European Coalition

The Clean Clothes Campaign European Coalition is one of the four regional coalitions in the global network. There are 142 organisations – trade unions, consumer organisations, women’s rights and worker rights organisations as well as other civil society organisations - in 26 European countries inside and outside the European Union, and in 14 countries they are organised in national coalitions. 

In Europe, many garment brands are headquartered and a significant part of the global production of garments land in the European market. But there is also production in Europe, both within EU and in neighbouring countries, and, as in other parts of the work, they face violations of their rights on a daily basis.

In production countries, CCC investigates the conditions of garment workers to report on their reality and supports garment workers directly. A recent big achievement of the European Production Focus Group was the development and launch of the European Floor Wage benchmark, the first credible methodology for calculating a living wage for garment workers in East and South-East Europe. EU-based organisations of the CCC have worked together intensely to influence the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

As a part of the global network, the organisations in the European Coalition collaborate with organisations in other parts of the world to improve the labour conditions of workers. This involves research, campaigning to raise awareness and mobilise consumers, advocacy work towards and public pressure on brands, lobbying national, EU and international policy makers, and more.  

Main priorities in the CCC European Coalition are living wage, health and safety, just transition and legislation and binding agreements on human rights due diligence.