Pietra Rivoli Quotes

You need companies investing in these countries, so women have employment opportunities, and you also need these forces of conscience. Without the activists, in the United States we would still have child labor, we would still have 16-hour days.

The movement really has evolved because their initial demands [such as factory codes of conduct and disclosure of supplier names and addresses] have virtually all been met. This recent idea of factory certification is building on what they got some time ago.

But by shining these lights in different places, they really have uncovered things that companies in their own interest are trying to clean up. We’re not going to get rid of the realities of global competition. But these companies, like Nike or Gap, have global brands that they want to protect.