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Corporate Social Responsibility

Resources:

CSR Behind the mask
An in depth Christian Aid study looking into the truth behind the spin of CSR

Core Brochure

The Main elements of CSR

Extract from Clean up Fashion.. 'Six years ago, Labour Behind the Label (LBL) published a report entitled "Wearing Thin: the state of pay in the fashion industry." The report demonstrated how workers the world over producing for UK high street companies were living off poverty wages, and that few companies were taking the issue seriously.

"The evidence that the legal minimum wage is insufficient, even to cover the needs of a single worker," it concluded, "is overwhelming...The majority of companies are not addressing the problem of low pay. They attempt to demonstrate that what workers are paid is adequate, or use the pretext that 'nobody knows what a living wage is' to do nothing, or simply ignore the concerns of workers and consumers."

At the start of 2006, we decided it was time to check in with the fashion industry, to see what progress had been made. At the same time as we compiled information on conditions on the ground, we wrote to the major high street names, giving them the opportunity to comment on profiles we had compiled from the information publicly available on their websites....... '

RISC brings you some of the leading reports and writing on global issues. Risc Reading Room Feature For details of titles available from RISC's extensive book shop contact Liz our books manager or: Tel 0118 958 6692 or Visit the World Shop 39 London Street Reading see our links page this page is compiled by Dave Richards		Corporate Social Responsibility Resources: CSR Behind the mask An in depth Christian Aid study looking into the truth behind the spin of CSR Core Brochure The Main elements of CSR Main Concepts of CSR CSR and poverty Brand Nasty Clean up fashion Extract from Clean up Fashion.. 'Six years ago, Labour Behind the Label (LBL) published a report entitled "Wearing Thin: the state of pay in the fashion industry." The report demonstrated how workers the world over producing for UK high street companies were living off poverty wages, and that few companies were taking the issue seriously. "The evidence that the legal minimum wage is insufficient, even to cover the needs of a single worker," it concluded, "is overwhelming...The majority of companies are not addressing the problem of low pay. They attempt to demonstrate that what workers are paid is adequate, or use the pretext that 'nobody knows what a living wage is' to do nothing, or simply ignore the concerns of workers and consumers." At the start of 2006, we decided it was time to check in with the fashion industry, to see what progress had been made. At the same time as we compiled information on conditions on the ground, we wrote to the major high street names, giving them the opportunity to comment on profiles we had compiled from the information publicly available on their websites....... '