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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 Jigsaw / KewJigsaw Group is the most interesting case we have followed this year. It “objected greatly” to our profile of it in 2006, which had been based on a letter from Jigsaw to an LBL a supporter, as we had not received any response to our own inquiries. Jigsaw said it never received these inquiries and, as if to prove the point, presented us with a telephone directory-sized dossier when we met with it. Jigsaw Group sources 90% of its products from just six factories with whom it has long term relationships, meaning that it should be able to improve quickly. We think Jigsaw needs to play catch-up, but it has made a good start.
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 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.
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