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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 PrimarkAfter a year or two of Primark frenzy, the retailer has come under fire in the media spotlight a lot this year, with a number of exposés of poor working conditions in its suppliers. In 2006, it was a new member of the Ethical Trading Initiative; in 2007, it has definitely improved on last year.
Responded to survey: yes 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.
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