abusesaffiliationarrow-downarrow-leftarrow-rightarrow-upattack-typeburgerchevron-downchevron-leftchevron-rightchevron-upClock iconclosedeletedevelopment-povertydiscriminationdollardownloademailenvironmentexternal-linkfacebookfiltergenderglobegroupshealthC4067174-3DD9-4B9E-AD64-284FDAAE6338@1xinformation-outlineinformationinstagraminvestment-trade-globalisationissueslabourlanguagesShapeCombined Shapeline, chart, up, arrow, graphLinkedInlocationmap-pinminusnewsorganisationotheroverviewpluspreviewArtboard 185profilerefreshIconnewssearchsecurityPathStock downStock steadyStock uptagticktooltiptwitteruniversalityweb
Article

10 Oct 2006

Author:
Faisal Islam, Channel 4 News [UK]

Child labour making Tesco clothes

A Channel 4 News undercover investigation has found children aged as young as twelve working for two of Tesco's suppliers in Bangladesh...Secretly filmed footage captures Tesco's own label clothes being manufactured by workers, who look clearly under 15, in four factories owned by suppliers to Britain's biggest retailer...Both Bangladeshi suppliers have denied the existence of any child workers within their factories, stating the ages of all workers are independently verified. There is no suggestion that Tesco ever knew about child workers at any of the factories visited and in a statement to Channel 4 News Tesco said it: "abhors the use of child labour and is at the forefront of industry efforts to stamp it out through systematic investigations of its suppliers...on receipt of these allegations Tesco immediately made unannounced visits to the suppliers " but " &found no evidence of any use of child labour." (video report available within the UK)