Marks & Spencer commits to traceability scheme
As part of Marks & Spencer's Plan A initiative, it intends to launch a traceability project called String which will track every single clothing product it sells from raw material through to store. Petah Marian spoke to Mark Sumner, the retailer's sustainable raw materials specialist, about the scheme.
SOURCING: Marks & Spencer commits to traceability scheme
24 August 2011
As part of Marks & Spencer's Plan A initiative, it intends to launch a traceability project called String which will track every single clothing product it sells from raw material through to store. Petah Marian spoke to Mark Sumner, the retailer's sustainable raw materials specialist, about the scheme.
UK: M&S commits to clothing supply chain traceability
8 August 2011
As part of its Plan A initiative to become the world's most sustainable major retailer by 2015, Marks & Spencer (M&S) has signed a deal to give full "raw material to store" traceability on every single clothing product it sells.
UK: Clothing contributes to M&S Plan A progress
10 June 2011
Retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) says textile and clothing initiatives under its Plan A eco and ethical programme helped add more than GBP70m (US$113.7m) to its bottom line last year.
UK: M&S launches new eco fashion range
19 January 2011
UK clothing retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S) has launched a new capsule fashion range made from sustainable fabrics.
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20 July 2010
Retailer Marks & Spencer is to extend an ethical factories initiative which has been hailed as a success in boosting workers’ rights in Bangladesh.
UK: M&S adds to Plan A green programme
1 March 2010
Marks and Spencer is aiming to become the “world’s most sustainable retailer” by 2015, with the addition of 80 more commitments under the UK retailer's Plan A “eco-plan”.
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