Response from Pentland

Proposal C4: Report publicly on how suppliers are chosen and/or eliminated.

Pentland reports information to the Ethical Trading Initiative regarding its supplier selection procedures, but this information is not available to the public. The company makes no comment on its termination policy or strategy for managing impact of exiting factories.

Full response

"Annual reporting to the Ethical Trading Initiative. These reports are available to the tripartite partners within the ETI on a confidential basis. Information relating to presence of unions and collective bargaining agreements, length of relationships with factories and supplier selection procedures is covered in this reporting."

Response Key

The brand claims to implementing all components of this proposal or has agreed to implement them within Play Fair's proposed timeframe.

The brand is currently implementing or has agreed to implement some of the essential components of the proposal but has refused to implement, has overlooked, or has raised issues with one or more important components; or, the brand agrees to implement the proposal but not within Play Fair’s proposed timeframe.

The brand has refused to implement the essential components of the proposal.

The brand has misunderstood or failed to comment on the proposal; or the brand is considering the proposal, but has yet to make a decision.