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Costco

  • Clothing & textile, Footwear, Food & beverage, Supermarkets & grocery, Retail, Wholesale
  • United States of America

  • Costco Wholesale Corporation is a publicly traded company that owns and operates a chain of membership-only bulk-buy stores globally.

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Indicators

Global Framework Agreement ? Company has signed a Global Framework Agreement, negotiated on a global level with a trade union.
Indicator last reviewed 20-07-2023

Transparency Pledge ? Company has fully aligned or committed to aligning with the Transparency Pledge standard, by publicly disclosing information about their supplier factories.
Indicator last reviewed 20-07-2023

Living Wage in Supply Chains ? Fashion Checker found no public evidence that the company’s suppliers are paying workers a living wage.
Indicator last reviewed 20-07-2023

News with associated allegations

They’re Paid Billions to Root Out Child Labor in the U.S. Why Do They Fail?

This article contains 5 allegations

THE CRIMES BEHIND THE SEAFOOD YOU EAT

This article contains 10 allegations

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.
8.8 / 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.
8.8 / 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.
36.5 / 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.
38 / 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.
29.3 / 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.
25.3 / 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.
24.3 / 250
KnowTheChain Food & Beverage 2020
? KnowTheChain is a resource for companies and investors to understand and address forced labour risks within their global supply chains.
28 / 100
KnowTheChain Food & Beverage 2023
? KnowTheChain is a resource for companies and investors to understand and address forced labour risks within their global supply chains.
27 / 100
Oxfam Supermarket Scorecard 2020
? The percentage score awarded based on the assessment of 16 global supermarket brands’ policies and practices, scored across four indicators.
12 / 100

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