making a law which will force all retailers to stop putting new store openings and profits before economic justice.
3.  Support workers rights to form or join independent trade unions so that workers and their unions who are not paying decent wages are made to pay rates.

Good Working Conditions
We have known this for decades: most of our clothes are made in countries in which workers rights are limited or non-existent.  Production sites are regularly moving location, on the lookout for ever cheaper labour costs.

Buisness owners are  taking advantage of poor populations who have no choice but to work for any salary, in any working conditions. 

We know that if working conditions improve in one country, companies will just move to another. We believe that we cannot expect much from the corporate world or from government if consumers do not push for a change.

The collapse of the Rana Plaza in 2013 killed 1134 garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This shows the unacceptable working conditions of the whole fashion industry. 
These days employees usually work with no ventilation, breathing in toxic substances, inhaling fiber dust or blasted sand in unsafe buildings. Accidents, fires, injuries, and disease are very frequent occurrences on textile production sites. 

On top of that, clothing worker face a lot of phsical and verbal abuse.

So what can you do?
The best way for you to make a difference is to buy Fairtrade clothing.
Fairtrade specifically refers to brands or products that have been independently certified by the Fairtrade International. In order to receive a Fairtrade certification, a brand must meet certain standards that support the fair payment and rights of producers from underdeveloped countries, the conservation of the environment and the promotion of environmentally sustainable practices. 

-Try to repair them. Sometimes with a bit of imagination, you can repair or even redesign a torn garment.

- Donate your clothes to your friends, family, neighbours, or to charity.

- Some clothes shops take back used clothes from their own brand or even from other brands.

- Put them in the textile recycling bin. Textiles can be recycled to make new clothing.

6.  Buy second hand, rent and swap
There are many stores all around the world that are second hand stores so that you can buy clothes that are ok quality and at a way cheaper price. You can also rent clothes, this is a newly popular way of getting clothes for a shorter period of time such as baby or pregnancy clothes, party dresses etc. 

7. Keep an eye on your washing
Washing our clothes has a significant environmental impact. The average household does almost 400 loads of washing every year, consuming about 60,000 litres of water.