...ASOS thank the BHRRC and Clean Clothes Campaign for the opportunity to provide comment on the ‘Made in Europe – the ugly truth’ report published 9 November 2017.

ASOS take the issue of worker wages in our supply chain extremely seriously. Alongside our commitment as ETI members to ensure all our suppliers meet the standards of the ETI base code, we are also founding members of the ACT Foundation a pioneering agreement between brands, retailers and trade unions to achieve living wages for workers through industry wide collective bargaining and purchasing practices. The named regions are not currently strategic sourcing regions for ASOS, we have a relatively small supply base in the area and limited resource to conduct audits ourselves. We operate a third party audit programme and are monitoring the issues raised in this report closely. Should these regions become key sourcing hubs for ASOS, we will immediately review our programme and increase capacity accordingly...