Date of publication: June 20, 2008
Source: The Times (UK)
Author: Alexandra Harney
As inspectors are shown ‘five-star' factories, abuses continue at ‘shadow' plants down the road
Book a flight on British Airways and the airline will calculate the carbon emissions of your journey. Pick up a chicken for dinner, and its label will tell you the amount of living space that the bird enjoyed before it landed in your supermarket.
But buy a T-shirt at many high street retailers, and you will learn nothing about the person who produced it. We now know more about the living conditions of the animals that we eat than the humans who clothe us.
The revelation this week by the cut-price fashion chain Primark that it was pulling orders from three Indian factories that have violated its code of conduct has again cast the spotlight on ethical sourcing...