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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 H&MThe Swedish retailer is the world’s biggest specialist clothing retailers, valued at £15 billion. It was among the pioneers of ‘cheap chic’, yet was also one of the first fashion retailers to begin pilot projects to improve respect for workers’ rights. Its position seems to be essentially the same as last year.
Responded to survey: said it didn’t receive our first letter, but did respond to the second MSI involvement: yes, Fair Labor Association Wages Grade 1: Accepts the principle of a living wage, but applies legal minimum/industry benchmark. FoA Grade 3: Can offer concrete examples of steps to facilitate access to FoA and CB in conjunction with local trade unions and labour rights groups, but only in a few pilot projects. M&V Grade 1: Suppliers regularly audited and remediation measures taken, in line with basic industry norms only. |
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