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Marks & Spencer

  • Clothing & textile, Supermarkets & grocery
  • United Kingdom

  • Marks and Spencer plc is a publicly traded company that owns and operates retail stores selling clothing, homewares and food products globally.

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Indicators

Living Wage in Supply Chains ? Fashion Checker found no public evidence that the company’s suppliers are paying workers a living wage.

Global Framework Agreement ? Company has signed a Global Framework Agreement, negotiated on a global level with a trade union.

55

Tea Suppliers Disclosed ? The number of supply chain entities (tea plantations and factories) disclosed.
Indicator last reviewed 29-11-2022

Transparency Pledge ? Company has fully aligned or committed to aligning with the Transparency Pledge standard, by publicly disclosing information about their supplier factories.

0

Global Apparel Facilities on OAR ? Global apparel facilities on Open Apparel Registry
Indicator last reviewed 08-11-2024

IDH Living Wage Commitment ? Has this company joined the sustainable trade initiative’s living wage call to action.

ETI Member ? Is this company a listed member of the Ethical Trading Initiative.

ETP Member ? Is this company a listed member of the Ethical Tea Partnership.

Modern Slavery Legislations actions ?

Information in this section obtained through company survey responses, public statements and/or policies. Implementation of actions not verified by suppliers, workers, HRDs or affected communities.

Modern Slavery Legislations Tracker

Marks & Spencer Modern Slavery Legislation Document

Marks & Spencer Modern Slavery Legislation Document

Source: https://corporate.marksandspencer.com/documents/plan-a-our-approach/mns-modern-slavery-statement-june2016.pdf

Compliance with the requirements as set forth in Sec.54(6) and (7) of the UK Modern Slavery Act was assessed at the time this statement was collected by the Resource Centre.

Snapshot fetched: Aug. 22, 2016, midnight
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Approved By Board

Board

Signed by director

Link on front page

Marks & Spencer Modern Slavery Legislation Document

Source: https://corporate.marksandspencer.com/documents/plan-a-our-approach/mns-modern-slavery-statement-june2017.pdf

Compliance with the requirements as set forth in Sec.54(6) and (7) of the UK Modern Slavery Act was assessed at the time this statement was collected by the Resource Centre.

Snapshot fetched: June 8, 2017, midnight
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Approved By Board

Board

Signed by director

Link on front page

Marks & Spencer Modern Slavery Legislation Document

Source: https://corporate.marksandspencer.com/documents/plan-a-our-approach/mns-modern-slavery-statement-june2018.pdf

Compliance with the requirements as set forth in Sec.54(6) and (7) of the UK Modern Slavery Act was assessed at the time this statement was collected by the Resource Centre.

Snapshot fetched: June 12, 2018, midnight
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Approved By Board

Signed by director

Link on front page

Marks & Spencer Modern Slavery Legislation Document

Source: https://corporate.marksandspencer.com/documents/plan-a-our-approach/mns-modern-slavery-statement-may2019.pdf

Compliance with the requirements as set forth in Sec.54(6) and (7) of the UK Modern Slavery Act was assessed at the time this statement was collected by the Resource Centre.

Snapshot fetched: March 17, 2020, midnight
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Approved By Board

Signed by director

Link on front page

Selected sourcing Countries

  • Philippines

  • Sri Lanka

  • Pakistan

  • Vietnam

  • India

  • Cambodia

  • China

  • Bangladesh

  • Myanmar

Benchmark rankings

CHRB 2018
? The 2018 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark assessed 100 of the largest publicly traded companies in the world on a set of human rights indicators.
69.8 / 100
CHRB 2019
? The 2019 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark assesses 200 of the largest publicly traded companies in the world on a set of human rights indicators.
72.6 / 100
Fashion Transparency Index 2019
? A review of the some of the world's biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts.
140.5 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2020
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts.
149 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2021
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts. These scores have been rounded to one decimal place.
120.3 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2022
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts. These scores have been rounded to one decimal place.
108.8 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2023
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts.
95.3 / 250

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