M and S Respond

M&S also use the factory in Turkey (see previous post about Mulberry) and I e-mailed them too via the Labour behind the Label website.  This was their response. I would like to reassure you that we have a very robust Ethical Trading programme and we are committed to continually improving social compliance in our supply [...]

Response from Mulberry

I recently sent e-mails, via the Labour Behind the Label website, to several global fashion brands that use a factory in Turkey where workers have not been treated fairly.  This is the response from Mulberry: Dear E mailer; In addition to our major manufacturing facility in the UK, Mulberry works with a very small number [...]

Primark promise to…

I have not written my own letter to Primark yet, but I have sent several e-mails generated by other organisations (such as Labour behind the Label) to them and signed petitions.  I recently received a lenthy response from Primark which is available on the ‘Primark’ page listed on the left – I would no doubt receive [...]

Letter to H&M

Today I have written to H&M to ask them about how they treat their workers in developing countries that make the fashion we buy. H&M was not featured in the Lets Clean up Fashion report by Labour behind the Label in 2008, however they were included in the 2007 report where they were labelled as ‘disappointingly [...]

Gap leave a Gap

It seems Gap have declined to respond to my letter sent several months ago to them. These are the questions that I asked them, and which they did not want to answer: What percentage of the retail price of a garment goes to the worker who made it? How do you determine how much to [...]

Plugging the Gap

I have just written another letter to the fashion retailer Gap asking about their ethical practices.  In the past Gap have had very bad press about the production of garments for them, in particular regarding the conditions at their cotton factories and farms. Having said this though, Labour Behind the Label lists them in their [...]

Two in one week – letter to French Connection

French Connection have a few words at the bottom of a page in the investor section of their website about Ethical Trading.  It is clearly not an issue they take seriously and feel their customers are concerned with.  They are not signed up with the ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative) and the Lets Clean Up Fashion [...]

I take it all back – Coast have replied

It has taken a while, and they do apologise, Mosaic Fashions (Coast’s parent company) have responded to my letter with a comprehensive and detailed letter of their own.  You can read it in full on my ‘Mosaic’ page. The appear to be giving ethical trading focus within their business and are putting effort into applying [...]

Debenhams go on the Blacklist

I have added Debenhams to my blacklist as they have failed to respond to the letter I wrote to them enquiring about their ethical trading standards.  I am a little surprised as they are a member of ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative) and have a supplier code of conduct.  However, it seems I am not the only [...]

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’ [...]