Amazon Watch & Cabes GIE

For 25 years, Amazon Watch has protected the rainforest and advanced the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. Amazon Watch protects millions of acres of rainforest every year by partnering with Indigenous peoples to directly challenge the corporate and government powers that threaten the Amazon and our climate. 

Amazon Watch promotes Indigenous-led solutions and expands capacity for Indigenous leaders to maintain their autonomy and sovereignty for the stewardship of their ancestral territories. Amazon Watch holds governments and corporations accountable, defends Earth Defenders against threats and attacks, channels support and holds open the doors of the international stage for our Indigenous partners, and supports bonds of solidarity. Amazon Watch is committed to protecting the remaining rainforest to avert the tipping point of the ecosystem for the future of the Amazon and the global climate.

The GIE CABES is made up of individual and collective enterprises of craftsmen in the textile sector in Burkina Faso and Mali. It aims to promote artisanal and traditional textiles and create a reliable supply chain that meets international standards. GIE CABES offers work opportunities to artisans from marginalized communities, especially women, to lift them out of poverty. To achieve its objectives, GIE CABES collaborates with the Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI) to consolidate its expertise and resources by providing technical assistance and training, as well as facilitating long-term business opportunities with fashion clients.

Thanks to this assistance, around 2,885 artisans or 90 associations and cooperatives working throughout the value chain of hand-woven textiles, from cotton ginning to finished fabrics, are now suppliers of international fashion brands and lifestyle.