preview

Primark Social Responsibility

Decent Essays

Within the world of economy, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be seen as an important element to develop a successful business. There are quite many different definitions of CSR but according to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (2014) it is the moral obligation of the companies to their stakeholders. Primark is one of the most popular clothing retailers which was founded in 1969, Ireland by Arthur Ryan. As most companies, it also carries out ethical policies to the society. The purpose of this essay is to analyze and to consider about Primark’s duty to suppliers, employees and the environment. Before considering deeply about employees, it is important to notice about its suppliers. According to Primark (2015), each …show more content…

As a staff in Primark, they will be working maximum 48 hours per week. Evidently, Primark states that the workers will be provided 1 day off after 7 days in work and working exceeds 48 hours is unacceptable and illegal (Primark, 2015). Furthermore, child labour is strictly banned in the company according to Primark (2015). Indeed, the employees department surely will not recruit any child and this policies are confirmed by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Therefore, after 6 months Panaroma’s investigation on BBC, Primark excommunicated with 3 Indian companies because of using children to work (BBC News, 2008). Not only providing those beneficial procedures above, Primark also assures that selling cheap clothes does not mean employees get low paid. In particular, the overhead is being maintained low which enables the labours have the higher …show more content…

According to ABF (2012), Primark introduced the Green Store which reduced the CO2 emissions by 40%. Additionally, it also recycles the store waste such as hangers, cardboard, plastic at Thrapston. As a result, Primark is mainly replacing plastic bags by recycled bags (Primark, 2015). Moreover, Primark co-operates with International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Partnership for Cleaner Textile (PaCT). These organisations help Primark to improve significantly of the environment in washing, dyeing and printing processes in manufacturing clothes. For examples, the training are provided so that the workers will know how to eliminate chemicals and toxics out of waste water before progress into rivers or oceans (Primark,

Get Access