even if it’s not the one I wanted 🙁
Dear Jax,
Thank you for your inquiry. We wanted to write back to let you know
that Gap Inc. is committed to doing business in a socially responsible
way.
We have a team of 90 people around the world who are dedicated to
improving the lives of garment workers. In fact, in 2006 our vendor
compliance officers conducted 4,316 inspections in 2,053 garment
factories. Last year, we revoked our approval of 23 factories for
compliance violations.
When we first learned about this allegation, we immediately launched an
investigation. We learned that a very small portion of a particular
order placed with one of our vendors was apparently subcontracted to an
unauthorized subcontractor without the company?s knowledge or approval.
This is in direct violation of our agreement with the vendor under our
Code of Vendor Conduct.
We strictly prohibit the use of child labor. This is non-negotiable for
us ? and we are deeply concerned and upset by this allegation. As we?ve
demonstrated in the past, Gap has a history of addressing challenges
like this head-on, and our approach to this situation will be no
exception.
As soon as we were alerted to this situation, we stopped the work order
and prevented the product from being sold in stores. As for the concern
you raised involving how we are handling the merchandise, we do not
believe it would be appropriate to sell or donate product involving
child laborWe will continue to work with a variety of groups including
government, non-governmental organizations and trade unions in an effort
to end the use of child labor.
Thank you,
Janelle
Gap Inc. Customer Relations
Please feel free to mail Gap with your thoughts as well! Very happy to share, don’t view it as stealing, Barbara 🙂
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