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Walmart warns suppliers on stricter measures
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has alerted its global suppliers that it will immediately drop them if they subcontract their work to factories that haven’t been authorized by the discounter.
Walmart’s stricter contracting rule, along with other changes to its policy, comes amid increasing calls for better safety oversight after a deadly fire at a Bangladesh factory that supplied clothing to Walmart and other retailers. The fire in late November killed 112 workers at a factory owned by Tazreen Fashions Ltd. Walmart has said the factory wasn’t authorized to make its clothes.
In a letter sent Tuesday to suppliers of its Walmart stores as well as Sam’s Clubs in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom, the company says it will adopt a “zero tolerance” policy on subcontracting without the company’s knowledge, effective March. 1. Previously, suppliers had three chances to rectify mistakes.
Walmart also said it plans to publish on its corporate website a list of factories that haven’t been authorized to manufacture goods for Walmart.
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richJanuary 22, 2013 - 4:53 pm
Soon, the entire planet will be one big ''Bangladesh''. Relax, you're going to like your lower standard of living. Besides, komrade Obama loves you.
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