Equatain Consulting was started by Martin Curley to help stakeholders in international supply chains find ways to fairly share the benefits of globalisation.

Martin has more than 25 years of policy and strategy experience, including nearly 20 years working in and with the global garment industry. He was a 2020 Policy Leader Fellow at the European University Institute’s School of Transnational Governance, and  helped to found NGO Katalyst Initiative.  Previously he served as Senior Policy and Research Officer at Fair Wear, where he helped to design the Brand Performance Check system for assessing due diligence processes of garment brands. His background includes experience in government, NGO and higher education environments, and work with most of the major garment industry stakeholder groups.  

He has been involved with the main human rights policy debates surrounding global supply chains, including human rights due diligence, supply chain transparency, access to remedy, and the future of industrial relations in global supply chains.  In particular, his work has focused on the role of European and North American-based companies in ensuring better conditions at their foreign suppliers and subsidiaries.

Martin has served as a guest panelist/speaker at events including the UN Business and Human Rights Forum, OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector, and numerous other conferences. He has contributed to several publications, including:

Global Garment Workers Count: Estimating the Size & Composition of the Global Garment Workforce.  Martin Curley & Anne Lally. Building Blocks for Governing Global Value Chains Working Paper 4. Katalyst Initiative. 2024

Advancing Sustainability Through Supply Chain Legislation? A Policy Trilemma.  Luc Fransen, Martin Curley, Anne Lally.  Environmental Science: Advances. 2024, 3, 1317–1328

Trade Realities: Using Trade Data to Strengthen the Design of Supply Chain Governance. Martin Curley, Anne Lally, Luc Fransen, Jacopo Caja & Lukas Linsi. 2023.  Building Blocks for Governing Global Value Chains Working Paper 3. Katalyst Initiative. 2023.

Higher Ground? Fashion’s Climate Breakdown. Jason Judd, Angus Bauer, Sarosh Kuruvilla, Stephanie Williams. Cornell Global Labor Institute. 2023. (Contributing Author)

Governing Today’s Garment Industry: Key Challenges and Opportunities for Policy-Makers. Lecture as part of the ‘Rebalance Democracy and Capitalism’ series hosted by the University of Pisa. 2023.

Where Would EU Living Wage Legislation Have Impact for Workers? Viewpoints: Good Clothes, Fair Pay. 2023.

Garment Industry Structure: Observations, Challenges and Recommendations for Human Rights Governance Designers. Martin Curley & Anne Lally. Building Blocks for Governing Global Value Chains Working Paper 2. Katalyst Initiative. 2022.

Sizing Up the Garment Industry: Large Brands, Supply Chain Labour Market Share, and Lessons for Governance Design. Martin Curley & Anne Lally. Building Blocks for Governing Global Value Chains Working Paper 1. Katalyst Initiative. 2022.

Human Rights Due Diligence: Making it mandatory – and effective.  European University Institute, EUIdeas. 2020.

Productivity: The Key to Funding Living Wages? Possibilities, Limitations and Alternatives Along The Apparel Value Chain. Klaus Hohenegger, Doug Miller & Martin Curley. Fair Wear Foundation, 2018

Fair Wear Foundation Research Agenda 2017-2020. Martin Curley. Fair Wear Foundation, 2017

Living Wages: An Explorer’s Notebook. Piloting Living Wages In Garment Factories. Anne Lally. Contributing authors Martin Curley and Sophie Koers. Fair Wear Foundation, 2016