Levi’s, Wal-Mart and Gap top supply chain compliance survey

San Francisco -- Levi Strauss and Co., Wal-Mart Stores, The Gap, Hanesbrands, Nordstrom, and Gildan Activewear scored highest on survey of global supply chain compliance programs of U.S. apparel brands and retailers released Tuesday by corporate responsibility group As You Sow.



The survey, "Towards a Safe, Just Workplace: Apparel Supply Chain Compliance Programs," features a scorecard and report that provides for the first publicly available comparable baseline data to evaluate the compliance programs of many of the top apparel companies doing business in the United States. The project was designed to provide information on the substance and scope of programs developed to improve factory working conditions.



The report ranks the resources allocated and actions companies are employing on key compliance actions such as factory auditing, remediation, continuous improvement, collaboration, company management accountability, and transparency.