15th Jul 2020 06:55
(Alliance News) - ASOS PLC has dropped a slew of suppliers after unearthing health, safety and human rights threats, the Daily Telegraph reported late Tuesday.
According to the newspaper, a leaked 2018 report states that ASOS inspectors had found a series of breaches at roughly a quarter of its suppliers, include some sites in the UK.
The Telegraph added that since then, ASOS has ditched several factories.
One supplier in the UK it has ditched is based in Leicester, a city which has been at the heart of allegations involving Boohoo Group PLC and Quiz PLC.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/07/14/asos-axes-almost-quarter-uk-suppliers-ethics-worries/
Last week, ASOS temporarily suspended its trading relationship with Boohoo brands after claims that the fast-fashion retailer sold clothes made in factories where staff were paid less than the minimum wage and worked in poor conditions.
A Sunday Times newspaper report alleged that workers in a Leicester factory making clothes destined for Boohoo were being paid as little as GBP3.50 an hour.
And on Monday, Quiz had said it is investigating a Leicester-based supplier which is alleged to have paid staff as little as GBP3 an hour.
Quiz had said it believes that one of its Leicester-based suppliers has used a subcontractor at the centre of allegations over breaches to the UK National Living Wage.
The Times on Saturday had reported that an undercover journalist was told by bosses at the factory that she must perform two days of unpaid work before even advancing to the GBP3 per hour rate.
By Eric Cunha; [email protected]
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