In 2006, Primark joined the 

Ethical Trading Initiative, a collaborative organisation bringing

together businesses, trades unions and NGOs to work on labour rights issues in their supply
chains.[31] ETI members commit to working towards the implementation of a code of conduct
based on the International Labour Organization's core conventions.
In December 2008, the UK charity War on Want launched a new report, Fashion Victims II, that
showed conditions had not improved in Bangladeshi factories supplying Primark, two years after
the charity first visited them.[32]
On 9 January 2009, a supplier was forced by ETI to remove its branding from Primark stores and
websites following a BBC/The Observer investigation into the employment practices. The
investigation alleged the use of illegal immigrant labour and argued that the workers were paid
less than the UK legal minimum wage.[33]
On 16 June 2011, the BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee (ESC) published its findings
into a Panorama programme[34] 'Primark: On the Rack', broadcast in June 2008. The programme
was an undercover investigative documentary examining poor working conditions in Indian
factories supplying Primark. Although Primark subsequently stopped doing business with the
Indian supplier, the ESC concluded that footage in the programme was 'more likely than not' to
have been fabricated.[35] The ESC directed the BBC to make an on-air apology and to ensure that
the programme was not repeated or sold to other broadcasters. Primark created a specific
website to deal with the issues around the programme. [36]
In 2011 and 2012, Primark achieved 'Leader' status in the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI).[37]
In 2006, Primark joined the Ethical Trading Initiative, a collaborative organisation bringing
together businesses, trades unions and NGOs to work on labour rights issues in their supply
chains.[31] ETI members commit to working towards the implementation of a code of conduct
based on the International Labour Organization's core conventions.
In December 2008, the UK charity War on Want launched a new report, Fashion Victims II, that
showed conditions had not improved in Bangladeshi factories supplying Primark, two years after
the charity first visited them.[32]
On 9 January 2009, a supplier was forced by ETI to remove its branding from Primark stores and
websites following a BBC/The Observer investigation into the employment practices. The
investigation alleged the use of illegal immigrant labour and argued that the workers were paid
less than the UK legal minimum wage.[33]
On 16 June 2011, the BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee (ESC) published its findings
into a Panorama programme[34] 'Primark: On the Rack', broadcast in June 2008. The programme
was an undercover investigative documentary examining poor working conditions in Indian
factories supplying Primark. Although Primark subsequently stopped doing business with the
Indian supplier, the ESC concluded that footage in the programme was 'more likely than not' to
have been fabricated.[35] The ESC directed the BBC to make an on-air apology and to ensure that
the programme was not repeated or sold to other broadcasters. Primark created a specific
website to deal with the issues around the programme. [36]
In 2011 and 2012, Primark achieved 'Leader' status in the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI).[37]