Home » Corporate social responsibility » Initiatives from the public authorities and other stakeholders » Great Britain: retail sector calls for a law to prevent all forms of abuse in subcontracting activities Great Britain: retail sector calls for a law to prevent all forms of abuse in subcontracting activities Tesco supermarkets, John Lewis and Primark stores, online retailer Asos, insurance company Aviva, food multinational Mondelez (owns Cadbury), Mars, Twinings, Unilever, and Microsoft are among the 36 companies that wrote to the UK government on 22 October calling for a law that would require companies to verify that their subcontracting chains respect human rights and the environment. By . Published on 28 October 2021 à 12h40 - Update on 28 October 2021 à 11h08 Resources “Such a requirement to prevent abuse of human rights and environmental harm in global operations and value chains would deliver on the government’s commitments to the levelling up agenda and to the transition to a net zero economy” that aims for a better distribution of wealth in the country and its objectives “and to the transition to a net zero economy”,… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.LinkedInThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Latest articles Longer careers: a new state of affairs for companies CSRD: social and environmental reporting market takes shape Analysis & Data Latest articles Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
