Boohoo has published a full list of the UK clothing manufacturers it works with after severing ties with hundreds of companies following a damning review last year of its supply chain. The group now works with 78 UK suppliers after the review by Alison Levitt QC found the fast fashion retailer had been working with up to 500 UK suppliers when subcontractors were included. The review concluded there were“endemic” problems at Leicester factories in its supply chain, including minimum wage and life-threatening fire risk. Leveson said Boohoo was exiting from factories that did not meet its new standards responsibly with existing contracts being honoured. Boohoo said it remained committed to UK manufacturing and now ordered a higher volume of goods from Leicester despite reducing supplier numbers.

Source: The Guardian March 25, 2021 09:25 UTC