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Report

28 Sep 2018

Author:
ICAR, CORE Coalition

Who made our uniforms?

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The report focuses on thirty companies that were awarded significantly-sized contracts [...] in the period 2013-2016 and examines the information on their websites about their human rights and ethical standards and their suppliers. We also note whether the companies have published a Slavery and Human Trafficking statement... The report does not allege that any of the named companies have labour and / or other human rights abuses in their supply chains...

Of the thirty companies studied in this report, only one referred to conducting due diligence... [T]here was little evidence of the efforts made to ensure the production facilities they purchase from had sufficiently high labour standards.

One issue that exacerbated this problem was the reporting framework in the U.K. The reporting requirement under the Modern Slavery Act leaves companies free to include the information they think appropriate... [M]any of the companies featured in the report fall below the revenue threshold and are not required to report... Based on this sample [...], the U.K. government should be doing more to ensure its contractors are more transparent and are meeting their responsibility to respect human rights... [T]here is significant scope for public authorities to improve the levels of transparency and responsibility in the companies from which they procure...