Temu clothing

Re Ghe White Company:

I think theg are "Good" because they are transparent, independently audited, and legally committed to improvement. They have B Corp status. They are significantly safer and more ethical than the vast majority of high-street retailers and send their own staff out to audit and use secret audits where workers are anonymous.

​They are not yet "Great" because they haven't solved the payments to workers entirely- they have a plan to ensure every worker in the chain earns enough to thrive, not just survive. From whay I've read they want to achieve this by the end of this year.
They are a brand that is clearly "trying" and succeeding in areas of safety and transparency, but they are still operating within a global system that makes 100% ethical certainty nearly impossible.

I think their efforts are worth noting.
Not there yet.

nanna8

I think they would be worse. The Chinese are communists so they kind of believe in equality ?

Mmmm that’s debatable, however, many of us have zero idea how and where any of our goods are made and the conditions workers face. I started to feel guilty drinking tea, I saw a horrible piece about how some tea workers are treated.

I do try and buy fair trade goods and also support independent workers with an organisation which does crowd-funding loans. I’m not vegan or veggie, but try and buy free range and organic and try only to use other products not tested on animals, although this is often hard and I do rely (as does DH) on daily medications which I’m pretty sure would have been tested on animals.

I also recycle whenever and wherever I can and support charities close to my heart with small monthly donations.

I think the point here is we all try and our bit, in our own ways.

Yes it would be great to put pressure on various organisations to treat their workers better and more fairly, but the sad and tragic truth is these companies would simply close down their operation and simply move them elsewhere depriving their original employees of much needed incomes.

It’s a tough world and we can only do so much.

It’s great we have personal choice and none of my clothes go in the bin afterwards, I look after them and then off they go to the charity shop or recycling shops or bank.

I think they would be worse. The Chinese are communists so they kind of believe in equality ?

… caveat of course is that clothes made eg in Pakistan or Sri Lanka are probably equally best avoided.

I would never buy from Temu, there is no justification for supporting cheap Chinese labour. I read the labels on absolutely everything I buy, even clothes on Vinted, and try very hard to avoid Chinese-made products whenever there is an alternative.

We've had loads of stuff from Temu - some great, some not. We have had saucepans, coats, tops. I've had some lovely summer dresses. The shoes are fantastic. Returning stuff is a doddle. We just put it in one of those lockers and the money is usually back in our bank in two days. Occasionally, if we request a return, they will refund us and tell us to keep the item. So the local charity shop benefits too.

Dontcallmelove

I was quite surprised to find that a large proportion of clothing from The White Company comes from China. Hopefully the huge price tag is a reflection on how much workers are paid!

I very much doubt it, sadly

nanna8

Stuff from Temu comes from many different sources so to condemn them all is rather unreasonable. Clothes I have had vary. Some lovely, some cheap and nasty. If you look at labels on most clothes from any retailer they say made in China these days. Temu just cut out the middleman.

I agree. I see it as a sort of Asian Amazon and they sell far more than just clothing too.

Stuff from Temu comes from many different sources so to condemn them all is rather unreasonable. Clothes I have had vary. Some lovely, some cheap and nasty. If you look at labels on most clothes from any retailer they say made in China these days. Temu just cut out the middleman.

Yes Dontcallmelove exactly my thinking too!
Nearly every clothing label you look at says Made in China.

I was quite surprised to find that a large proportion of clothing from The White Company comes from China. Hopefully the huge price tag is a reflection on how much workers are paid!

I bought a top from Temu feeing very guilty. I was delighted with it both fit colour and quality.
I looked at the label on a top I had bought from a well know brand at twice the price - guess what- it was made in China! I suspect the girls who make the clothes are getting the same wages whether for companies working for Temu or big brands . Temu are able to keep prices low because of the quantities they sell worldwide. My opinion!

I’ve just made my first order. I looked to see if I could buy the same product elsewhere but couldn’t. It arrived quickly, I bought a large rather than a medium and was glad I did. Quality wise it’s great. Reasonable price, rather than being ridiculously cheap. Absolutely lovely piece of clothing.

Definitely hit and miss. Read the reviews, that will give you some indication.

Not for me, generally pretty cheap to buy, so encourages adding to the tons of landfill every year.
I’d rather make do, buy second hand or buy less of better quality.

Also “hit and miss” Please give us an “edit” button x

*earn

I do buy from TEMU. Many reasons, and I am aware that there staff are not treated that well, but they do have a job and the (small) income they ear does go to keeping their families fed.

There are many different sellers and producers selling via TEMU, quality is really hot and miss as are prices and delivery times.

However, 90% of what I’ve bought has been right size and matches description given.

Many other very well know “brands” source much of their labour abroad and simply keep it quiet.

We often genuinely have no idea where our goods are actually from nor the state of their labour force.

If you say so Takethat
read about it

A tall above

What would the workers do instead though They must be desperate to work like that is no job stall better ?

I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole because of the way the workers are kept in slave like conditions that’s the way the goods are kept so cheap. The workers are kept in bad conditions, work weeks without any time off, they have to move away from their families and ‘live’ in a kind of workers village, they work 12/15 hours a day,
Read up on it and then see if you’re comfortable buying into a group of companies with no human rights in place