Boohoo has come under fire for rehiring a supplier it fired following its modern slavery debacle. Reports said that after having “disengaged” in 2021, the fast fashion behemoth is again buying clothing from GN Euro once more.
The clothing company used to sell Boohoo products from its factory in the UK, but after being shut down, it has opened a new location in Morocco under a different name, where it is once more doing business with the online retailer.
The company, which revealed last week that its losses had tripled, has fired more than 400 suppliers in response to claims of low wages and unfavourable working conditions at the retailer’s factories.
When a Sunday Times undercover reporter visited a facility where workers were receiving less than the minimum wage in 2020, the controversy first gained attention. In a subsequent independent assessment, barrister Alison Levitt KC confirmed the claims. Since then, as part of a purported ethical revamp, Boohoo has released a list of suppliers worldwide.
Campaigners assert that problems in the brand’s supply chain still exist, even though the company stated that it had ceased doing business with manufacturers who were “unable to demonstrate the high standard of transparency required, despite being provided with opportunities to address any issues identified in the auditing process.”
