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Target

  • Supermarkets & grocery, Clothing & textile
  • United States of America

  • Target is a publicly traded company that owns and operates a chain of supermarkets and retail stores across the U.S.

From the Resource Centre ? This section is a non-exhaustive snapshot of company behaviour recorded by the Resource Centre. We record allegations of abuse, seek company responses, profile lawsuits, and record attacks against Defenders working on business issues.

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Lawsuit Profiles

Indicators

Living Wage in Supply Chains ? Fashion Checker found no public evidence that the company’s suppliers are paying workers a living wage.

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Global Apparel Facilities on OAR ? Global apparel facilities on Open Apparel Registry
Indicator last reviewed 22-11-2024

Global Framework Agreement ? Company has signed a Global Framework Agreement, negotiated on a global level with a trade union.

Transparency Pledge ? Company has fully aligned or committed to aligning with the Transparency Pledge standard, by publicly disclosing information about their supplier factories.

Covid-19 actions ?

Information in this section obtained through company survey responses, public statements and/or policies. Implementation of actions not verified by suppliers, workers, HRDs or affected communities.

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Recorded profits since the pandemic

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Extended payment times

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Requested retroactive discounts

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Paying for all in-production & completed orders

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Pandemic policy on price reductions

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Pandemic policy on discriminatory dismissals

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Monitoring wage & severance payment

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Supporting suppliers to access finance

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Endorsed ILO Call to Action

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Payment terms prior to pandemic

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Selected sourcing Countries

  • Bangladesh

  • China

  • Cambodia

  • India

  • Vietnam

  • Myanmar

  • Pakistan

  • Sri Lanka

  • Philippines

  • Indonesia

Stories with associated response requests ? We sought responses from Target to the allegations raised in these stories. Find out more about our Company Response Mechanism.

Benchmark rankings

CHRB 2018
? The 2018 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark assessed 100 of the largest publicly traded companies in the world on a set of human rights indicators.
19 / 100
CHRB 2019
? The 2019 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark assesses 200 of the largest publicly traded companies in the world on a set of human rights indicators.
21.3 / 100
Fashion Transparency Index 2019
? A review of the some of the world's biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts.
90.5 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2020
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts.
93.5 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2021
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts. These scores have been rounded to one decimal place.
105.3 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2022
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts. These scores have been rounded to one decimal place.
90 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2023
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts.
93 / 250

Top associated countries

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Company headquarters

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