French Connection – Another Code of Conduct

French Connection have responded to my letter very quickly and so perhaps are re-thinking their ways and want to give more priority within their business to ethical trade – or perhaps they just have a standard letter they print off for everyone who asks about it!  Judge for yourself on the ‘French Conenction’ page under [...]

Another letter at last – to Fat Face

I have at last found time to write another letter to a High Street retailer to encourage them and find out more about their ethical policy.  This time it was the turn of Fat Face.
Fat Face are members of ETI (the Ethical Trading Initiative) and have a practical and realistic ethical policy on their website: [...]

Arcadia have replied – Ethical by Code of Conduct

Arcadia Group (representing Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Miss Selfridge, Outfit, Top Shop, Top Man and Wallis) have responded to my letter asking about how their garments are produced.
They have declined to answer the questions directly, even easy ones such as where their garments are made, but have at least responded – unlike Adams, Asda/George and [...]

No reply from Coast

Coast have not responded to my letter and so I have concluded that ethical trading and producing fashion in a fair way is not an issue that concerns them.  They are not members of ETI (Ethical trading Initiative) and neither do they have an ethical policy on their website.  I have put them on my blacklist!
If [...]

Letter to Dorothy Perkins

I have just printed off my letter to Dorothy Perkins asking them about their commitment to ethical trade and the treatment of their workers in developing countries.  On their website there is no ethical policy and they are not members of ETI (the Ethical Trading Initiative) which is disappointing.  In the ‘Lets Clean up Fashion’ [...]

Tedious reply from Boots

Boots have responded to my letter enquiring about their commitment to ethical trading with a standard response – they haven’t answered a single one of my questions!
Instead they talk about CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), their Supplier Verification Program and an award they have won, a Business in the Community Big Tick Award.  I think they have good intentions but [...]

Thank you Boden

Boden have responded to the letter I wrote to them asking questions about how their garments are produced and whether they treat their workers ethically.
It is an honest response and gives an idea of the journey they are on to audit and make responsible every part of their supply chain.  Boden are already members of [...]

Letter to Coast

I have written to Coast about their ethical practices, they do not have an ethical policy on their website, nor are they signed up with the Ethical Trading Initiative.  In the ‘Lets Clean up Fashion 2007′ report written by Labour behind the Label they are in the category of having ‘nothing to show’.  There is a [...]

Letter to Boots

I have written to Boots about their ethical practices, they are rather odd in that they are signed up with ETI (The Ethical trading Initiative) yet make no mention of an ethical policy on their website – you’d think they’d want to make more of the work they are doing with ETI.  So I’ve told [...]

Getting Started

So far I have researched and published my own list of high street retailers and how ethically aware they are.  See the ‘High Street’ link above to see this information and my ideas on what to do with it.  To follow up I hope to write to all, or at least some, of the retailers [...]