Supply chain 4.0 ‘increases risks for workers’

PARIS - Ultra-fast, data-driven fashion models risk hard-wiring volatility, subcontracting and weak purchasing practices into global supply chains unless due diligence systems are rapidly “retooled”, speakers warned at the OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector in Paris.

A panel session, entitled 'Supply chains 4.0: Due diligence implications of e‑commerce-driven business models', chaired by OECD due diligence chief Hannah Koep-Andrieu, examined how e‑commerce and demand-driven models were reshaping supply chains and enabling ultra-fast fashion and small-batch, on‑demand production.