Victoria's Secret
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Women's wear, lingerie and beauty products
The largest segment of Limited Brands.
Company Ownership
| Victoria's Secret | USA | website | |||
Limited Brands, Inc.
owns 100% of Victoria's Secret |
USA | website | |||
Clothing Founded in 1963 by its chairman Leslie Wexner. Parent company of Victoria's Secret. | |||||
Company Assessment
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This company has either signed PETA's statement of assurance or provided a statement verifying that they do not conduct or commission any animal tests.
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'Nice' rating on the 2009 Naughty/Nice List, the Scorecard on the Catalog and Direct Mail Industry by Forest Ethics.
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This 2007 investigative report into a sewing factory in Jordan reveals how workers are: paid well below living wage, illegally forced to work overtime, denied necessary residency permits, housed in freezing unheated dorms, and set impossible production goals. Their customers include Victoria's Secret.
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This 2011 report by the International Textile Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF) examined working conditions in 83 factories in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Investigations found that widespread violations and abuses of workers' rights continue to be the norm, such as underpaying workers, long hours, forced overtime, and repression of the freedom of association. This company's brands were found to be made in one or more of the 83 factories covered in the research.
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Rank a Brand searches the websites of brands for the answers to carefully targeted questions. From this they calculate sustainability scores based on the themes of environment, climate, labor issues, and transparency. Brands owned by this company received a 'D'.
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This 2012 report by a group of Chinese NGOs reveals links between international apparel brands and pollution from China's textile industry. The report calls on major apparel brands and retailers to immediately determine if their suppliers have violation records, and push suppliers in violation of environmental laws to immediately implement corrective actions. This company has not yet responded.
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In 2011 Greenpeace launched their Detox Campaign, to expose the direct links between global clothing brands, their suppliers and toxic water pollution around the world. As a result, many companies, including this one, have joined Greenpeace's Detox Program, which requires companies to adopt a credible, individual and public commitment to phase out the use and release of all toxic chemicals from their global supply chain and products, by 1 January 2020.
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Call to boycott by BDS due to involvement in Israel. [This assessment has not been used in calculation of ratings]. Most of Victoria's Secret's bras are produced by Delta Galil (Israel's largest textiles manufacturer).
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Climate Counts compares companies on their commitment to reducing their climate impact. This company received the 'Striding' rating, for making strong headway to reduce their climate impact.
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This company is listed as having best practice on a report card on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in corporate America.
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This company is listed by the International Labour Rights Forum as having made a commitment to stop using Uzbek cotton. (Uzbekistan is the world's second largest exporter of cotton and has for decades been criticised for using the forced labor of its schoolchildren to harvest that cotton by hand under appalling conditions. This practice is organised and controlled by the central government).
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This 2011 report by the Clean Clothes Campaign grades companies on their efforts to ensure workers in its supply chain receive a living wage. It states ''This company has a sourcing and labour standards policy which it displays on its website, but it is not developed enough to have considered living wages.''
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This company has announced that they don't sell animal fur or are phasing in a fur-free policy.
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This company has pledged to move away from or have implemented an outright ban on wool from mulesed lambs. The Australian merino wool industry has been criticised by animals rights groups such as PETA and Animals Australia for 'mulesing', a routine practice where skin is sliced from the buttocks of lambs without anaesthetic, in order to reduce the incidence of flystrike.
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Since its inception in 1993, the Limited Brands Foundation has contributed more than $100 million to support non-profit organizations, and is committed to supporting community programs that focus on empowering women, nurturing and mentoring children and improving education.
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This company received a score of 55.7/100 in the Newsweek Green Rankings 2012, which ranks the world's largest publicly traded companies on their environmental footprint, management (policies, programs, initiatives, controversies) and reporting practices, using data from Trucost and Sustainalytics.
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A full profile on this US company can be seen at 'Responsible Shopper' website. Follow source link for details on company record and involvements.
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A full profile on this US company can be seen at 'Knowmore' website. Follow source link for details on company record and involvements.
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Company Details
| Revenue | US$1.8 billion |
| Company Structure | Wholly-owned subsidiary |
Contact Details
| Address | Columbus, Ohio, USA |
| Website | www.victoriassecret.com |
Products / Brands
Victoria's Secret|
Victoria's Secret Intimate Apparel |

