Levi Strauss and Co., Wal-Mart Stores, The Gap Inc., Hanesbrands Inc., Gildan Activewear Inc. and Nordstrom Inc. scored highest on a survey of global supply chain compliance programs of apparel brands and retailers released today by corporate responsibility group As You Sow.
"Towards a Safe, Just Workplace: Apparel Supply Chain Compliance Programs" features a scorecard and report that provides the first publicly available comparable baseline data with which to evaluate the compliance programs of many of the top apparel companies doing business in the U.S. The project was designed to provide information on the substance and scope of programs developed to improve factory working conditions.
The report ranks the resources allocated and actions companies are employing on key compliance actions such as factory auditing, remediation, continuous improvement, collaboration, company management accountability, and transparency.
The report is available here: http://bit.ly/SJWinfo.