Last Updated: 2011.02.28
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Our Basic Principle
Fast Retailing is committed to the "correctness" of all its corporate activities, be it our style of management, our negotiating attitude, or our ways of thinking. Naturally, we make every effort as a company to embrace the rule of law and uphold fairness. We also seek to act fairly toward each and every one of our employees and business partners.
Code of Conduct for Production Partners
UNIQLO works together with about 70 production partners located primarily in Asia, such as in China, Vietnam and Bangladesh. We regularly check to make sure that our products are manufactured under appropriate working conditions in factories that do not employ children or engage in forced labor, and we constantly strive to improve working conditions and disclose information in a transparent manner.
In FY 2004, UNIQLO established its Code of Conduct (CoC) for Production Partners and since then we have used external organizations to monitor working conditions, primarily at major sewing factories, which have signed a pledge. This fiscal year we implemented more stringent initiatives such as introducing new evaluation criteria established in 2008 to other Group companies in addition to UNIQLO in order to monitor working conditions on the same standard within the Group.
Items under CoC for Production Partners
・Prohibition of child labor
・Prohibition of forced labor
・Prohibition of oppression and harassment
・Prohibition of discrimination
・Health and safety
・Freedom to form unions
・Wages and benefits
・Working hours
・Environmental protection
・Preparation of internal regulations
・Monitoring and compliance with the CoC
