Respuesta de Pentland

"We work with our principal suppliers on codes of conduct, which includes Freedom of Association. Our Group Code of Employment Standards for Suppliers is based on the Ethical Trading Initiative Base Code; it is available on our website in thirteen languages. "These discussions lead to significant improvements across the different code provisions. Where there is a generally positive climate for the development of unions, there is good and productive discussion. Where there is not, the discussion is limited by the lack of institutional support for unions to develop and a political environment which is not conducive to the development of free and independent trades unions. "Our regular discussions with suppliers on ethical standards include meetings which bring together management, worker representatives and worker interviewers. Over many years we have built up a network of independent worker interviewers from a wide range of civil society organisations; these include people from universities, non-governmental organisations and other institutions."