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Sandblasting Ban
21/05/2012

We made a business decision in 2010 to stop using sandblasting on all our products, following concerns about potential risks to workers' health....
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Newlife Foundation
21/05/2012

In 2010 we announced an exciting new pilot initiative in ROI and the UK partnering with the Newlife Foundation to recycle our clothing and...
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Welcome to Penneys’ new Ethical Trade website
21/05/2012

Welcome to our new ethical trade website, where you can find more about the different ways we’re working to improve standards in our supply chains by...
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Measuring our Responsibility: ABF’s Corporate Responsibility Report 2010
21/05/2012

Penneys is a subsidiary company within Associated British Foods, and as part of ABF we share its core values: taking care of our people, being good...
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Penneys rated as Achiever in this year’s annual report to the ETI
21/05/2012

In 2010, we were pleased that the ETI recognised our efforts in improving our programme by categorising Penneys as Achiever, a significant step up...
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BBC apologises for faked footage in Panorama
16/06/2011

In 2008, Primark was featured on the BBC TV Panorama programme: “Primark on the Rack”, which claimed to show three young boys being used to...
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Helping workers to open bank accounts
10/05/2011

In India, we’ve partnered with Geosansar on a ground-breaking initiative to open bank accounts for factory workers.In India, some 600 - 700 million...
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Penneys Announcement on ETI Review
19/01/2010

Penneys has been engaged with the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) on a comprehensive review of its systems for implementing the ETI Base Code....
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Penneys Announcement on Ethical Trade Team
02/12/2009

Penneys announced today that it is strengthening its ethical trade team with the appointment of a Senior Ethical Trade Manager at its UK headquarters,...
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Let's clean up fashion 2009
07/10/2009

Penneys welcomes Labour Behind the Label’s Let’s Clean Up Fashion report, and notes its careful assessment of the company's work and its...
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