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This report isn't an 'ethical shopping guide'. The way to help workers is not to boycott one company in favour of another, it's to shift from being a passive consumer to an active one. Each time you buy clothes, get in touch with the company you bought them from, ask them what they are doing about the recommendations in this report. Together, we can - and we will - clean up fashion. |
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Page 1 of 3 DebenhamsDebenhams is one of the top clothing retailers in Britain by value market share. As with last year, we felt that its responses to our questions were vague and aspirational, with little tangible to show. Debenhams told us that it was planning to expand its Corporate Social Responsibility team this year, and gave us the impression that it didn’t expect to make any serious progress until this happened.
Responded to our survey: once MSI involvement: yes, Ethical Trading Initiative Wages Grade 2: Acknowledges that minimum and industry benchmark wages are not sufficient standards, but no real efforts to apply living wage. FoA Grade 2: Acknowledges that access to FoA and CB requires worker and management training, but no real efforts to ensure workers have access. M&V Grade 2: Acknowledges the limitations of social audits as tools for ensuring compliance, but no examples of how moving beyond them. Download Debenhams' submission |
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