RE: Leicester issue14 Aug 2020 10:09
Gpickup I note your concern over the Leicester issue. I also note you are invested in ASOS. How does the following square with your concerns?
'Asos said it was reviewing its operations in Leicester to avoid being dragged into the crisis, and chief executive Nick Beighton visited his Leicester suppliers to inspect their factories on July 17.
The £4.4billion company has 173 suppliers at 900 factories in 24 countries, including seven in the Leicester area, working across 30 sites.
One of those factories has been assigned the most serious 'red critical' status by internal auditors at Asos, suggesting there were significant gaps in management systems or that workers' welfare was at risk.
Between 2013 and 2018 Asos pulled out of 23 factories in Leicester due to a lack of business and concerns over working practices.
And an audit report from May 2018 revealed that a quarter of Asos suppliers, including seven in the UK, had committed major ethical breaches. It uncovered problems in 185 sites around the world, around a quarter of suppliers it inspected.'