Next uncovered eight instances of children working in its factories abroad last year and said that fashion retailers had to maintain a constant vigilance to prevent human rights abuses.
Chris Grayer, manager of the fashion retailer’s global code of practice, said that Next had discovered instances where one or two children had been found working in overseas factories that supplied the group.
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However, he said that these were isolated cases, as opposed to “systemic” use of child labour, and added that Next’s investigations had found that these children had been working for only a short time, such as a “holiday job”.
Next does not approve of any child labour in factories, even for short periods of time, and carries out regular unannounced audits of its
