DENVER – VF Corporation, which owns the likes of The North Face, Vans and Timberland, has pledged to protect children's rights in support of the UN International Year For The Elimination Of Child Labour.
VF has announced that it is creating a new 'Child Rights Action Pledge' to strengthen the protection of children’s rights and eliminate child labour throughout the global apparel supply chain by 2025.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) says that, even though child labor has decreased by 38 per cent in the last decade, 152 million children are still in child labour.
