Arcadia Group (Topshop, Topman, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge, Wallis, Evans, Outfit)

In the year since Let’s Clean Up Fashion 2006 was published, Arcadia has employed two consultants to  help develop its ethical trading programme: one for Topshop and Topman, and one for the whole group.   While this does seem to be leading to an improvement in its systems for managing ethical trading, there is nothing to suggest that it has engaged practically with the specific concerns we raised in our 2006 report.

Responded to survey: yes

MSI involvement: no

Wages Grade 2: Acknowledges that minimum and industry benchmark wages are not sufficient standards, but no real efforts to apply living wage.

FoA Grade 1: Accepts the rights to FoA and CB in principle, but no examples of how enforced.

M&V Grade 1: Suppliers regularly audited and remediation measures taken, in line with basic industry norms only.

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