But what can we do? Stop buying the garments and the jobs – low paid and horrible as they may be – dry up and even the pittance is gone. Make it clear that consumers are willing to pay a premium for the assurance that they are not screwing over the vulnerable? Yes, that’s a slowly growing trend, but not big enough to make an impact on such a vast market. The producers will just buy an ‘ethical’ subsidiary to mop up the market, as with Green and Black.

Good idea to highlight the issue, but there are no easy answers.