'I don't like setting targets' - How Primark plans to forge its own path for ethical and environmental change

Madeleine Cuff
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Primark's head of corporate responsibility Paul Lister speaks to BusinessGreen about why meaningful ethical and environmental progress comes through sustainable schemes, not top-down targets

In its position as one of the big beasts of fast fashion, Primark is often the first to feel the brunt of media criticism over a huge range of ethical and environmental retail issues, from worker's rights...

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