Majority of high-risk suppliers to UK retail lack worker grievance systems

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Sustainability data platform EcoVadis found 56% of high-risk suppliers to UK retail and consumer goods companies provided no formal channels for staff safely report issues including unpaid wages, harassment and forced labour

More than half of high-risk suppliers procuring to UK retail businesses do not provide workers with safe or formal ways to report labour issues, according to new analysis.

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